Ovambo migrant workers general strike for rights, Namibia: 1971-72
Submitted by Reddebrek on Nov 6 2016 06:07
In the winter of 1971-72 the economy of South West Africa (Namibia) was shutdown by a general strike of contract labourers challenged the economic system emplaced by Apartheid South Africa. The strike led to the scrapping of the contract system and is seen as a watershed moment, encouraging a rapid growth of opposition movements.
The Luddites: machine-breaking in regency England
Submitted by Anonymous on Nov 3 2016 23:00
A historical overview and analysis of the Luddite movement 1811-1816 which swept parts of the UK as workers smashed machines to defend their jobs, pay and conditions.
A new world in our hearts: the faces of Spanish anarchism
Submitted by Steven. on Nov 3 2016 22:52
Book published in 1978 by Cienfuegos Press, edited by Albert Meltzer, giving an overview of the anarchist movement in Spain following the death of dictator General Franco.
La du Oktobroj: Petro Arĉinof
Eseo sur la temo de la Oktobro Rusa Revolucio, kaj la kontraŭrevolucian rolon de la bolŝevisto partio.
The May 18 Gwangju democratic uprising
Submitted by Steven. on Nov 2 2016 01:21
A detailed account of the May 18 popular uprising in Gwangju, South Korea, against the dictatorship's declaration of martial law and for workers' rights in 1980.
La Meksikano Felipe Rivera: Jack London
Rankonto pri la vivo de Felipe Rivera, la Meksikano boksisto kaj revolucia. Skribis per Jack London en 1911 (eldonis en 1913).
Laboristaj Olimpikaj Ludoj: Jakvo Schram
Artikolo de Jakvo Schram pri sporta evento kiu devus esti okazinta la jaron 1936 en Barcelono.
The Black Voice
Partial online archive of The Black Voice, the information arm of the United Black Workers, an organization of workers at the Ford Mahwah Assembly plant in New Jersey in the early 1970s.
Secrets and bombs: The Piazza Fontana bombing and the Strategy of Tension
Submitted by Steven. on Oct 24 2016 10:18
Extremely informative set of writings on the Italian secret state counter-subversion program during the mass struggles of the 1960s and 70s.
New Perspectives on Anarchism, Labour and Syndicalism: The Individual, the National and the Transnational - ed. David Berry and Constance Bantman
This collection presents new research on the history of anarchist movements and their relation to organised labour, notably revolutionary syndicalism. Bringing together specialists in their field, it ranges across Europe and from the late nineteenth century to the beginnings of the Cold War. National histories are revisited through transnational perspectives—on Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Poland or Europe as a whole—evidencing a great wealth of cross-border interactions and reciprocal influences between regions and countries.
