(10.08.2019) On 12 September 1980, the army under the leadership of General Kenan Evren staged a fascist coup in order to crush the rising struggle of the working class. Following the coup, the combative trade unions of workers were closed down and the vested rights of the workers were taken away. The whole...

(12.07.2019) Zonguldak is a city that is virtually identified with mines and miners. It reminds people of coal and of workers covered with coal dust. Miners have a hard and arduous life. To date, mines in Zonguldak have turned into graves for hundreds of workers as a result of capitalists’ hunger for profit....

(10.07.2019) The 24 June 2018 election results continue to be discussed and mentioned. Some of the discussions and conversations among the workers result in quarrels and resentments. The workers who voted for the opposition parties are enraged over the electoral victory of the one-man rule. They are angry...

(04.07.2019) Kavel was the name of a cable factory in Istinye, a district in Istanbul. The struggle that took place at this factory in 1963 represents a landmark in the history of working class struggle in Turkey. Kavel workers were confronted with important problems just like we are today. They were working...

(10.06.2019) The history of the working class is replete with experiences of past struggles. Today, if we want to proceed and succeed in strikes and resistances, we must look back at our past struggles and learn from them. And we must stand up against the bosses in a stronger, determined, conscious and...

(03.06.2019) Fumiaki Hoshino, who in his early age had joined the ranks of struggle of the Japanese working class in the aspiration of a world without war, exploitation, and full of peace and freedom, lost his life. Cruel Japanese rulers tried to break him away from his struggle and beloved ones by keeping...

(06.03.2019) We, teachers in Hiroshima, categorically oppose the inscription of the Self Defense Forces in the 9th clause of the Constitution and also the new introduction of “emergency clause” in it. We are firmly determined to prevent the disaster caused by war and nuclear weapons once again imminent in...

(10.10.2018) Workers movement and unions are under severe repression in Turkey. Working conditions of the working class are deteriorating with each passing day, along with falling real wages and worsening living conditions. More than 2000 workers per year lose their lives in work accidents. And the economic...

(01.05.2018) May Day, the working class’s international day of unity, struggle and solidarity, was enthusiastically celebrated in a number of towns across Turkey. Despite the state of emergency, which has been made the normal mode of government since 2016, despite heavy repression, and bans and restrictions...

(01.05.2018) As a fighting organisation of workers, UID-DER prepared for the May Day conducting a work in workplaces and working-class neighbourhoods with the main slogan “NO to this Faulty Order!” The result was a massive and enthusiastic column in Istanbul Maltepe. In UID-DER column workers raised voices...