1960s
Working class protest, popular revolt and urban insurrection in Argentina: the 1969 Cordobazo
Detailed background, sequence of events and sociological analysis of the 1969 general strike and riot in Cordoba Argentina.
Working class protest, popular revolt, and urban insurrection in Argentina: the 1969 Cordobazo James P. Brennan
Introduction
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
1962: The Novocherkassk Tragedy
An account of the workers uprising in Novocherkassk, USSR, which lasted from June 1-3 and ended in a massacre and mass arrests.
The Novocherkassk Tragedy, June 1-3 1962
by Piotr Suda
Korean workers riot in Vietnam, 1967
The riot by Korean workers at Vinnell Corporation, Cam Ranh Bay during the Vietnam War.
MACV (Military Assistance Command Vietnam, the U.S. command for all its military forces in Vietnam – ed.) had also been directed to start a civilianization program on September 15, 1967. South Vietnamese workers would be substituted for U.S. military support personnel in certain logistical units. There were many advantages. American manpower could be trimmed as technical expertise was shared.
A disgrace before God: Striking black sanitation workers vs. black officialdom in 1977 Atlanta
This article is a case study of the betrayal of the African American working class by the Black political class brought to power by the Civil Rights and Black Power movements of the 1960's.
"A disgrace before God"
Unfriendly skies - The air traffic controllers' sick-out, 1969
Short article about the 1969 mass calling-in sick strike of air traffic controllers in the US over wages and conditions, and the new union of the workers, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization.
Two days after Nixon broke the letter carriers' strike the air traffic controllers walked off their jobs and stayed out for three weeks. The controllers called in sick, attempting to avoid the still legal penalties for striking.
Pinelli, Giuseppe “Pino”, 1928-1969
A short biography of Giuseppe Pinelli, anarchist railway worker who was murdered by police in the Strategy of Tension. He was immortalised in Dario Fo's play Accidental Death of an Anarchist.
Giuseppe Pinelli, nicknamed Pino
Born 21 October 1928 – Milan, Italy, died 15 December 1969 – Milan, Italy
Valpreda, Pietro, 1933-2002
A short biography of the anarchist militant and dancer Pietro Valpreda who was caught up in the Strategy of Tension.
Pietro Valpreda was born in Milan in 1933. At the beginning of the 1960s he began to frequent anarchist circles in Milan and Rome. He worked as a dancer in theatrical reviews.
Classe Operaia - The birth of Italian Workerism
A history of the origins of the radical Italian theoretical current known as 'Operaismo' (Workerism), which began with Mario Tronti's Journal Classe Operaia.
An extract from Steve Wright’s book 'Storming Heaven'
The Workerists and the unions in Italy's 'Hot Autumn'
A brief history of the Italian Workerists in the 'Hot Autumn' of 1969, when unions succeeded in recuperating radical working class demands - leaving the Workerists to pursue the doomed road of all-or-nothing armed struggle
Extract from Steve Wright’s book 'Storming Heaven'
'We Are All Delegates!'
