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 biography of Italian anarchist and anti-fascist partisan and book seller Goliardo Fiaschi.
strikes
Articles on strikes, a commuter riot, Special Economic Zones and more from the boom region of Gurgaon, India.
new articles
A short biography of Wilhelm Werner, one of the pioneers of German anarchism.
A short account of the South Korean strike wave of 1987 known as the Great Workers' Struggle. Affecting most major industries and involving over a million workers, the strikes and militant tactics used won significant gains in pay and conditions for many.
A short biography of Paul Schreyer, German anarchist who opposed the First World War
accounts
Joe Jacobs was in 1936 a local Communist Party activist in London's East End. This is his account of his involvement in the famous defence of the East End against an attempted march by Mosley's fascists.
uprisings
An article, edited from News and Letters, outlining the uprising at the Gulag in Vorkuta in 1953.
