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Isca, Valerio, 1900-1996
A short biography of Italian-American anarchist and co-founder of the New York Libertarian Book Club, Valerio Isca.
The Last of the Anarchists: A working-class hero passes away.
By Paul Berman
Blackwell, Russell, 1904-1969
A short biography of American Communist-turned anarchist Russell Blackwell who travelled to Spain during the Civil War.
Russell Blackwell
Born 1904 - USA, died 1969 - USA
“the anarchist revolution must in no instance utilize the antisocial principles of hierarchy, bureaucracy, and authoritarian discipline.” Russell Blackwell
Rocker, Rudolf, 1873-1958
Biography of famed German anarcho-syndicalist, Rudolf Rocker, who amongst other things organised Jewish garment workers in London's East End.
Rudolf Rocker
Born 25 March 1873 - Mainz, Germany, died 19 September 1958 - New York, USA
1839-1846: The Anti-Renter movement
Howard Zinn's short history of the Anti-Renter movement against the patroonship system, created in the 1660s when the Dutch ruled New York.
1901: The assassination of President William McKinley
An account of assassination of the President of the United States, William McKinley, by young Detroit-born anarchist, Leon Czolgosz.
At the beginning of the 20th Century, anarchists were in the middle of what was known as the ‘Propaganda by the Deed’ period. The idea was that by killing members of the ruling order, not only would the ‘fear of God’ be put into them but that it would eventually inspire the masses into rising up against their masters.
1971: The Attica prison uprising
Against the background of the mass revolutionary, black power and prisoners' movements in the US, a four day revolt began on September 13, 1971 at the Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, NY in the United States. Its repression left 39 people killed.
"If we can't live as men, we sure as hell can die as men"
- Attica prisoner
The Occupation of Art and Gentrification
How an artistic presence was used to aid the gentrification of 1980s New York City.
An article from "No Reservations
- Housing, Space and Class Struggle"; News From Everywhere
and Campaign For Real Life, London, 1989.
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THE OCCUPATION
NYC transit union fined and leader jailed
The New York trade union whose workers brought the city's public transport system to a halt last December has been fined $2.5m by the State Supreme Court for the illegal strike.
Union President Roger Toussaint will also face 10 days in prison.
The Associated Press reported that a judge fined the city transit union $2.5 million Monday for the illegal strike that brought buses and subways to a standstill for three days just before Christmas.
US: Workers score big victory against Starbucks at Labour Board
New York, NY - The Industrial Workers of the World Starbucks Workers Union won a watershed victory yesterday...
...in the first National Labour Relations Board conflict over unfair labour practices between the world's largest coffee chain and the baristas who work there.
Faced with the prospect of having its widespread union-busting campaign exposed in a public hearing, Starbucks agreed to remedy all of the myriad violations committed against workers who have organised a union.
EZ Supply workers in Queens vote to unionise with the IWW
The Industrial Workers of the World chalked up another victory in an National Labour Relations Board election on Thursday, 9 February, at E-Z Supply Corp., a wholesale distributor of restaurant supplies and foodstuffs, located in Queens, New York.
The nominal vote was close, with sixteen votes for the union and fifteen against, but the "no" votes included six office workers whom management inappropriately tried to include in the bargaining unit. Among the warehouse workers, fork-lift operators, truck drivers, and helpers who make up the unit petitioned for by the union, the vote was sixteen to nine.
