The Anarcho Syndicalist Federation is the Australian section of the International Workers Association (IWA-AIT)| ASF-IWA
Amazon Flex sacks its delivery drivers without giving them details of their alleged policy violations. Former Amazon Flex driver Mohammad Shereen lost his livelihood and means of supporting his family because Amazon claimed he ‘mishandled package deliveries’ Other drivers have complained that packages can be damaged before the driver even| ASF-IWA
In the anarcho syndicalist approach to organization, the federated decision-making process embodies the principles of direct democracy, grassroots participation, and collective action.| ASF-IWA
Veteran anarchist and member of Workers Solidarity Federation, the Pakistan affiliate of IWA, has been arrested and detained by Karachi Police at a demonstration to protest against religious extremists who killed a doctor in Karachi accused of blasphemy. Also arrested were WSF comrades Sindhu, Zahra, Nasir, Jami and her daughter| ASF-IWA
Changes in workers action We have recorded labor movements in different regions and industries through statistics of labor movement data over the past ten years. It presents a social, political and economic situation beyond the official narrative, and also foreshadows future changes in the labor movement. First, China's economic composition| ASF-IWA
From the start of the coup, the junta (SAC) faced a series of sanctions and diplomatic pressure imposed by the Western superpowers. The military junta (SAC), being isolated from the West, was left with no choice but to increase its reliance on Russia, China, and India. Furthermore, the fragile economy| ASF-IWA
The five month campaign by ASF Melbourne North to recover stolen wages for one its members has been successful with the employer agreeing to the demands made. The total amount recovered was around $11k and was made possible by the solidarity of workers who supported the campaign including members of| ASF-IWA
After almost ten years fighting for justice, Ansell workers in Sri Lanka who were sacked for attempting to organise their workplace, have won the compensation they were seeking as justice. Here is yet another example of the power of international solidarity. In October 2013, 11 members of the IndustriALL affiliated| ASF-IWA
On 15 August, ASF Melbourne North conducted a protest action at D.G. Expresso demanding the return of wages and tips stolen from 'Mo'. Mo worked hard at their job and was very popular with customers. When Mo asked her employer about the tips jar, Mo was told it was| ASF-IWA
One must understand the environment we were dealing with, to begin with the majority of the work force were immigrants with little or no command of the English language who in turn were the lowest paid, working under the worst conditions you could ever imagine. Quite a number of the| ASF-IWA
The Melbourne North affiliate of ASF has celebrated and commemorated May Day on 1 May every year since 1986. The ASF celebrates all those achievements of the international working-class by their own efforts and commemorates all those workers not only fighting to improve their conditions of work who seek to| ASF-IWA
By ~vidak. Schism; division. Sometimes it is actually quite a good thing. Isn't it true? Perhaps sometimes we should think like a doctor: shouldn't diseases and infections be cast out from the body? And, in a diagnostic spirit, surely we can also say that we will, first, do no harm?| ASF-IWA
It has been almost two years since the Myanmar Military seized the state power by coup; despite their brutal oppression and cohesion over the whole population with various methods, people are still resisting their rule in various ways they can, from CDM to arm struggle. Especially in the country's central| ASF-IWA
~vidak vidak@germination.systems Statecraft and Totalitarianism I recently had the chance to discuss more concrete and prefigurative politics with the ASF-Perth. We decided the evidence supports the devolution of society into units of no more than around 200 people--around several hundred, in, perhaps exceptional circumstances. This gave me pause| ASF-IWA
By Blair Vidak. Plato is normally regarded as an enemy of the anarchists. I suppose my own trajectory into anarchism has been highly unorthodox (having never been a trotskyist, I have duly been a member of a few trotskyist organisations, before finally shedding Libertarian Marxism altogether) so I was surprised| ASF-IWA
It is certainly true that anarchism shares the 'needs principle' with the Marxists. The needs principle states: "from each according to the ability--to each according to their need". However, Kropotkin--and I argue we should follow in suit--says Marxism is "mere collectivism". That is to say, Marxism dissolves the individual into| ASF-IWA
On 27 April 2024, the Workers Solidarity Federation, the Pakistan affiliate of the IWA, held its first Congress in Karachi. 18 delegates from across the country were in attendance. The Aims, Principles and Statutes of the WSF were re-affirmed. WSF was founded as Workers Solidarity Initiative in May 2020 initially| ASF-IWA