1992: The LA riots
Submitted by Ed on Sep 19 2006 19:37
A brief account of the six days of rioting which set Los Angeles aflame following the acquittal of four police officers who were filmed beating black motorist Rodney King.
"There's a difference between frustration with the law and direct assaults upon our legal system."
- George Bush Snr., May 3rd, 1992.
1999-2000: The US university living wage campaign
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 13 2006 15:20
Howard Zinn's brief history of the joint campaign between American university students and staff to win a living wage for all campus employees.
Against a background of several victories in workplace organisation in the US – notably for California cleaners, Boeing workers and Los Angeles health employees - a movement of students and university staff began coming together.
1993-1996: The Dublin fight against water charges
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 13 2006 15:16
A short history of the successful direct action campaign of non-payment which prevented the imposition of charges for water in Dublin, Ireland.
Winning the water war
1986-1996: Anarchism in Turkey
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 13 2006 15:12
A brief history of the still-young anarchist movement in Turkey.
The anarchist movement came to the political scene of Turkey not very many years ago. The publication of Kara a monthly magazine, was the starting point of anarchism in Turkey in 1986. Before the publication of this monthly magazine, there had not been any anarchist periodical or any anarchist circle which attempted to express itself.
1985-2001: A short history of Anti-Fascist Action (AFA)
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 12 2006 10:33
A brief history of Anti-Fascist Action (AFA), which fought a secret war against the far right in Britain and drove them off the streets.
AFA was originally set up in 1985 as a broad front anti-fascist organisation. The main fascist organisation at this time, following the demise of the National Front after Thatcher took power in 1979, was the British National Party (BNP), a more extreme split from the NF.
1999: Dahl Jenson construction strike
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 10 2006 19:14
Immigrants demonstrated their willingness, when asked, to support British workers in struggle in this victorious strike of 300 building workers employed by different firms.
The week before Mechanical Installers and Pipe Fitters working for Dahl Jenson found that cheques for the last three weeks work had bounced. With massive amounts of overtime being worked some workers had lost as much as £2,000, although these figures were the exception as the workers calculated that the £55,000 in total owed was split between almost 100 workers.
1990: Bacton Fashions strike
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 10 2006 19:09
An account of the 1990 strike in East London of mostly immigrant workers, which won several concessions for the workers and prevented the owner starting a new sweatshop elsewhere.
Bacton Fashions in Hackney was a relatively large clothing sweatshop employing up to 90 workers. Most workers were Turkish or Kurdish, had been living in Britain for less than a couple of years and were waiting for a Home Office decision on their rights to remain.
1991: The South Iraq and Kurdistan uprisings
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 9 2006 15:05
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
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 9 2006 14:08
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
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 9 2006 14:04
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.
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