Chartism and the multi-ethnic proletariat
Submitted by Ed on Jan 24 2019 16:03
A short history on the influence of William Cuffay, a black tailor, and Irish Catholic workers in the Chartist movement and how the British ruling class used racism to divide an increasingly multi-ethnic working class.
Letters: Wildcat UK #16
Letters from issue 16 of Wildcat (UK).
1989-90 - Beninese campaign for economic justice and democracy
Submitted by Reddebrek on Dec 23 2018 10:09
In 1989 students, teachers and civil servants in Benin began strike actions in protest at the governments freezing of scholarships and the four month delay in wage payments in 1988. The government's stalling and repression dragged the campaign on into 1990 and escalated the conflict to the point where the regime crumbled.
The Ballot Humbug - Lucy Parsons
An article by Lucy Parsons explaining the sham of electoral politics in state society.
The Platform of the Workers Alliance – Valeriano Orobón Fernández
A 1934 newspaper article by Valeriano Oborón Fernández, a leading theoretician of the CNT, in which he explains why he is in favor of a “Workers Alliance” entailing the tactical unity of the CNT, UGT and PCE—particularly aimed at the proletarian rank and file of these organizations—for the purpose of not only defeating the fascist threat by means of revolution, but also for ensuring the predominance of “revolutionary working class democracy” in the post-revolutionary society, and outlines his suggestions for the basic principles of such an Alliance.
Neue Rheinische Zeitung
A short history of the newspaper Neue Rheinische Zeitung edited by Karl Marx in the 1840s and the role it played in the events of the day.
Staughton Lynd’s classic "Intellectual Origins of American Radicalism" (1968)
Submitted by Marx-lover on Oct 1 2018 21:47
Notes that were taken in graduate school.
A summary of G. E. M. de Ste. Croix's "The Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World"
Submitted by Marx-lover on Sep 30 2018 22:59
The Working Class Holds the Key to a New World
Submitted by Internationalis... on Sep 14 2018 11:49
Such a world will be organised according to the original motto of Karl Marx “from each according to their ability; to each according to their need.” This has nothing to do with the nightmare of state capitalism that emerged in the USSR.
Mexico: Is It Business As Usual?
Submitted by BenS6 on Jul 21 2018 08:43
The recent massive victory of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador who headed up a left populist movement in Mexico was greeted with jubilation by the Left in this country and worldwide.
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