History

The Mental Patients Union, 1973

Submitted by Steven. on Mar 21 2017 13:44
Press coverage of the Mental Patients Union

Historical information about the Mental Patients Union, formed in London in 1973 to oppose psychiatric oppression, written by Past Tense.

Bordiga: Early political views

Submitted by jondwhite on Mar 21 2017 10:31
Amadeo Bordiga

Three part series on the pre-1917 political views of this Italian thinker who later became the first leader of the Italian Communist Party and then a Left Communist critic of the state capitalist regime in Russia (from Socialist Standard, January, March and February 2017)

Captain Swing was here!

Submitted by Steven. on Mar 19 2017 16:46
An example of a Captain Swing letter

A short history of the 1830 Swing riots by Stuart Booth. Farm bosses would receive threatening letters from a fictional “Captain Swing”, and if they didn’t submit to the demands their premises would be attacked.

The Tolpuddle martyrs, 1834

Submitted by Steven. on Mar 19 2017 13:47
The Tolpuddle martyrs

The history of the Tolpuddle martyrs: a group of six agricultural workers from Dorset, England who were sentenced to transportation to Australia for attempting to form a union.

Chomsky on War Research at MIT

Submitted by hedgehog on Mar 18 2017 21:49
Noam Chomsky's 'The Responsibility of Intellectuals', 50 years on, UCL 25/2/17

On 25 February 2017, a conference was held in London to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Noam Chomsky's landmark article, 'The Responsibility of Intellectuals'.[1] Videos of the event can be found at: http://scienceandrevolution.org/

During the conference, Noam made the following statement about the military research that was going on at his university, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, around the time that his article was published:

The international McStrike, 2002

Submitted by Steven. on Mar 18 2017 17:54
McStrike in Germany, 2002

A collection of writings and reports of an attempted international strike of McDonalds workers called by McDonalds Workers Resistance on 16 October 2002.

The last mutineer

Submitted by Steven. on Mar 18 2017 12:24
Clyde McKay, left, and Alvin Glatkowski, in front of the prison ship

Article by Richard Linnett and Roberto Loiederman about the spectacular mutiny on the USS Columbia Eagle and what befell the mutineers afterwards. Two of the crew hijacked the ship, which was transporting napalm to drop on Vietnam, and sailed it to Cambodia.

The Occupation of Alcatraz

Submitted by Reddebrek on Mar 15 2017 19:27

A history of the occupation of Alcatraz island by the Group Indians of All Tribes (IAT) a coalition of native American activists and documentation published to explain the occupation.

Zanella, Giuditta Maria (1885-1962)

Submitted by Battlescarred on Mar 14 2017 18:59
Giuditta and Ilario

A short biography of Giuditta Zanella, Italian anarchist who fought with the Durruti Column

Inglès, Pepita (1910-1937)

Submitted by Battlescarred on Mar 14 2017 11:03

A short biography of Pepita Inglès,who fought and died with the Durruti Column