History

Berenguer, Sara (1919-2010)

Submitted by Battlescarred on Dec 8 2017 16:17
Sara Berenguer

A short biography of Sara Berenguer, Spanish anarchist

Sustaining anarchist movement in foreign country does not work

Submitted by fab@a-bg.org on Dec 8 2017 10:40

We wrote this text as a response to „The Kurdish people should get involved in and support campaigns on Local and National issues“ from Zaher Baher. We hope the experience of the migrants from our movement will prove useful for our comrades from other countries.

Siuda, Pyotr Petrovich (1937-1990)

Submitted by Battlescarred on Dec 4 2017 19:33
Piotr Siuda

A short account of the life of Piotr Siuda, Novocherkassk striker and later anarcho-syndicalist.

Masera, Pedro (1877- 1938)

Submitted by Battlescarred on Dec 4 2017 16:11

A short biography of the Spanish anarchist miner Pedro Masera, murdered by the Francoists in 1938

The unemployed in the popular uprising of December, 2001: Report from Greater Buenos Aires

Submitted by QQ on Dec 3 2017 21:22

This moving account reveals some prominent facts behind the scenes of the December 2001 uprising in Argentina. Cacho's account reveals the political ideas and tactics of the unemployed, who throughout the 90s had managed to obtain public attention and increasing legitimacy in demanding government assistance by disrupting automobile traffic on highways across the entire territory. The piqueteros - the common label of various similar organizations - had coordinated their actions, not just among themselves, but also with the more traditional leftist movements, unions, and political parties.

The Battle Of Athens - When WWII Veterans Took Up Arms Against A Corrupt Local Government In Athens, Tennessee

Submitted by nikolabudanovic on Nov 27 2017 15:35

In 1946 a non-partisan political option made of WWII veterans applied to the local elections in McMinn County, Tennessee. When they realized that the elections were being rigged, they took up arms and decided to defend their rights without relying on the State.

*This text has been initially published for War History Online.

The Mau Mau uprising, 1952-1956

Submitted by Steven. on Nov 26 2017 11:09
Mau Mau fighters, 1954

A short overview of the Mau Mau rebellion against the British Empire in Kenya, which was brutally suppressed by the colonial administration.

Female combatants in the Spanish civil war: milicianas on the front lines and in the rearguard

Submitted by Steven. on Nov 24 2017 16:37
Anarchist militia women in revolutionary Spain

An overview of women fighters in the anti-fascist militias during the Spanish civil war 1936-7, written by Lisa Lines in 2009.

Morris, Olive Elaine 1952-1979

Submitted by Jacques Roux on Nov 22 2017 12:23
Olive Morris

A short biography of south London based anti-racist community organiser Olive Morris who worked tirelessly as a feminist, black and squatting activist throughout the late 60s and 70s.

How to Strangle Anarchists

Submitted by Peter s on Nov 17 2017 03:31

An account of the Amakasu Incident where Ito Noe, Ōsugi Sakae, and their six-year old nephew where murdered by police lieutenant Amakasu Masahiko, during the Great Kanto Earthquake.