History

Johann Sebastian Trunk, 1850-1933

Submitted by kropotcorn on Sep 20 2013 05:21

Short biography of transnational anarchist Johann Sebastian Trunk, by Jared Davidson.

August 12, 1937: Killing day at Tobolsk

Submitted by Battlescarred on Sep 17 2013 16:45
Tobolsk Prison

A short account of the state murder of Russian anarchists in 1937.

An irony of the Russian Civil war

Submitted by Battlescarred on Sep 17 2013 12:16
Vasko-Bogdan

A short account of Vasko-Bogdan who started out as an anarchist and met his end fighting the Makhnovists

Galaieva, Anastasia Ivanovna aka Nastia aka Stepanova (1885-1925)

Submitted by Battlescarred on Sep 16 2013 15:23

A short biography of the Ukrainian anarchist Anastasia Galaieva, hounded by the Bolsheviks despite her serious illness.

The North Sea 3. Coal, oil and after

Submitted by wojtek on Sep 15 2013 12:17

The third part of an interview with Neil Rothnie about North Sea oil workers’organisation.

The North Sea 2. The OILC and the unions

Submitted by wojtek on Sep 15 2013 12:10

The second part of an interview with Neil Rothnie about North Sea oil workers’organisation.

The North Sea 1. The reaction to Piper Alpha

Submitted by wojtek on Sep 15 2013 12:01

In this interview, Neil Rothnie describes the surge of organisation among oil workers in the British section of the North Sea in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The shock of the explosion on the Piper Alpha oil rig on 6 July 1988, in which 167 oil workers died, was a catalyst for rank-and-file organisation. Activists established the Oil Industry Liaison Committee (OILC), after the Piper Alpha disaster, to coordinate action by workers who were members of different trade unions.

Edetkin, David Chaim aka Skitalets (The Wanderer) (1892/3- after 1934)

Submitted by Battlescarred on Sep 14 2013 23:20

A short biography of David Edetkin, active in the Russian anarchist underground

Makaryants, Vladimir Abramovitch (1909-1938)

Submitted by Battlescarred on Sep 14 2013 19:29
Tobolsk Prison

A short biography of the anarchist Vladimir Makaryants , murdered by the Soviet regime.

The Teamsters wildcat strike, 1970 - Jeremy Brecher

Submitted by Steven. on Sep 13 2013 18:26

A short history of the militant nationwide wildcat strike of truck drivers in the Teamsters union against a union-management agreed pay rise of $1.10 an hour, which won a much bigger rise.