Labour Movements and Opposition Groups in Saudi Arabia: 1950-1975
Submitted by Reddebrek on Oct 21 2015 19:01
An article about the growth of the Saudi Labour movement and additional radical opposition groups, focussing on two strikes at the ARAMCO oil company in 1953 and 1956.
The CIO, 1935-1955 - Robert H. Zieger
Submitted by Anonymous on Jul 14 2015 02:30
A comprehensive, if institutional, history of the CIO, an American federation of industrial unions that organized many of the mass industries in the United States during the 1930s-1950s.
A new anarchism emerges, 1940–1954
Submitted by Juan Conatz on May 19 2015 05:11
A history by Andrew Cornell of the American anarchism movement from the beginning of the Second World War until the mid-1950s.
The right to self-determination - Joseph J. Cohen
A 1951 article by Joseph J. Cohen that argues that the 'right for national self-determination' post-World War I caused more problems than it solved.
The Problem of the Workers’ Paper (1955)
An article by Daniel Mothé that opened a discussion on the problem of the workers’ journal, which was carried on in issues of Socialisme ou Barbarie.
Proletarian Experience (1952)
A 1953 essay by Claude Lefort of Socialisme Ou Barbarie that represents part of the turn to the sociologically oriented approach to the working class fundamental for the group’s revolutionary project, in particular from 1953 through 1957.
Introduction to L’operaio americano (1954)
From Battaglia Comunista, a. XV, n. 2 (febbraio-marzo 1954), the introduction to the Italian translation of The American Worker.
Standing fast: a novel - Harvey Swados
Harvey Swados' fictional story of a group of socialists and their lives from the dawn of USA's involvement in World War II to the Kennedy assasination. More or less based on the Worker's Party of Max Shachtman, C.L.R. James, Raya Dunayevskaya and Stan Weir.
From workers autonomy to social autonomy: the experience of Socialisme ou Barbarie. An interview with Daniel Blanchard - Amador Fernández-Savater
Submitted by Alias Recluse on Aug 8 2013 23:14
Daniel Blanchard (a/k/a Pierre Canjuers) discusses his experience as a member of Socialisme ou Barbarie during the 1950s and 1960s in this undated interview published in 2008.
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