(en) Britain, North-East Anarchist Nee-Nar! #4 - Pop-Up Unions

Dear all, A-Radio Berlin published a new English language audio. It's a ready to send 
audio interview in an American English translation and recording (from German original). 
This interview on the topics of the uprising in Turkey, its origins and perspectives as 
well as on the action form of the "standing man" has been made with a member of the 
Swiss-turkish anarchist group "Karak?k Autonome" (http://www.karakok.org/). Karak?k 
Autonome is a member group of the Federation of German speaking Anarchists (FdA): 
fda-ifa.org --- The interview was conducted at the end of June 2013 and then translated by 
English speaking comrades. ---- 
http://aradio.blogsport.de/2013/07/12/a-radio-auf-englisch-interview-on-the-uprising-in-turkey/ 
---- There are two English language versions: --- * An English only version ---- * A 
German version with English voice-over

And there is also the German original:
http://aradio.blogsport.de/2013/07/02/proteste-in-der-tuerkei-interview-mit-karakoek-autonome/

Attached you'll find the complete English language transcript of the
interview.

Enjoy and please feel free to spread!

A-Radio Berlin (part of FdA)

ps.: There are also some other English language audio pieces available on
the uprising in Slovenia and the situation of anarchist prisoners in
Belarus... Simply look at: http://aradio.blogsport.de/

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Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 19:41:05 +0300
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There?s been some interesting developments at Sussex Uni, where staff and students 
fighting out-sourcing of jobs have formed a new union, the so-called ?PopUp Union?. The 
Pop-Up union is a temporary fighting organisation, open to all staff in all sectors. It is 
democratically controlled and run directly by the workers themselves, with no bureaucracy 
or paid officials. Its formation has been prompted by the difficulties in organising 
co-ordinated strike action by the three established trade unions at the uni ? Unison, 
Unite and UCU ? who members accuse of failing to act. However, as the new union is aimed 
simply at stopping the out-sourcing of jobs and runs a dual-card system, Dit doesn?t 
compete with the established unions and doesn?t aim to replace them. The Pop-Up union has 
recently gained legal recognition as a union and is currently organising a strike ballot.

(Unfortunately, being a legally recognised union, they still have to jump through a 
thousand and one hoops to avoid an injunction.)

We see this as an encouraging development, a move towards syndicalist methods. Although 
there are limitations ? notably the temporary nature of it, and, some might argue, its 
commitment to legal methods ? t

from the bottom-up with the express intention of fighting back against the bosses ? and 
that is the essence of syndicalism. Victory to ?em!

For more info on the campaign, visit http://popupunion.org/his is still a recognition of the importance of direct 
democracy, unity in action and a fighting spirit ? the principle of ?One Big Union?, run