No to the draft! Maria Occhipinti and the Ragusa revolt of January 1945
Submitted by Steven. on Jul 31 2017 14:00
A short account by Meno Occhipinti of the Ragusa revolt, and the role Maria Occhipinti played in it.
Too Young to Go to War but Old Enough to be Executed
A short account of Herbert Burden, a 17 year old boy executed by the British Army for desertion during the First World War. Burden was among 306 British and Commonwealth soldiers executed by the British Military for ‘cowardice and desertion’ during the First World War. The article originally appeared on the WordPress blog Running Past.
The Makhnovist movement and the national question in the Ukraine, 1917-1921
Submitted by Steven. on Jul 26 2017 09:35
A detailed account and analysis of the Ukrainian revolutionary anarchist army, during the Russian revolution, written by Aleksandr Shubin.
Poland 1956 Photo Gallery
Submitted by Reddebrek on Jul 10 2017 14:47
A small collection of photographs documenting the wave of anti government protests in Poland in 1956, that were overshadowed by the events in Hungary of that same year.
An appeal to the army
An appeal published in 1891 by anarchists in Sheffield, England, aimed at soldiers calling on them not to take up arms against their fellow workers.
1995: Russian Mothers Attempt to Stop Chechen War
Submitted by Reddebrek on Jan 26 2017 21:06
Article about the attempt by a group of Russian Mothers to stop the first war in Chechnya by direct action.
1919: Prison Strikes at Fort Leavenworth
Submitted by Reddebrek on Jan 17 2017 20:19
In 1919 the prison population for military prisons had swelled. In response to the pressure and arbitrary sentencing inmates at the Fort Leavenworth prison started a series of prison strikes.
CIA Death Squads: Allan Nairn
Allan Nairn on the decades of direct CIA involvement in Guatemalan death squads.
The Thiaroye massacre, 1944 - Steven Johns
Submitted by Steven. on Aug 31 2016 21:02
A short history of the mass killing of black soldiers in the Free French Forces who were protesting against non-payment of wages towards the end of World War II.
The whitewashing of French forces in the liberation of Paris - Steven Johns
Submitted by Steven. on Aug 24 2016 22:26
A short account of how American and British commanders ensured that the liberation of Paris was orchestrated by a “whites only” force.
