Our history section contains a large number of articles, and navigation is currently being upgraded to make them easier to find. If you're not sure where to start, take a look at our collections of articles on strikes, or some of the major events of working class history in the 19th and 20th Centuries, including the Paris Commune, Russian Revolution and revolutionary wave, Spanish Civil War, Hungary '56 and France '68.
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We are in the process of reworking the history section at the moment, but for now you can browse articles by region and country.
biographies
A short biography of Austrian anarchist Leo Rothziegel, who was killed in the fighting following the Hungarian Revolution of 1918.
strikes
A short history of the 1878 strike of sailors and maritime workers in Australia which prevented the seaman being sacked and replaced by cheaper workers.
new articles
A short biography of Christian Lagant, French anarchist militant and one of chief editors of Noir et Rouge
A short biography of Maurice Fayolle, veteran social anarchist and founder of the French ORA.
A short biography of Alexander Granach, anarchist and famous actor in German and Hollywood cinema.
accounts
A first-hand and in-depth account of events in Rennes - one of the most militant towns - by a participant in the anti-CPE movement.
uprisings
The history of the uprising in rural Vietnam, still a French colony, which caused the local government to flee. The workers and peasants in the area then began administrating their affairs themselves before being crushed by the French army.
