IWW strike timeline, 1905-1920
Submitted by Steven. on May 31 2017 08:50
A timeline of strikes led supported by the revolutionary Industrial Workers of the World union in the United States 1905-1920.
Andrea Salsedo of Pantelleria
Submitted by Steven. on May 26 2017 16:03
A short account of the life of Italian anarchist Andrea Salsedo, who was killed in 1920 by a "fall" from a police station window in New York.
The 1946 general strike of Rochester, New York
Submitted by Steven. on May 24 2017 14:39
A short history of the general strike in May 1946 in Rochester against the sacking of hundreds of municipal workers, written by Jon Garlock.
Simple sabotage field manual
A manual for sabotage at the workplace, originally published in 1944 by the CIA's predecessor, the Office of Strategic Services for citizens of Nazi-occupied countries. It still has relevance for workers today who wish to sabotage their employers.
Alt-right crowdfunding site disappears
Submitted by Jim on May 16 2017 16:16
A major alt-right crowdfunding site has gone offline, raising questions about where the money has gone.
The New York City rent strike, 1907-8
Submitted by Steven. on May 14 2017 16:26
A short account of the Lower East Side rent strike in New York City in late 1907 to early 1908.
The Jackson State shootings, 1970
Submitted by Steven. on May 14 2017 11:23
A short account of the shooting of several black students and bystanders by police on the night of May 14/15, 1970.
Readings and photos from the student uprising at Chomsky’s university, MIT, 1967-1972
Submitted by hedgehog on May 13 2017 17:14
The protests that erupted at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the late 1960s were an important part of the student unrest that shook the US in this period.
Noam Chomsky has talked sympathetically about these protests, which focused on MIT's development of both nuclear weapons and weapons used in the Vietnam war. However, Chomsky also has a strong loyalty to MIT – at one point describing the university as ‘the freest and the most honest and has the best relations between faculty and students than any other ... [with] a good record on civil liberties’ – and it seems this loyalty has prevented him from giving a full account of these events.
Freedom (New York)
A very partial online archive of anarchist journal Freedom, published in New York 1933-1934.
Lessons in leftism: Pete Seeger and the black power movement
Submitted by Soapy on May 9 2017 18:30
The rise of “black power” led Pete Seeger to realize he had become a towering figure in a movement he didn't fully understand. The way he dealt with criticisms of him and his friends holds lessons for today.
