History

Australian Draft Resistance and the Vietnam War - statements by Michael Matteson and Geoff Mullen

Submitted by Fluffy on Jun 30 2017 07:20

An overview of anarchist involvement in the Australian anti-war movement by Takver.com followed by two articles in the form of statements by Michael Matteson and Geoff Mullen, who were both imprisoned for draft resistance.

Feminists sit-in at Ladies Home Journal to protest the magazine’s depiction of women, 1970

Submitted by Fluffy on Jun 29 2017 15:46

A brief overview of the sit-in protest held at the offices of the Ladies' Home Journal in March 1970. Why the protest was held, what the aims were and the outcome/after effects.

Time for a memorial to commemorate the Indigenous Resistance in early Melbourne history

Submitted by Fluffy on Jun 29 2017 11:51

A collection of short articles about the Tasmanian Aborigines Tunnerminnerwait (Jack of Cape Grim) and Maulboyheenner (Peevay), two indigenous freedom fighters that were the first public executions in Melbourne on January 20, 1842.

Bolshevism; Promises and Reality

Submitted by Fluffy on Jun 28 2017 13:44

A short pamphlet entitled 'Bolshevism Promises and Reality' (An appraisal of the results of the Marxist dictatorship over Russia) written by Gregori Maximov and published in Chicago in 1935 by the Free Society group of Chicago. The pamphlet was restored as a direct copy from an original by the E.G Smith collective and reprinted in 1995.

Latin American anarchist women

Submitted by Steven. on Jun 28 2017 11:00

Pamphlet about the lives of some little-known Latin American anarchist women, by Edgar Rodriguez.

Elena Quinteros, 1945-1976

Submitted by Steven. on Jun 28 2017 10:28
Elena Quinteros

A short biography of Uruguayan anarchist teacher Elena Quinteros, who was disappeared by the US-backed military dictatorship, written by Edgar Rodrigues.

Turkish women hold sex strike for water system repair, 2001

Submitted by Fluffy on Jun 27 2017 17:53

A short summary of how a group of women used lysistratic nonaction (aka a sex strike) as a non violent way to achieve a positive outcome for their community.

Movements and memory: The making of the Stonewall myth

Submitted by wojtek on Jun 27 2017 15:44

An examination by Elizabeth A. Armstrong and Suzanna M. Crage on why the Stonewall riots became central to gay collective memory while other events in San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York did not.

The birth of Chinese Feminism: Essential texts in transnational theory

Submitted by wojtek on Jun 27 2017 15:35

A detailed analysis of anarchist feminist He-Yin Zhen's life and thought coupled with six of her most significant essays.

Edited by Lydia H. Liu, Rebecca E. Karl, and Dorothy Ko.

2007: Chad Government Employees Strike

Submitted by Reddebrek on Jun 27 2017 10:32

An account of the general srike of public sector workers in Chad.