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Futerfas, Natan Iakovlevich (1896-1937)

Submitted by Battlescarred on Jul 9 2017 19:01

Futerfas 2nd left, Lanti, Nekrasov , Demidjuk to his right

A short biography of Natan Futerfas, Esperantist and anarchist

Rudolph Vrba - Escapee from Auschwitz by Anthony Skelton and Carmelo Lisciotto

Submitted by Fluffy on Jul 9 2017 18:52

The story of Rudolph Vrba, an escapee from Auschwitz who co-authored the Vrba-Wetzler report, AKA The Auschwitz Protocol. Reproduced from HolocaustResearchProject.org.

Louise Michel: a Paris Communard in South London

Submitted by Fluffy on Jul 9 2017 14:22

An article covering time spent in London by the former Paris communard, Louise Michel.

Everlasting Murder

Submitted by Kate Sharpley on Jul 7 2017 09:36

A contemporary anarchist response to the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire, 1911.

Postnikov, Vasily Matveyevich (1894-1937)

Submitted by Battlescarred on Jul 6 2017 14:11

A short biography of Russian anarchist Vasily Postnikov

Homegrown Communism - recollections of the Young Communist League in 1930s Brisbane - by Ron Brown

Submitted by Fluffy on Jul 3 2017 21:56

Ron Brown remembers his times with the Young Communist League in Brisbane during the 1930s.

Secret Handshakes and Health Care in Australia

Submitted by Fluffy on Jul 3 2017 21:02

A booklet published by The Grand United Order of Oddfellows telling the story of how health services spread around Australia through the 'lodge network' and enabled working people to insure themselves against sickness, death and unemployment.

Body Snatchers- The Theft of Radical's Body Parts.

Submitted by Fluffy on Jul 1 2017 17:52

Originally provided by the Question Mark Collective as part of an anthology on Australian Troublemakers, a few examples of the ruling bodies of Australia desecration and denigration of those who opposed them.

African Americans campaign for desegregation of department store eating facilities in Kansas City, Missouri, 1958-59

Submitted by Fluffy on Jun 30 2017 20:22

A summary of the public boycott of department stores in Kansas City that took place in order to desegregate the dining halls within them. The boycott lasted from 19th December 1958 until 9th February 1959.

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.

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The art of not being governed: an anarchist history of upland southeast Asia

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Melbourne tram dispute and lockout 1990 - anarcho-syndicalism in practice

The history of the January-February 1990 tramways dispute in Melbourne, Australia which saw transport workers, under anarcho-syndicalist influence, taking control of the trams and running them...

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