Where are the Unions?

i/iIntroduction, Sian Lazar Part I: Labour movements and the state The Egyptian workers' movement: problems of organisation and politics, Anne Alexander and Mostafa Bassiouny From the grassroots to the presidential palace: the coca-growers unions and the Movement Towards Socialism in Bolivia, Thomas Grisaffii/i The Labour Movement and the Culture of Protest in Tunisia, Mohamed-Salah Omri Activists Against Terror in Guatemala, Enrico Tortolano Workers' Rights, Political Opportunities and the 'Battle for Discourse' in Bahrain, Luke Bhatia Part II: Identity and precarity Migrants' struggles? Rethinking citizenship, anti-racism and labour precarity through migration politics in Italy, Irene Peano The experience of grassroots syndicalism in Greece: workplace restructuring and the role of traditional trade unions in the tertiary sector, Aris Anagnostopoulos and Angelos Evangelinidis The Crisis in Spain: from complacency to discomfort, and from discomfort to mobilisation, Salvador Martí i Puig and Marco Aparicio Wilhelmi Potential strategies for the emergence of a democratic, revolutionary workers' movement in Lebanon, Walid Daou 'To struggle is also to teach'. How can teachers and teaching unions further the global fight for another world? Mary Compton Part III: Rank and file challenges to traditional unionism From Invisible to Invincible: the Story of the 3 Cosas Campaign, UK, Jason Moyer-Lee 'Organizing the Unemployed': Trade Unions, Grassroots Associations and Neoliberal Policies in the Making of the Unemployment Movement in Argentina, Virginia Manzano Unruly politics and the right to (sell in) the city: street vending and protest in Brazil, Lucy McMahon Afterword, Peter Waterman