1945: The Saigon commune A brief account of a workers' and peasants' uprising in Vietnam following the end of World War II by Ngo Van Xuyet, one of the participants.
McGuckin, Henry - Memoirs of a Wobbly An important contribution to the history of the Industrial Workers of the World. A superb account by a rank'n'file Wobbly organiser; on the road,…
Sabotage and striking on the job - Louis Adamic Louis Adamic immigrated to the United States from Yugoslavia at age 14 and was naturalized in 1918. This essay describes his experiences as a…
A migrant worker joins the Wobblies - Henry Pfaff Henry Pfaff tells his story of how we came to join the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) in the 1910s.
Stuart Christie's account of his actions in a Franco assassination attempt, 1964 An extract of Stuart Christie's book Granny Made Me An Anarchist which describes his involvement in…
Two weeks spent in Rennes A first-hand and in-depth account of events in Rennes - one of the most militant towns - by a participant in the anti-CPE movement.
Interview with a Swedish syndicalist about the SAC, 1998 A conversation between Brian Bamford and Lars Hammarberg of the Swedish trade union federation the SAC (Sveriges Arbetares Central Organisation, or the central organisation of Swedish workers).
Behind the blockades Visiting workers and students in France immediately following the government's withdrawal of the deeply unpopular CPE employment law, Ed Goddard…
Montpellier - reaction to the withdrawal, and events this week Our correspondent in Montpellier reacts to the withdrawal of the CPE and gives a run down of events there this past week.