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.
Franca Rame’s rape: Fascists, carabinieri and ‘a higher wish’ - Girolamo De Michele
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on Jun 7 2013 09:15
Article on Italian state and police involvement in the rape and torture of a radical activist by fascists, translated by Struggles in Italy. Trigger warning for discussion of sexual violence.
Pressure drop in Peckham
Submitted by Battlescarred on Jun 6 2013 21:43
A short account of the state repression against the Peckham Anarchist Communist Group in 1894
Autobiographies of the Haymarket martyrs
Submitted by Steven. on May 1 2013 17:17
The full of autobiographies of each of the Haymarket martyrs: eight Chicago anarchists who were sentenced to death and in whose memory we celebrate May Day, International Workers' Day. Originally written for the Knights of Labor journal.
Mbokodo: Security in ANC camps, 1961-1990 - Stephen Ellis
Submitted by red jack on Apr 23 2013 12:16
1994 text by Stephen Ellis in African Affairs about events in the African National Congress, particularly the 1984 mutiny in ANC camps in Angola. Ellis has since written a book on this topic, which includes invaluable new material from the Stasi archives. He writes from a liberal perspective, but the facts that he has uncovered are very important for understanding the political culture of the ANC.
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.
COISP demonstration in solidarity with police convicted of Federico Aldrovandi’s murder
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on Mar 29 2013 15:55
Federico Aldrovandi was only 18 years old when he died of police brutality in 2005. Unlike the majority of such cases, Federico's murder found justice as the four responsible agents were found guilty of excessive force leading to death earlier this year. On March 27, a group policemen members of the minority union COISP intimidated Federico's mother, Patrizia Moretti, by holding a protest sit-in right in front of her workplace.
How the NKVD framed the POUM - Jesús Hernández
The following text is taken from the memoirs of Jesús Hernández, published in 1953 in Mexico as Yo fuí un ministro de Stalin (I Was a Minister of Stalin). The memoirs have never been translated in full to english. The sections reproduced below are about the stalinist persecution and suppression of the POUM. They were originally serialised during 1953 in Labor Action, the US socialist paper published by Max Shachtman’s Workers Party.
‘We don’t forgive, we don’t forget’: anti-fascists commemorate ten years since the murder of Davide Cesare
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on Mar 17 2013 17:50
Ten years after the murder of leftist militant Davide Cesare aka DAX, stabbed to death by fascists on March 16 2003, thousands of activists march in Milan to commemorate his death and to carry forward his ideals.
Police invasion of Greek anti-mining town
Submitted by Thrasybulus on Mar 10 2013 22:06
The dispute over gold mines in Greece intensified this week. Police invaded the town of Ierissos and tear-gassed school children as residents protested.
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