History

The British Anarchist Movement and the Russian Revolution

Submitted by Battlescarred on Jul 18 2017 15:04

A short account of how Britiish anarchists related to the Russian Revolution of 1917

Askarov, German Karlovich (1882-1937?) (real name Iakobson) aka Herman Kleiner, German, Oskar Burritt

Submitted by Battlescarred on Jul 18 2017 08:53

A short biography of anarchist German Askarov, a leading light in the Russian anarchist movement.

Silvestrov, (Seliverstov) Nikolai Grigorevich (1896-1937)

Submitted by Battlescarred on Jul 17 2017 16:00

A short biography of Russian anarchist Nikolai Sivestrov

The workers of Italy and the revolt in Reggio Calabria

Submitted by Steven. on Jul 16 2017 11:49

Article written in October 1970 by the Milan section of the Situationist International on the violent uprising in Reggio Calabria.

Drugov, Fyodor Pavlovich (1891-1934)

Submitted by Battlescarred on Jul 15 2017 14:05

A short biography of Fyoor Drugov, istrumental in storming of Winter Palace, anarchist and Chekist

Zhebenev, Petr Ivanovich (1879-1938)

Submitted by Battlescarred on Jul 13 2017 22:00

A short biography of Russian anarchist Petr Zhebenev, active in the Urals

The Brothers of the Forest: Insurrection in The Urals 1905-1908

Submitted by Battlescarred on Jul 12 2017 15:05

A short account of the revolutionary unrest in the Urals in 1905-1908 and the "Lbovschina".

The Bielski Brothers Jewish Resistance and the "Otriad" - Carmelo Lisciotto

Submitted by Fluffy on Jul 12 2017 07:53

An account of the resistance organisation led by the Bielski brothers, whose actions were the inspiration for the film 'Defiance' (2008).

A successful rent strike in 1930s Peckham

Submitted by Jacques Roux on Jul 11 2017 20:21

Nigel Buildings tenements rent strike 1930s Peckham, London

The story of a successful rent strike in Peckham, south east London, during the 1930s.

Kharkhardin, Ivan Vasilyevich (1899- after 1939)

Submitted by Battlescarred on Jul 11 2017 16:15

A short biography of the Russian anarchist Ivan Kharkhardin

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