nationalism
Content about the ideology and function of nationalism and the nation state.
1894-1931: Anarchism in Korea
A short history of anarchism and the anarchist movement in North and South Korea.
In the 2,000 years of Korean history there arose movements fighting for peasants rights and for national independence. Within these movements there were tendencies that may be seen as forerunners of modern anarchism, in the same way as we might view the Diggers in the English revolution.
1988: The Halabja Massacre
The history of the Saddam Hussein's poison gas attack, with the complicity of the West, in the working class stronghold of Halabja.
Eyewitness in Halabja
1932: Belfast Outdoor Relief Strike
The Falls and the Shankhill united, Catholics and Protestants fighting together. That is the story of the Outdoor Relief Strike launched by the unemployed of Belfast in 1932.
It is important today not only because it is a part of our history that has been denied space in the school books but also because it was a living demonstration that the sectarian barrier can be breached.
1991: The South Iraq and Kurdistan uprisings
The history of the uprisings in Southern Iraq and Kurdistan in 1990-91 which involved large numbers of mutinous troops who had deserted during the Kuwait Gulf War.
Ten Days that shook Iraq
The Nationalities Question in the Russian Revolution (Rosa Luxemburg, 1918)
Luxemburg reveals the counter-revolutionary nature and consequences of the Bolsheviks' nationalist policy of the "right of self-determination of peoples"
Originally published as Chapter II of the pamphlet The Russian Revolution, which was constituted out of notes prepared by Rosa Luxemburg in prison in 1918, and published posthumously.
Neither Species 8472 Nor The Borg: No War but the Class War - Melancholic Troglodytes
Neither Species 8472 Nor The Borg:
No War But The Class War
'They use flags first to shrink-wrap peoples' minds and smother thought, and then as ceremonial
Parsons, Lucy, 1853-1942
A biography of anarchist labour organiser and wife of Haymarket Martyr Albert Parsons, Lucy Parsons.
Little is known about the early life of Lucy Parsons. She claimed to have been born the daughter of a Mexican women, Marie del Gather and John Waller, a Creek Indian, and orphaned at age three. From there she said she was raised on a ranch in Texas by her maternal uncle. However, later research has pointed to the possibility that she was a slave in Texas.
Communism, Revolution and a Free Poland
COMMUNISM, REVOLUTION, AND A FREE POLAND
by KARL MARX
Speech delivered in French commemorating 2nd anniversary of Krakow Uprising Brussels, February 22, 1848
Gentlemen:
Charge of the New Red Brigade - The Independent on Red Action
Article from The Independent on Sunday about socialist group Red Action, anti-fascism, the IRA and the bombings of Harrods and a Network Southeast train in 1993.
By Matt Seaton, The Independent on Sunday, January 1995
By global standards, 20th Century Britain has been remarkably free from political violence. Red Action hope to change all that. Angry, ruthless and close to the IRA, they preach socialism through terror.
Behind the 21st Century Intifada
Written in 2001, this article is an excellent history and analysis of the new Intifada of the time, covering the roots of the problems in Israel and Palestine and the class struggles of both Arabs and Jews in the region throughout the 20th century
Introduction
