Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 11:56:39 -0800 (PST)
From: asc <satellitecrash-AT-yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: AUT: Cobas/SUD


Hi Steve,
thanks for the fast response...
--- pmargin-AT-froggy.com.au wrote:
> 
> 
> asc wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > does anyone know of some information in english on
> > either the French SUD or Italian Cobas? I'm
> looking
> > for the general principles of the unions as well
> as
> > many of the concrete activities they have been
> > involved with...
> 
> A couple of years ago, I tried to give an overview
> of the Italian scene
> as I understood it.
> 
> It appeared in the Australian IWW paper Direct
> Action, and is online at
> 
> http://www.mercatiesplosivi.com/dibase/page138.htm

Does autonomism have meaning in australia? Very few
activists are familiar with the term in the U.S. or
the principles of autonomist marxism (at least on the
east coast), and 'autonomism' certainly would not
appear in the u.s. iww paper (interesting considering
i think cleaver actually coined the term)
> 
> If you can read Italian, the web sites for Di Base
> and Umanita' Nova
> provide excellent coverage of the COBAS and
> alternative unions, thanks
> in large part to the work of Cosimo Scarinzi.

i can't but have to start learning soon...
>  
> > 
> > also does anyone think the iww is making much
> progress
> > in rebuilding itself? from what i can tell they've
> 
> From what I hear, things are certainly moving along
> in Portland, Oregon ...
> 
> In the Melbourne case, the only one I can speak of
> directly, moves to
> develop a stronger industry-specific focus have been
> slow. I would put
> that down to the weaknesses of the GMB ( mixed
> local) model - then
> again, these same features were also a strength in
> getting a bunch of
> like-minded people together in the first place.]

thanks for the tips i'll have to look into those iww
chapters more myself...
in struggle,
-Sean


===="When I wake up will my eyes still be blinking, will my heart still be cycling on, off, on, off, on, off, on, off..."
 -Macaulay Culprit-

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