The Slocum massacre, 1910
Submitted by Steven. on Jul 30 2014 09:00
On July 29, 1910, citizens in the small, predominately African American town of Slocum, Texas were massacred in an act of terror designed to maintain economic white supremacy.
“The man . . . died on my lap”: one women recalls the Memorial Day Massacre of 1937
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Jun 29 2014 23:30
The testimony of Lupe Marshall to a U.S. Senate committee on the 1937 Memorial Day Massacre, a day in which police opened fire on strikers.
The Makhnos of memory: Mennonite and Makhnovist narratives of the civil war in Ukraine (1917-1921) - Sean David Patterson
Submitted by pin on Jun 14 2014 16:34
A really interesting Masters thesis on the relationship between Mennonites and Makhnovists in southern Ukraine during the Russian Civil War through the historical narratives found in each group’s literature.
The politics of genocide - Edward Herman and David Peterson
Herman and Peterson review the Western media's response to several different bloodbaths and criticize how the characterization, language, and ultimately policy responses are shaped by the narratives drafted in support of U.S. client states and agents. We do not necessarily agree with all of it but reproduce it for reference.
The US miners' strikes, 1919-1922 - Jeremy Brecher
Submitted by Steven. on Jul 22 2013 17:34
Jeremy Brecher's account of the strike wave in American mines from 1919 to 1922, where coalminers fought the bosses, the government and even the unions often pitched battles involving guns, dynamite and even a makeshift air force.
The Homestead strike, 1892 - Jeremy Brecher
Submitted by Steven. on Jun 12 2013 22:20
Jeremy Brecher's detailed history of the 1892 strike of workers at the Carnegie Steel Company against the eventually successful attempt of the employer to break their union, the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steelworkers.
Bosses open fire on migrant workers in Greece
Submitted by Thrasybulus on Apr 18 2013 21:20
More than twenty migrant workers were injured when their bosses fired on them with shotguns on Wednesday.
The Marikana massacre: Details of deliberate police murder begin to emerge
Submitted by red jack on Aug 30 2012 05:07
This article is from the mainstream media in South Africa but has invaluable details on what actually happened when the police left 34 strikers dead and another 78 injured.
The Marikana massacre: a premeditated killing?
Submitted by red jack on Aug 24 2012 02:56
Benjamin Fogel on the Lonmin Massacre and the chilling bloodlust of the Stalinists in the South African Communist Party.
The Marikana mine workers massacre – a massive escalation in the war on the poor
Submitted by Mark. on Aug 20 2012 20:13
Ayanda Kota from South African shack dwellers movement Abahlali baseMjondolo reports on the background to the massacre of striking mine workers at Marikana Platinum.
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