South America
1917-1921: Generalised revolutionary struggle in Patagonia - ICG
An article by the Internationalist Communist Group (ICG/GCI) about the events in Patagonia 1917-21.
Workers' Memory, from Communism #4
"This signifies the rashest defiance of everything that stands for law and order and the worship of the Homeland, which is the worship of institutions under whose protection groups of more or less genuine workers attempt to vent their hatred and class resentment with unspeakable abuse" said the bourgeois of the "Union", 1921.
Large-scale Massacre of Prisoners in Peru, 1986 - ICG
Poorly written but still interesting article about a massacre of prisoners in Peru in 1986.
From Communism #6
Social-democratic peace is nothing else but the peace of tombs.
The tombs of all the proletarians who struggle against the State.
International Solidarity with the Proletariat and its prisoners in Peru!
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We are publishing here a translation of an article that was first published in our Spanish review "Comunismo" (No.22 - June 86).
Occupied Bauen Hotel - the struggle continues
If this story sounds vaguely familiar, it may be because Labourstart ran a campaign last year in support of workers in Argentina who, faced with a mismanaged business about to close decided to take matters into their own hands.
That company was Zanon and it's part of a network of worker-managed businesses that are transforming people's lives. At the centrr of that network is the Hotel Bauen, a four star hotel in Buenos Aires, run by its workers.
Film review: The Motorcycle Diaries
Tom Jennings reviews the biographical film of revolutionary guerrilla Ernesto 'Che' Guevara - The Motorcycle Diaries (2004, dir Walter Salles)
On Yer Bike, Che!*
Argentine workers take control of industry
The workers of the San Justo glassworks in Buenos Aires never thought about owning their company, until it went bankrupt four years ago.
It was just one of thousands of businesses that sank as Argentina's once prosperous economy went into meltdown, pushing almost half the population below the poverty line.
Today a new furnace where the red hot glass is melted is burning. The factory is one of more than 100 "recovered businesses" which are now putting themselves forward as an alternative business model for the country.
Maguid, Jacobo, 1907-1997
A short biography of active Argentinian anarchist Jacobo Maguid.
Jacobo Maguid
Alias alias Macizo, alias Jacinto Cimazo, born 1907, died 1997
Fabbri, Luce, 1908-2000
A biography of, Luce Fabbri, an Italian anarchist who joined her father in exile in Uruguay and played a key part in both country's movements until her death.
Luce Fabbri, the daughter of the outstanding Italian anarchist Luigi Fabbri, was a militant of great calibre herself. Born in Rome on 2nd July 1908, she was brought up in a free and culturally stimulating environment.
