Workers Unite!
Title | Workers Unite! PDF eBook |
Author | Marcello Musto |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 337 |
Release | 2014-10-23 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 162892246X |
This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Major political and economic shifts have succeeded one another over the past twenty-five years. The rise to prominence of ecological issues, social changes generated by neoliberal globalization, and - most recently - one of the worst world economic crises ever, compels us to reflect urgently on the need for alternatives to the capitalist system. In its brief life, the International Working Men's Association (IWMA) became the symbol of class struggle and influenced the ideas of millions of workers all over the planet. The 150th anniversary of its birth (1864-2014) offers an important opportunity to reread their resolutions, to learn from the experiences of its protagonists, and to better theorize solutions to our contemporary issues. This sourcebook includes the most valuable documents (30 appearing for the first time in English) of all the currents of the IWMA, and, in his introduction, acclaimed scholar Marcello Musto provides critical evaluations to the texts and to their historical context. Carefully selected and translated, this volume is an invaluable resource for all those interested in the foundations of labor movement history's as well as in the critique of capitalism.
One Time Fits All
Title | One Time Fits All PDF eBook |
Author | Ian R. Bartky |
Publisher | Stanford University Press |
Pages | 330 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780804756426 |
One Time Fits All tells the story of the development, integration, and obstacles overcome in setting an the International Date Line, establishing the worldwide system of Standard Time zones, and adopting Daylight Saving Time—including their global impacts on how the general public keeps time today.
Comptes Rendus Du IVe Congrès International Des Algues Marines
Title | Comptes Rendus Du IVe Congrès International Des Algues Marines PDF eBook |
Author | Adrien Davy de Virville |
Publisher | |
Pages | 502 |
Release | 1964 |
Genre | Marine algae |
ISBN |
International Catalogue of Scientific Literature
Title | International Catalogue of Scientific Literature PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 252 |
Release | 1903 |
Genre | Anthropology |
ISBN |
"Arise Ye Wretched of the Earth": The First International in a Global Perspective
Title | "Arise Ye Wretched of the Earth": The First International in a Global Perspective PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 417 |
Release | 2018-03-20 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004335463 |
“Arise Ye Wretched of the Earth” provides a fresh account of the International Working Men’s Association. Founded in London in 1864, the First International gathered trade unions, associations, co-operatives, and individual workers across Europe and the Americas. The IWMA struggled for the emancipation of labour. It organised solidarity with strikers. It took sides in major events, such as the 1871 Paris Commune. It soon appeared as a threat to European powers, which vilified and prosecuted it. Although it split up in 1872, the IWMA played a ground-breaking part in the history of working-class internationalism. In our age of globalised capitalism, large labour migration, and rising nationalisms, much can be learnt from the history of the first international labour organisation. Contributors are: Fabrice Bensimon, Gregory Claeys, Michel Cordillot, Nicolas Delalande, Quentin Deluermoz, Marianne Enckell, Albert Garcia Balaña, Samuel Hayat, Jürgen Herres, François Jarrige, Mathieu Léonard, Carl Levy, Detlev Mares, Krzysztof Marchlewicz, Woodford McClellan, Jeanne Moisand, Iorwerth Prothero, Jean Puissant, Jürgen Schmidt, Antje Schrupp, Horacio Tarcus, Antony Taylor, Marc Vuilleumier.
Syndicalism in France
Title | Syndicalism in France PDF eBook |
Author | Lewis Levitzki Lorwin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 1914 |
Genre | Labor |
ISBN |
Catalogue of Printed Books
Title | Catalogue of Printed Books PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 492 |
Release | 1900 |
Genre | |
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