For the global emancipation of labour!

Peter Waterman, Alice Mattoni, Elizabeth Humphrys, Laurence Cox, Ana Margarida Esteves (2012) 'For the global emancipation of labour: new movements and struggles around work, workers and precarity', Interface: a journal for and about social movements, Vol.4/2.

Volume four, issue two of Interface, a peer-reviewed e-journal produced and refereed by social movement practitioners and engaged movement researchers, is now out.

Trade Unions in the Green Economy

Räthzel, Nora and David Uzzell (eds) (2012) Trade Unions in the Green Economy: Working for the environment. London: Earthscan/Routledge.

Assessing the Politics of Organized Labour

Pillay, Devan and Lucien van der Walt (eds) (2011) Assessing the Politics of Organized Labour in Asia, Africa and Latin America at the Start of the 21st Century, Labour,Capital and Society/ Travail, capital et société, Special issue, Vol.44/2.

CONTACT: Lucien van der Walt at l.vanderwalt@ru.ac.za with enquiries, or regarding copies.

The Pursuit of Alternatives

Serrano, Melisa R. and EdliraXhafa (2012) The Pursuit of Alternatives: Stories of Peoples’ Economic and Political Struggles Around the World. München, Mering: Rainer Hampp Verlag.

Labour in the Global South!

Mosoetsa, Sarah and Michelle Williams (eds) Labour in the Global South: challenges and alternatives for workers. Geneva: ILO Press (2012).

Cross-National Comparisons of Social Movement Unionism

Suzuki, Akira (ed.) (2012) Cross-National Comparisons of Social Movement Unionism-Diversities of Labour Movement Revitalization in Japan, Korea and the United States. Oxford: Peter Lang.

The Detroit newspaper strike!

Rhomberg, Chris (2012) The Broken Table: The Detroit Newspaper Strike and the State of American Labor. Russell Sage Foundation.