Thu, 06/03/14

The workers' economy: a global challenge

a report from the workers' at the occupied Officine Zero inRome

Workers from the occupied Officine Zero reflect on the conference in Marsailles and on their own experience.

http://www.dinamopress.it/multilanguages/the-workers-economy-a-global-challenge

Era:

21st Century: Workers' Control in the Present

Topic:

Workers' Control

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