Violence in the women’s suffrage movement
Submitted by Steven. on Jun 10 2017 11:22
A brief account of some of the many violent incidents in the UK women’s fight for the right to vote in the early 20th century, by Steven Johns.
Voting as Counter-Revolution – how the politicians who gave us the vote saw things 100 years ago
Submitted by Anti War on Jun 7 2017 12:33
A hundred years ago, the British ruling class decided to extend the vote to women over thirty and to working class men. By doing this they hoped to restore people's faith in parliamentary government and thereby counter any revolutionary tendencies inspired by the Russian Revolution. As Sylvia Pankhurst said in 1923:
Chiefly a Dialogue. Concerning Some Difficulties of a Dunce.
Chiefly a Dialogue. Concerning Some Difficulties of a Dunce. by Louisa Sarah Bevington, published 1895. Copy from Victorian Women Writers Project.
Little girls
Submitted by Steven. on May 14 2017 18:50
An account written in 1895 by Zo d'Axa of the 1891 trial of two teenage anarchist girls, Maria Roda, 15, and Ernesta Quartirola, accused of encouraging attacks on the police during an anarchist demonstration.
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.
Andrea, Virgilia d', 1890-1933
Submitted by Steven. on May 13 2017 16:14
A short biography of Virgilia d'Andrei, an Italian anarchist teacher, anti-fascist and poet.
Reflections on the way to the gallows
Submitted by Steven. on May 10 2017 10:02
A short prison diary kept by Japanese anarchist feminist Kanno Sugako, prior to her execution on 25 January 1911 for her part in a plot to assassinate the Emperor. She was the only woman to ever be hanged for treason in Japan.
House to Goddess of the House: Gender, Class and Silk in 19th Century Mount Lebanon
An essay on the development of capitalism in Lebanon and the effects it had upon gender roles. Mainly focusing on women workers in the silk industry from a Christian Lebanese background.
Virino de la Pariza Komuno: A.I. Molok
Informoj pri la virinoj en la Pariza Komuno. Tradukis Ninelina
Fragmentoj pri la sekso-laboristo movado
Notoj pri la kondiĉo de seks-laboristoj en Koreio.
