Inquiry


This section presents original research into class composition (in its technical, social and political formations). These inquiries will take many different forms, but all are intended as tools to aid the development of workplace and community struggles.


For more details, see What is workers' inquiry?



Latest inquiry

One of the main buildings at SOAS campus

Authoritarianism, Neoliberalism, and the Academic Labour Regime: Why Our Grassroots Organising Lost
by Basit Weber / Sept. 9, 2025

Palestine flag flying from the wing mirror of dockworker's truck

Internationalist Solidarity at the Port of Genova: A Worker’s Inquiry
by Gemma Timpano / Sept. 8, 2025

Arts and Culture Workers block on a London Palestine solidarity march. BECTU-Prospect flags can be seen being held, and a large Palestine solidarity banner is held by the group.

BECTU-Prospect’s Organised Rank-and-File: Building the Base
by Comrades in BECTU-Prospect / Aug. 22, 2025

Palestine solidarity protest outside the British museum. A banner reads: "30,000 dead, 200 cultural sites destroyed"

Organising Workers for Palestine in Culture
by Allan Struthers / Aug. 22, 2025

Cover of "Grievances" magazine. One side has a graphic that says "The real stakes are here, in these struggles, not at a biennale."

The only polemic left in the art world is worker power
by Steff Huì Cí Ling / Aug. 22, 2025

Photo of a theatre stage.

Comedy of Errors: Work and Organising in a Theatre
by Jez / Aug. 22, 2025

A large protest crowd gathered outside the Louvre, holding a pink banner that says "Cultures En Lutte"

Cultures En Lutte
by Louise Héritier / Aug. 22, 2025

Fighting Against Redundancies at the Tate
by Cristina Petrella / Aug. 22, 2025

Photo of gameworkers carrying a purple and pink IWGB Games Workers union banner on a protest.

Video Game Worker Unions and Revolution
by Austin Kelmore / Aug. 22, 2025


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