Against the background of the global economic crisis since 2007-8 and increasing inequality across the world, we have experienced widespread, large-scale industrial action throughout the Global South, including in countries such as China, Brazil, India and South Africa, which had been hailed [...]
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“Certain years in history — 1848, 1917, 1968, 1989 — conjure up images of street protests, mass demonstrations and revolutionary turmoil. When historians put 2019 in perspective, they may also declare it a vintage year for popular unrest. In terms of sheer geographical spread, it is hard [...]
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It is inspiring to see such a wide variety of comments to my new book, Mass Strikes and Social Movements in Brazil and India. I will try to address them in a way that synthesises the problems and challenges of the field of labour studies and working-class politics as such. I believe [...]
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This post is written jointly with Madhumita Dutta and Peter Birke.
Twenty-first century working class struggles have seen alliances of working people in response to issues such as climate change, immigrant rights, informalisation of work and the political-economic crisis across the [...]
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A strike that was forced onto the union UCU (University and College Union) by intransigent employers and a determined membership became one of the largest and most important strikes in the academic sector of the imperialist countries, with around 64 universities in the UK participating in [...]
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This post is written jointly by Ekrem Ekici and Jörg Nowak*
The publication of Rupture Magazine aims to address the necessity of a rupture with the social relations that comprise capitalism as a type of society and mode of production. After the long crisis that began in [...]
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