Direct action gets the goods. In this episode we discuss Matthew's experience of working and organising as a teaching assistant, including how they waged a campaign of on-the-job action to resist work intensification and management surveillance.

This episode was recorded on the fly, so please enjoy the background ambience of a pub garden in South London. We'll be back to the usual studio setup soon.

Read Matthew's article, A Lesson in Class Struggle: Working in a South London School

The Whitehall Worker (civil service bulletin)

The Handover (St George's Hospital bulletin)

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New from the NFB vault: guest editors Rehana Zaman, Jenny Warren and Allan Struthers join Dante to discuss issue 24 on class struggle in arts and culture. This interview was recorded in late 2025.

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The podcast returns with an election special on workers' inquiry, fascism, and poultry farms.

Lotte's book: An Economy of Starlings

The Future In Our Past - out now on Verso

Interview about the book with Sam Kelly on Red Medicine

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How do you build a militant rank and file movement of thousands of young workers in a sector everyone says is impossible to organise? Nick Troy joins us to talk strikes, hospitality, service work, and the experiences of the Unite Hospitality branch in Glasgow.

Read the full interview here: https://notesfrombelow.org/article/afters-building-hospitality-workers-movement-glasg

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First off - sorry for the delay! As always, we blame the bosses.

Second, enjoy this interview about organising in the care sector during the pandemic. Connor, our guest from episode one of Workers' Inquiry, returns to interview Allison and Steve about their experiences.

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Massive games studio Rockstar just victimised 30+ workers. We jumped on a call with Austin Kelmore, a games worker and IWGB organiser, to get an update on the state of organising in the industry and the birth of his union branch.

Read Austin's article from Issue 24 of NFB here.

IWGB Game Workers: https://www.gameworkers.co.uk/

Support the victimised Rockstar worker fundraiser: https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/support-rockstar-workers-fighting-unfair-dismissals/

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We're talking about the art and culture sector, workers' inquiry, and how to build rank and file organisation in a sector characterised by low union membership and small workplaces.Steff Huì Cí Ling is a cultural worker and labour researcher based in Vancouver who wrote for issue 24 of NFB. You can read the full article here: https://www.notesfrombelow.org/article/the-only-polemic-left-in-the-art-world-is-worker-p

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Today we launch season 2 with an update from the French movement that has toppled two prime ministers and thrown the French political system into crisis.

Louise Héritier, a Paris-based actor and culture worker, joined us to discuss 'Cultures en Lutte' , a rank-and-file anti-austerity campaign of culture workers. You can read the full article here: https://notesfrombelow.org/article/cultures-en-lutte

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You can find the bulletins from the 2024 delivery strike here: https://notesfrombelow.org/article/delivery-strike-reports-frontline

See you in September for season two.

You can read Thomas' article in issue 23 here.

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