Beyond White City - Some Snap-Shots on West London Workers' History
Submitted by AngryWorkersWorld on May 6 2016 19:44
Summary of west London workers' history from 1920s to today, with focus on migrant workers strikes in the 1970s.
The dirty tricks of the Shrewsbury trials expose the dark heart of the radical 1970s - Paul Mason
Article by economist Paul Mason about the 1972 UK builders' strike that led to the Shrewsbury conspiracy trial. Reproduced here not as an endorsement of Mason's politics, but an interesting insight into worker radicalism in the UK in the 1970s.
Labour Movements and Opposition Groups in Saudi Arabia: 1950-1975
Submitted by Reddebrek on Oct 21 2015 19:01
An article about the growth of the Saudi Labour movement and additional radical opposition groups, focussing on two strikes at the ARAMCO oil company in 1953 and 1956.
1972 IWW convention keynote speech by Frank Cedervall
The transcript of a 1972 speech by Frank Cedervall, who was involved in the IWW during the 1930s-1950s.
The Revolutionary Anarchist
Partial archive of The Revolutionary Anarchist, a joint publication of the Seattle branch of the Social Revolutionary Anarchist Federation and Revolutionary Anarchist Print Fund produced in the 1970s.
Redwing Workers Organization replies to Sam Dolgoff
A reply from members of the Redwing Workers Organization and Jeff Stein to Sam Dolgoff's 'Notes for a discussion on the regeneration of the American labor movement'.
Sharing the pains, indignities and anger: the New Left's strategy of "industrialization"
An interview with a former member of the Revolutionary Socialist League, which put a priority on encouraging members to get factory jobs in the 1970s.
Anarchism and feminism: voices from the seventies
Submitted by wojtek on Feb 7 2015 19:20
Interview extracts with women activists in 1970's UK discussing anarchism, feminism and the relationship between the personal and the political. Carried out by Judy Greenway and Lynn Alderson in 1977.
How to kill an act of parliament: solidarity, agency and the dockers in the 1960s and 1970s
Submitted by wojtek on Feb 4 2015 22:42
A paper by Jack Saunders on how an unofficial network of workplace union reps/dockworkers defeated the 1971 Industrial Relations Act.
Review of an oral history of IWW Strikes 1971-92
A review by Mark McGuire of John Silvano's Nothing in Common: An Oral History of IWW Strikes 1971-1992.
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