A people's history of England
Submitted by Anonymous on May 19 2017 09:10
This classic 1938 work by AL Morton lays out the main outlines and most important turning points of British history - from the point of view of the ordinary people - in a clear and jargon-free style.
Menzies and Pig Iron for Japan
Submitted by Reddebrek on May 18 2017 11:08
An account of the refusal of Australian dockworkers to load ships with war materials for Japan, after news of the atrocities in China and fears that Japanese militarism would engulf Australia sooner or later. The strike was the inspiration for the Australian Labour song Pig Iron Bob.
Minus
Here are several issues of the "Minus" magazine produced in Hong Kong in the late 1970s.
Marx Without Myth (1975) Maximilien Rubel
Part of the series of biographies of Karl Marx.
Reproduced for reference.
An anarchist manifesto
An 1895 manifesto published by the Anarchist Communist Alliance founded by James Tochatti and Louisa Sarah Bevington.
Reflections on the way to the gallows
Submitted by Steven. on May 10 2017 10:02
A short prison diary kept by Japanese anarchist feminist Kanno Sugako, prior to her execution on 25 January 1911 for her part in a plot to assassinate the Emperor. She was the only woman to ever be hanged for treason in Japan.
House to Goddess of the House: Gender, Class and Silk in 19th Century Mount Lebanon
An essay on the development of capitalism in Lebanon and the effects it had upon gender roles. Mainly focusing on women workers in the silk industry from a Christian Lebanese background.
The Chinese democratic uprising, 1989
Submitted by Steven. on May 7 2017 17:04
A detailed account of the national uprising for democracy which swept China in 1989 and was crushed after the Tiananmen Square massacre, written by George Katsiaficas.
Italy 1980-81: After Marx, jail! The attempted destruction of a communist movement - Red Notes
Red Notes' pamphlet charting the repression of Italy's 1970s extraparliamentary communist movement, when thousands of radical workers and intellectuals were swept into the country's jails.
The Party Organizer
Submitted by Pennoid on Apr 29 2017 22:06
The Party Organizer began being published in 1927 and was the main internal organizing paper for the CPUSA. It functioned as a tool to guide party activists and can provide clearer insights for present day communist organizers.
