History

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.

Angelov Dzekov, Todor aka Bozhana, aka The Labourer (1900-1943)

Submitted by Battlescarred on Jun 16 2019 17:42

A short biography of Bulgarian anarchist communist Todor Angelov

Popova, Nadezhda (Nadia) (1906-1932)

Submitted by Battlescarred on Jun 16 2019 14:26

A short biography of Bulgarian anarchist Nadezhda Popova

Gavrish, Daniil (189?-after 1924)

Submitted by Battlescarred on Jun 15 2019 17:25

A short biography of Makhnovist commander Daniil Gavrish

Anarcho-syndicalism and the sexual reform movement in the Weimar Republic

Submitted by wojtek on Jun 5 2019 15:33

A paper by Dieter Nelles on how anarcho-syndicalists in Weimar Germany campaigned for the legalisation of abortion, helped women get illegal abortions and educated women on birth control.

1881-4: Canboulay Riots

Submitted by Reddebrek on Jun 5 2019 14:57

Re-enactment of Port of Spain Canboulay Riots 1881

The history of the attempt by colonial police to suppress abolition commemorations by the islands freed slaves and their resistance.

1919: When the Bolsheviks Turned on the Workers - Looking Back on the Putilov and Astrakhan Strikes, One Hundred Years Later

Submitted by R Totale on Jun 4 2019 20:40

Crimethinc look back on the hundredth anniversary of the Bolshevik repression of striking workers in 1919.

Yakov Maskalevsky (?-1922) aka Gold Tooth

Submitted by Battlescarred on Jun 2 2019 10:32

A short biography of anarchist and Makhovist Yakov Maskalevsky alias Gold Tooth

Dvigomirov, Grigory (?-1921)

Submitted by Battlescarred on May 31 2019 05:38

A short biography of Russian anarchist communist Grigory Dvigomirov

Savonov, Grigory Mikhailovich aka Grischka (1898-1922)

Submitted by Battlescarred on May 26 2019 09:32

A short biography of Grigory Savonov, Makhnovist commander

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