“Workers have the obligation to be the first to fight against the aggressiveness of foreign interventions.”
George Mavrikos’ interview on recent developments in Middle East
24 June 2025
George Mavrikos’ interview on recent developments in Middle East
With a militant spirit and the outstanding participation of young workers, USB-Italy organized two successful presentations of George Mavrikos’s book “Critical Notes on the History of the World Trade Union Movement – Issues of Tactics and Strategy.” in Roma and Turin.
The book ”Critical Notes on the History of the World Trade-Union Movement, Issues of Tactics and Strategy’’ is worth studying and I suggest that the book presentation sessions be organized in every city and in as many as possible locations in the countries across the continents region. It should be translated into every language and taught in trade union schools and trade union seminars.
Any organizational structure, any apparatus in itself can neither make a work “flourish” nor destroy it. The structure may help more or less but the structure will not be the determining factor. The final judge is life itself, in time and place.
«Today’s priorities of the labor movement and the role of the ILO» Dear colleagues, brothers and sisters, I am glad to see you all again strong, healthy and with a militant spirit. I know that you are experienced trade unionists and that you are successfully setting…
Today we publish the three parts of the interview with George Mavrikos, former general secretary of the WFTU, conducted by Luis Miguel Busto Mauleón and published in the electronic magazine “Rebelión”. English translation by Maria Barouti. George Mavrikos was born on the Greek island of Skyros 72 years ago. Since…
12th Triennial Conference of CITU January 17-21, 2007 – Bangalore India Speech of W.F.T.U. General Secretary George Mavrikos. Dear friends and comrades, It is a pleasure and an honour for the World Federation of Trade Unions to participate to the 12th Triennial conference of CITU and we cordially…
Many books, many papers, countless articles have been and are being written on worldwide level on the issue of the “classes”. During the last centuries, the ideological conflict on the issue of class structure of capitalist society is intense and lasting. It is constantly being heightened. So, as fighters…
The entire planet is deeply immersed in the coronavirus pandemic. To this day, there are 921,002 infected and 46,153 dead, according to official data. The situation is tragic on all continents. Thousands of families mourn their dead, hundreds of thousands suffer from the disease and millions of people live with…
