History

The Rise and Fall of the Angola Prison Chapter of the Black Panther Party: Herman Wallace

Submitted by Reddebrek on Jun 8 2017 14:10
Wallace Wilkerson and Woodfox, the three leading Black Panther Militants

A short history of the forming of the only Black Panther Party chapter in prison, its actions and the repression dealt to its militants by prison authorities.

Contains references to sexual violence.

Production control in Japan

Submitted by Mike Harman on Jun 7 2017 21:28

Post-war Japan saw a major strike wave. Due to shortages of nearly all necessities, some of the strikes took the form of 'production control' where workers occupied workplaces and continued production to meet direct needs.

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:

Japan's wartime use of colonial labour: Taiwan and Korea (1937-45)

Submitted by Reddebrek on May 31 2017 16:46

A thesis detailing the extent of the exploitation of colonial labourers of Taiwanese and Korean origin as Japan mobilised for war, the conditions of the workers and their resistance.

IWW strike timeline, 1905-1920

Submitted by Steven. on May 31 2017 08:50
Oliver Steel strike demonstration, Pittsburgh, 1911-12

A timeline of strikes led supported by the revolutionary Industrial Workers of the World union in the United States 1905-1920.

Finisterre, Alejandro, 1919-2007

Submitted by Steven. on May 30 2017 17:06
Alejandro Finisterre

A short biography of Spanish anarchist poet and inventor of table football (“foosball”), Alejandro Finisterre, born Alejandro Campos Ramirez.

What? Anarchists in Egypt!

Submitted by Steven. on May 27 2017 11:18

A short account of the anarchist movement, primarily of Italian migrants, in Egypt before 1916, by Costantino Paonessa.

The Russian anarchist movement during the First World War

Submitted by Steven. on May 27 2017 10:58

A detailed history of anarchists in Russia during World War I, written by D.I. Rublyov and translated by Malcolm Archibald.

Life in the century's midnight

Submitted by Steven. on May 27 2017 09:14
Photo of bodies being burned at Auschwitz taken by resistance member

A history of the left wing and Jewish resistance movement in the Auschwitz concentration camp during the holocaust, by Marcus Barnett.

Andrea Salsedo of Pantelleria

Submitted by Steven. on May 26 2017 16:03
Andrea Salsedo of Pantelleria

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.