Class struggles, climate change, and the origins of modern agriculture
Submitted by Out of the Woods on Aug 18 2014 09:54
Class conflicts and colonial expansion in the context of the Little Ice Age lead to the emergence of capitalist agriculture and the transformation of social relations on a world scale.
Customs in common - E. P. Thompson
Submitted by wojtek on Jul 16 2013 22:55
Eighteenth-century Britain saw a profound distancing between the culture of the patricians and the plebs. E. P. Thompson explains why in this series of brilliant essays on the customs of the working people, which, he argues, emerged as a culture of resistance towards an innovative market economy.
1600-1980: Introduction to the United States - Noel Ignatiev
Submitted by Mike Harman on Jul 22 2007 08:45
Introduction to the United States: An Autonomist Political History, Noel Ignatiev
The many headed hydra: Sailors, slaves, and the atlantic working class in the eighteenth century - Marcus Rediker and Peter Linebaugh
Submitted by David in Atlanta on Jun 3 2007 01:43
Article on class struggle and compositon in the period leading up to and during the American revolution, showing how the struggles of sailors and slaves drove the movement to national liberation.
Pirate utopias: Under the banner of death, 1640-1820
Submitted by ftony on Jun 1 2007 09:57
An interesting look at the life and times of pirates in the 17th and 18th centuries. This article explores the somewhat libertarian and communalist values which guided the life of a pirate during those years.
1680-1730: Pirates and Anglo-American piracy in the Atlantic
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 12 2006 14:18
A short history of the Golden Age of Piracy and the origins and role of the pirates in the class struggle on the high seas at the time.
1789-1989: Revolutionary song in France
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 11 2006 13:58
A history of song, music and revolutionary working class politics in France from the 1789 Revolution up to the 1980s and punk.
1700: The Jolly Roger
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 11 2006 11:39
Information and explanations of the likely origins of the pirate flag, the Jolly Roger.
The Real del Monte miners' strike, 1766
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 9 2006 15:25
A short history of the first ever strike in North American history, by Mexican silver miners.
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