1988: The Tompkins Square Riot
Submitted by Reddebrek on Jul 10 2017 14:31
A brief account of the riot of 1988 when Police started evicting homeless people from Tompkins Square park. The event led to the exposure of widespread brutality by the precinct police.
Italy 1980-81: After Marx, jail! The attempted destruction of a communist movement - Red Notes
Red Notes' pamphlet charting the repression of Italy's 1970s extraparliamentary communist movement, when thousands of radical workers and intellectuals were swept into the country's jails.
Gender politics in the Korean transition to democracy
Submitted by wojtek on Feb 3 2017 19:22
Jeong-Lim Nam's essay on Korean women's battles against dictatorship in the 1980s.
Did Lenin Distort Marx?
Debate between Steve Coleman (the Socialist Party of Great Britain) arguing 'Yes' and Monty Johnstone (Communist Party of Great Britain) arguing 'No', taking place at Islington Central Library, London on 11 November 1982. Full audio recording also available online.
Only Socialism Offers Any Hope for the Future
Debate between Steve Coleman (Socialist Party of Great Britain) and Kate Hughes (Conservative Party), 2 February 1982 taking place at University College, London. Full audio also available online.
How Can a Real Revolution Be Achieved?
Transcript of the opening remarks of a debate between Dick Donnelly (for the Socialist Party of Great Britain) and Albert Meltzer (for Black Flag) taking place on 12 February 1987 at the Duke of York in London. Full audio recording also available online.
Labour party debate What is Socialism?
Transcript of the opening remarks of a debate between Steve Coleman (for the Socialist Party of Great Britain) and Councillor Laurence Spigel (for the Labour party) taking place on 4 April 1985 at the Duke of York in London. Full audio recording also available online.
Some editions of Communication Worker - 1987-88
Here are seven editions of the bulletin produced by the rank-and-file postal workers' group Communication Workers Group.
Zines and underground comics of the 1980s and 1990s
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Dec 16 2013 03:06
A blogpost about various 'zines, underground comics and alternative publications I was exposed to during the late 1980s and 1990s.
The North Sea 3. Coal, oil and after
Submitted by wojtek on Sep 15 2013 12:17
The third part of an interview with Neil Rothnie about North Sea oil workers’organisation.
