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.
Solidarity with mine workers at Marikana Platinum
Submitted by red jack on Aug 17 2012 13:49
This statement from South African shack dwellers movement Abahlali baseMjondolo on the massacre at Marikana Platinum has just come out on their newswire. The death toll is now over 40.
Striking miners killed by security forces in South Africa
Submitted by working class s... on Aug 16 2012 16:04
Earlier today at least seven striking miners have been gunned down and killed by security forces at South African platinum mine. The killings are the latest in a long line of deaths during a strike that is complicated by a bitter and violent inter-union dispute over membership numbers.
The true legacy of Yitzhak Shamir
Submitted by Soapy on Jul 2 2012 02:52
A man once described by the United States as a violent terrorist is now eulogized as a hero in the media.
The Memorial Day massacre
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Jun 1 2012 04:18
Daniel J. Leab looks at the different accounts of The Memorial Day Massacre, an incident in 1937 in which Chicago police killed 10 strikers.
Bullets for bread! the Featherstone massacre
Submitted by wojtek on Mar 3 2012 19:47
A contemporary article by David Nicoll on the Featherstone massacre and the futility of parliamentary politics. On 7th September, 1893, locked-out miners in the pit town of Featherstone, West Yorkshire confronted their bosses. In response, troops were called in and they proceeded to fire on the workers. Published in the The Anarchist: A Revolutionary Journal of Anarchist Communism.
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