The Alternative Education of a Chinese Punk
Translation by Husunzi of “一个小朋克的基础另类教育” (Basic alternative education of a little punk) by Tang Shui’en (唐水恩), originally published in a mainland magazine called Chutzpah! in 2009, translation originally published on the China Study Group (CSG)...
“Aristocratisation alongside enslavement”: Railway restructuring & workers’ resistance in China since the 1980s
Image from China5e.com. Translation by Wv of《中国铁路工人的状况和斗争》(The conditions and struggles of China’s railway workers), written by Mayday (伍壹) for the Railroad Workers Bulletin (铁路工人通讯) in early 2016. Scroll down for the original Chinese version. Also see our...
Aunties learning to fight: The 2015 Uniqlo strike in historical context
Photo of the 2015 Shenzhen Artigas strike from 苦勞網. Translation of excerpts from a recent lecture by Fan of the Factory Stories group.8 — Background In 1994 the restructuring of SOEs (state-owned enterprises) began. The Labor Law was drafted in the early 1990s...
“Wanneer in China een vlinder met zijn vleugels klapt…”
The Dutch group Arbeidersstemmen (“Voices of Workers”) just published a book called Wanneer in China een vlinder met zijn vleugels klapt: stagnerende groei, toename van rellen en stakingen (“When a butterfly flaps its wings in China: stagnant growth,...
“Not Your Daddy’s Railroad” — Railroad Workers Bulletin #3
Part Seven in a series of translations from the independent workers’ newsletter Railroad Workers Bulletin (铁路工人通讯). For background see the “Prologue” to issue #1, “Tales of Rights Defense”, “Farewell, Director!”,...
“In this way, our account drew on Jacques Camatte as much as TC to ask: How did Marxism become a theory of modernization? How did the theory of revolution against capitalism become a theory of how to carry out industrialization...” | @chuangcn interview w/ @endnotesjournal