1998: Danish private sector strike A short history of the massive private sector strike that gripped Denmark for 10 days in 1998. Although ending after negotiations between the…
The Korean working class: From mass strike to casualization and retreat, 1987-2007 Loren Goldner on the history of the Korean working class during the past 20 years.
Greece: General strike against pension reform Thousands of Greek workers have joined a 24-hour strike in protest against reforms which could jeapordise pensions and jobs.
1911: Liverpool general transport strike A short history of the strike movement that took hold of Liverpool during the summer of 1911. Culminating in a massive general strike of all…
The Asturias revolt, 1934 - Sam Lowry An account of the 1934 uprising by Asturian miners in Spain. Beginning as part of a nationwide general strike, the revolt grew into one of the…
Calgary 1919: The Birth of the OBU and the General Strike - Eugene Plawiuk Eugene Plawiuk's history of the Calgary general strike of 1919, which started off as a sympathy strike for the Winnipeg general strike and soon escalated into their own struggle for union recognition.
The Edmonton General Strike of 1919 - Eugene Plawiuk Eugene Plawiuk's account of the Edmonton general strike of 1919 which was sparked off in solidarity with the general strike in Winnipeg,
The Hungarian Soviet Republic of 1919: The Forgotten Revolution - Alan Woods Trotskyist Alan Woods on the Hungarian uprising of 1919. Wood's account suffers from the usual…
Working class protest, popular revolt and urban insurrection in Argentina: the 1969 Cordobazo - James P. Brennan Study of the 1969 uprising in the Argentine city of Cordoba, known as the Cordobazo…
General strike against military conscription in German-occupied Luxembourg, 1942 - George Kieffer An account of the walk out in the central post office during the general strike in…
General strike shuts down Israel A general strike brought Israel's economy to a near halt Wednesday as all but emergency services shut down.
‘General strike’ spreads across Peru As an indefinite teachers strike continues into its 12th day, farmers, miners and construction workers joined the protests, with one farmer shot…