1990s
1991: The South Iraq and Kurdistan uprisings
The history of the uprisings in Southern Iraq and Kurdistan in 1990-91 which involved large numbers of mutinous troops who had deserted during the Kuwait Gulf War.
Ten Days that shook Iraq
1990-1991: The Gulf War
Noam Chomsky on the 1991 US and UK war with Iraq following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
When Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990, the United Nations Security Council immediately condemned Iraq and imposed severe sanctions on it. Why was the UN response so prompt and so unprecedently firm? The US government-media alliance had a standard answer.
1990-1991: Resistance to the Gulf War
An account of the worldwide movement of resistance to the 1990-91 Gulf War. The resistance mainly took the form of strikes, marches, base blockades and refusals to fight.
Do you remember the first time?
1990-1991: Iraqi mass mutiny in the Gulf War
History of the widespread desertion and mutiny in the Iraqi military which saw the rapid end of the occupation of Kuwait and the Gulf War of 1990-1 with the US and its allies.
1990-1994: The genocide and war in Rwanda
Between half a million and a million people out of Rwanda's total population of 8 million, died in a few weeks between April and June 1994. This article gives a brief account of how, and why and what role Western governments played.
For a background history of Rwanda and neighbouring Buruni, we recommend reading our article Rwanda and Burundi – A History, 1894-1990.
23. The Clinton Presidency and the Crisis of Democracy
President Bill Clinton was reelected in 1996 with a distinct lack of voter enthusiasm. As was true in
1992 (when 19 percent of the voters showed their distaste for both parties by voting for a third-
party candidate, Ross Perot), the electorate was clearly not happy about its choices. Half of the
eligible voters stayed away from the polls, and of those who did vote, only 49 percent chose
22. The Unreported Resistance
In the early 1990s, a writer for the New Republic magazine, reviewing with approval in the New
York Times a book about the influence of dangerously unpatriotic elements among American
intellectuals, warned his readers of the existence of "a permanent adversarial culture" in the United
States.
1990 - Emergency! Ambulance Strike
The following leaflet was produced and distributed to ambulance pickets in February 1990, less than 2 months before the Poll Tax riots. It refers to a national day of action on January 30th 1990 in support of the ambulance drivers strikes that had been going on for some time.
1994 - Nous Sommes Tous Des Casseurs
"Nous Sommes Tous Des Casseurs"
Youth Revolt in France, March 1994
Translated by Saul - POB 13515, Berkeley, CA 94712 USA.
online version from: http://www.geocities.com/cordobakaf/casseurs.html
Translator's introduction
1995: The JJ Foods Strike
On October 31st 95, forty five workers at JJ Fast Food Distribution Ltd. in Tottenham were sacked for joining the T&G.
JJ FOODS STRIKE
