Eastern Europe

Poznan 1956 and Radom 1976

A background report for Radio Free Europe written in 1981, detailing the workers uprisings in Poznan '56 and Radom '76.

BOX-FOLDER-REPORT: 46-4-214
TITLE: Polish Workers Commemorate their Past Struggles
BY: J. B. de Weydenthal
DATE: 1981-7-7
COUNTRY: Poland
ORIGINAL SUBJECT: RAD Background Report/192

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RAD Background Report/192 (Poland)" 7 July 1981

Hungary '56 - Nick Heath

A history of the Hungarian uprising of 1956, published as a special supplement of Anarchist Worker on the 20th anniversary in 1976

IT IS NOT out of love for nostalgia that we are commemorating the 1956 Hungarian uprising. Hungary '56 was a prime example of the working class itself reaching for power: doubly significant, it took place in one of the mythical 'workers' states'.

Hungary 56

Images from the Hungarian Revolution of 1956
History of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956
Hungary '56 archive

Yugoslavia: Imperialist war against the world proletariat, 1990s - ICG

The ICG's analysis of the war in Yugoslavia, with information about the preceding wave of workers struggles in the region.

For us the analysis of the war in Yugoslavia is indispensable. This war is not only of the greatest importance for its direct consequences for the conditions of life and struggle of proletarians in the region - it is also important for the international proletariat, and because it announces and prefigures the military conflicts that are to come.

From Communism #9

- "Is that you, Mladic?"

Some basic ingredients of Yugoslav ideology

BM Blob's pamphlet on Yugoslavia including details of the strike wave in the mid-late '80s.

The Historical Context
Yugoslavia emerged from the ruins of the first world war and under the name of the Kingdom of Sets, Slovenes and Croats grouped itself around the kingdom of Serbia. In 1929 it became the 'Kingdom of Yugoslavia".

Yugoslavery: Yugoslavia: Capitalism and class struggle 1918-1967

An overview of developments in Yugoslavia between 1918 and 1967, including the wildcat strikes of 1965.

Yugoslavery
Yugoslavia: Capitalism and Class struggle 1918-1967
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Some Basic Ingredients of Yugoslav Ideology

Introduction

Albania: Laboratory of Subversion, 1997

A collection of articles on the Albanian insurrection of 1997, by Elephant Editions.

In Albania, just two years ago, a sudden explosion of popular rage eloquently demonstrated that the state only persists thanks to the gracious complicity of its subjects. When this complicity ends,structures that appeared invincible disintegrate overnight...

INTRODUCTION