This is a summary of "In Cause of Labour: History of British Trade Unionism" by Rob Sewell. You can find the whole book online here. It was published in 2003 and gives a radical history of the British trade union movement from the 1700s until 2002. I'm going to summarise this book in three posts. … Continue reading History of Trade Unions in Britain Part 1 →

This post looks at if it's possible to have a coherent strategy for the emancipatory transformation of a complex social system, 5 anti-capitalist strategies and revolutionary strategy. What does ‘emancipatory transformation of a complex social system’ mean? We currently live in a capitalist society or capitalist social system that is not equal, just, democratic or … Continue reading Revolutionary and anti-capitalist strategy →

This post describes the general organising principles/methodology, where do we organise, shallow versus deep organizing and 8 points of Jane McAlevey’s organizing methodology. I have based this post on material from experienced organisers. I have limited experience of practicing organising myself due to the circumstances of where I have worked and lived. I'm working on … Continue reading How to do organising →

This post looks at what is social change, causes of social change, what is historical change, and theories of social and historical change. This final section of the post includes something on Marxist theories of history. I looked at theories of change at the social movement and institutional level in previous posts: part 1, part … Continue reading Historical and social change →