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.
Green bans people 1971-75
Submitted by Steven. on Jun 24 2017 19:25
Historical information about many of the key individuals and groups involved in the "green bans" by Australian construction workers in the early 1970s.
Marginal Notes on Comments on Society of the Spectacle: Giorgio Agamben
Giorgio Agambens notes on Debords Society of the Spectacle and its follow up Comments on Society of the Spectacle.
The Soviet wage system
Submitted by Majid00 on Jun 18 2017 16:51
Information about wage differentials in the supposedly "socialist" Soviet Union in the 1930s.
Communism has not yet begun - Claude Bitot
First published in 1995 in France: Section One, “The Historical Balance Sheet” includes chapters on: communist movements throughout history; Marx and Engels and communism; “Real” vs. “Formal” domination of capital and the importance of this distinction for understanding the failure of the old workers movements (capitalism was not “obsolete” prior to 1945). Section Two, “Perspectives”, contains an extensive discussion of: the economic roots of capitalism’s current crisis (the “final stage of its cycle”); the communist revolution; and socialism.
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
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.
Lovable Anarchism: Campus Protest in Japan From the 1990s to Today
A paper documenting several examples of recent protests by students and university employees on campuses in Japan following a period of privatisations and a move towards short term contracts.
