Tag: Militancy

Militancy, “negative solidarity,” and fighting to win in Saskatchewan and Canada’s labour movement

Since a team of workers took over the STTIC’s executive board a year ago, they’ve been making the union more democratic and militant, following the model of the Industrial Workers of the World.

After two months on strike, CUPE 3903 members were feeling worn out. That changed when, one night – armed with a Rototiller, under cover of darkness – they decided to plant a community garden on the picket line.

71 years ago, India promised to let the people of Kashmir choose to join India or Pakistan. In the absence of the referendum, protestors in Indian-occupied Kashmir are voicing their desire for freedom by showing up in the thousands to the funerals of separatist militants. But 2018 has been the bloodiest year in a decade inside Indian-occupied Kashmir.

How can we adopt the best practices for protest without creating divisions among activists and those in the struggle?

Militancy and real solidarity are essential if workers are to gain leverage in labour disputes.