The war that never ended: public history for the present
Submitted by Jared on Jun 17 2019 22:11
A critical look at New Zealand's official First World War centennial programme and its lack of engagement with the war's root causes, namely capitalism and white supremacy.
Founding of the Comintern - Then and Now
Submitted by Internationalis... on Mar 3 2019 12:46
A century ago, from 2nd — 6th March 1919, 52 delegates, more than 40 from various political organisations outside Russia, met in Moscow.
Montague "Monty" Miller - 1831 -1920
Biographical information on the life and death of Montague "Monty" Miller, Australian anarchist and IWW member.
La travivaĵoj de la brava soldato Ŝvejk dum la mondmilito - Jaroslav Hašek
La travivaĵoj de la brava soldato Ŝvejk dum la mondmilito (1921-1923) estas kvarparta humora romano de ĉeĥa verkisto Jaroslav Hašek tradukita en 54 lingvojn, kelkfoje filmita kaj ankaŭ dramigita. Temas pri la plej signifa verko de Hašek fare de multe da homoj kunigita kun ilustraĵoj de Josef Lada. La morto bedaŭrinde ne permesis al Hašek fini sian verkon.
Poland: One Hundred Years of Bourgeois Dictatorship
Submitted by Internationalis... on Nov 9 2018 13:30
The Polish nationalism of today is a direct continuation and consequence of the nationalism which crushed the workers’ movement in years 1918-23.
Lest We Forget: Workers Stopped Capitalism’s First World War
Submitted by Internationalis... on Nov 7 2018 11:33
The 100th anniversary of the Armistice, which we are told put a stop to the first world war, happens to coincide with remembrance Sunday, or Poppy Day. So we’re in for a treat. On top of poppy-wearing – now almost de rigueur – and two minute silences in the most improbable places, there are some smashing events in store. While local volunteers polish up war memorials, craft red poppy memorabilia, there are all sorts of state-sponsored celebrations, to mark the 11th hour of the eleventh day, in November 1918 when “the guns fell silent”.
The 1917 Camp Logan mutiny, Houston Texas
Submitted by Mike Harman on Dec 12 2017 23:26
Black soldiers stationed to guard the construction of Camp Logan in Texas mutinied over racist treatment from local law enforcement and civilians.
The advance skirmishes of the German Revolution (1917-1918) and Richard Müller – Charles-André Udry
Submitted by Alias Recluse on Dec 10 2017 14:20
A brief introduction to Richard Müller, the leader of the revolutionary shop stewards (Revolutionäre Obleute) among the German metal workers during World War One, and his role in the mass strikes in the German munitions industry in 1917 and 1918, with excerpts from his book, Eine Geschichte der Novemberrevolution (A History of the November Revolution) (1924), and an official police intelligence report on the strike wave of January-February 1917 taken from the archives of the Berlin police department.
World War I struggles in Switzerland
Submitted by Steven. on Nov 11 2017 18:37
An informative account of the wave of working class struggles which took place during and immediately following World War I in Switzerland, by Christian Koller.
Huddersfield as a microcosm of the anarchist movement during World War One
Submitted by Battlescarred on Sep 8 2017 18:55
A short account of controversy over World War One in Huddersfield
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