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 Franz Nowak, German anarchist murdered by the Nazis
strikes
A short history of the largely successful wildcat stoppage of thousands of postal workers in the UK, and the developments which led to the strike.
new articles
A short biography of the obscure figure of Ukrainian anarchist Sacha Piotr-real name Alexander Schapiro, active in the Ukraine, Russia, Belgium, France and Germany. He fought with the anarchists in Spain and was murdered by the Nazis in Auschwitz. Father of the gifted mathematican Alexander Grothendieck.
Wildcat strikes and repression in the Special Economic Zone of Gurgaon.
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
A short chronology of the events which swept France in May and June 1968. Starting as a student revolt, the events culminated in mass workplace occupations and a general strike of 10 million workers.
Followed by a short international chronology.
