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 anarchist, author and "grand old man of Chinese literature", according to The Guardian, Ba Jin.
strikes
Part of a discussion about the UK fuel blockades over oil prices in 2000.
new articles
A short biography of Etta Federn, German litterateur, anarchist and educationalist
Short biography of Lev Zadov, anarchist communist, metalworker and (in)famous organiser of the Makhnovist intelligence corps.
A short biography of Paul Czakon, anarchist active in Upper Silesia who fought in Spain.
accounts
Philani Zungu offers a brief but powerful account of the lived experience of life as a shack dweller under democracy in South Africa.
uprisings
The history of the rising of the naval town of Kronstadt in Russia by workers and sailors supporting the original aims of the 1917 Revolution against the new Bolshevik dictatorship. The rebellion was crushed by Red Army troops under Trotsky's command.
