Workers Solidarity 1991 issues


Issues of the Irish anarchist paper Workers Solidarity published in 1991

Workers Solidarity No 31 - Summer 1991


A fresh look at Lenin
Lenin knew too much about socialism to simply drop all talk of workers eventually running the economy. As he once said "The liberation of the workers can be achieved only by the workers' own efforts".. He was too little of one to actually allow them to do so.

1916: What are you celebrating?

Still to be added: Lots of articles, but we'll have to find a printed version first as they are not online.

Workers Solidarity No 32 Autumn 1991

Church power in the south...

Labouring for what?

If voting could change anything...it would be illegal

A revolution essentially is a sudden upheaval in society which fundamentally alters the way that society operates or who that society is run by. It occurs when the mass of the people desire change that their rulers are unwilling or unable to grant.

Break this law

Laughing all the way to the bank
ALTHOUGH workers have been getting a bad deal out of the PNR and now the PESP in terms of pay the same can hardly be said for Irish bosses. In 1989-90 many executives got increases of 20% according to a recent Irish Management Institute survey.

Articles still to be added

For starters
That's capitalism
Striking back
Castlereagh falls out with God
What a trade off!
Acting up
Review: Ireland and British Imperialism

Workers Solidarity No 33 - 1991

Anarchism in Action : the collectives in Spain
Throughout the history of the 20th century ordinary working people have succeeded in taking things into their own hands and making a go of it. Nowhere, however, has come closer to a fully self-managed anarchist society then large areas of "republican" Spain during the Spanish Civil War.

How Lenin led to Stalin
Points that many would consider characteristic of Stalinism include, the creation of a one party state, no control by the working class of the economy, the dictatorial rule of individuals over the mass of society, the brutal crushing of all workers' action and the use of slander and historical distortion against other left groups. How many of these policies came into effect under Lenin?

What about human nature?

Why half the world's children go to bed hungry

How do we fight back?
Over the Summer unemployment reached an all time high. It would have seemed fair enough to expect some kind of militant response to this by the unemployed organisations in Ireland but in fact very little happened. In this article we look at why these organisations are so unable to mobilize unemployed people, either to demand work or to fight for improved social welfare.

When the unemployed elected their own TD

Why the bosses system can't sort it out

Articles still to be added

For starters
That's capitalism
The 'Training scam'
Union finances religious magazine
Australian jobless hammered by Labour government
Peace Train runs out of steam
Dumped on
The hostage takers


Trade Unionists and Unemployed Against the Programme (PESP)

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