E.P.Thompson's ground-breaking article on the English food riots of the 1700 and 1800s.
See his book, Customs in Common, for an interesting follow-up article.
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More brief notes, quotes and interviews from inside the current uprising in Turkey from Istanbul.
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Excellent text by Cornelius Castoriadis from 1959 examining the problem with working class organisations which have turned against their creators and pointing out the lessons for future...
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Belfort Bax's 1899 history of the peasants war in Germany: the largest popular uprising in Europe besides the French revolution.
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