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An inspiring and compelling case for workplace organizing - and the radical politics we need to rebuild a powerful workers' movement. -- Eric Blanc, author of <i>Red State Revolt</i> No advance for working people has been achieved without troublemaking and a read of this book will turn many more into effective troublemakers. Drawing on the hard fought struggles of workers to organise and mobilise in recent times the book not only inspires but also explains concisely how our economic system operates and how it can be challenged successfully. -- John McDonnell MP Troublemaking makes clear through real, lived examples in the book that we can learn from past workers' struggles and how looking at previous tactics and strategies can inform our actions today. -- Sarah Woolley, General Secretary, Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union Troublemaking provides inspiring examples of workers struggles and puts them in the context of the nature of work under capitalism and the fight to transform society. It makes a powerful case for troublemaking at work and building workers' rank and file power. -- Ian Allinson, workplace activist and author of <i>Workers Can Win! A Guide to Organising At Work</i> Troublemaking is a unique guide to the path from today's struggles to a socialist future that can help inspire a new generation of workplace and union activists to set foot on that risky road. -- Kim Moody, a founder of <i>Labor Notes</i> and author of <i>Breaking the Impasse: Electoral Politics, Mass Action & The New Socialist Movement in the United States</i> A galvanising book ... as timely as it is lucid. -- Mark Fisher * The Journalist *

An inspiring and compelling case for workplace organizing - and the radical politics we need to rebuild a powerful workers' movement. -- Eric Blanc, author of <i>Red State Revolt</i> No advance for working people has been achieved without troublemaking and a read of this book will turn many more into effective troublemakers. Drawing on the hard fought struggles of workers to organise and mobilise in recent times the book not only inspires but also explains concisely how our economic system operates and how it can be challenged successfully. -- John McDonnell MP Troublemakers makes clear through real, lived examples in the book that we can learn from past workers' struggles and how looking at previous tactics and strategies can inform our actions today. -- Sarah Woolley, General Secretary, Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union Troublemaking provides inspiring examples of workers struggles and puts them in the context of the nature of work under capitalism and the fight to transform society. It makes a powerful case for troublemaking at work and building workers' rank and file power. -- Ian Allinson, workplace activist and author of <i>Workers Can Win! A Guide to Organising At Work</i> Troublemaking is a unique guide to the path from today's struggles to a socialist future that can help inspire a new generation of workplace and union activists to set foot on that risky road. -- Kim Moody, a founder of <i>Labor Notes</i> and author of <i>Breaking the Impasse: Electoral Politics, Mass Action & The New Socialist Movement in the United States</i>

An inspiring and compelling case for workplace organizing - and the radical politics we need to rebuild a powerful workers' movement. -- Eric Blanc, author of <i>Red State Revolt</i> No advance for working people has been achieved without troublemaking and a read of this book will turn many more into effective troublemakers. Drawing on the hard fought struggles of workers to organise and mobilise in recent times the book not only inspires but also explains concisely how our economic system operates and how it can be challenged successfully. -- John McDonnell MP Troublemaking makes clear through real, lived examples in the book that we can learn from past workers' struggles and how looking at previous tactics and strategies can inform our actions today. -- Sarah Woolley, General Secretary, Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union Troublemaking provides inspiring examples of workers struggles and puts them in the context of the nature of work under capitalism and the fight to transform society. It makes a powerful case for troublemaking at work and building workers' rank and file power. -- Ian Allinson, workplace activist and author of <i>Workers Can Win! A Guide to Organising At Work</i> Troublemaking is a unique guide to the path from today's struggles to a socialist future that can help inspire a new generation of workplace and union activists to set foot on that risky road. -- Kim Moody, a founder of <i>Labor Notes</i> and author of <i>Breaking the Impasse: Electoral Politics, Mass Action & The New Socialist Movement in the United States</i>

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Lydia Hughes is a workplace organiser. She was the Head of Organising at the IWGB until 2021. She has been involved in organising with foster care workers, food delivery couriers, cycling instructors, cleaners, security guards, and game workers. She now supports socialist education initiatives and is active as a union member. Lydia is an editor of Notes from Below and Red Pepper. Jamie Woodcock works for a university and is a researcher based in London. He is a member of two unions, the IWGB and UCU. He supports new worker organising through the IWGB General Members branch and the Organise Now project. Jamie is the author of books including Working the Phones and Marx at the Arcade, as well as an editor of Notes from Below and Historical Materialism.

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