A short history of colonialism in Congo, 1885-1997
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 19 2017 15:32
A very short overview of Belgian, and latterly US, imperialism in Congo, written by Marty Jezer in 2001.
Feminists attacked by CGT union goons during Paris demonstration
Submitted by jef costello on Sep 18 2017 10:21
Communiqué following the violent attack on five women by the CGT Service d’Ordre at the demonstration on the 12th of September.
Excerpts of congressional testimony of Crawford Morgan
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 15 2017 14:04
Extracts from the testimony of African-American Spanish civil war volunteer Crawford Morgan, who was called to testify in response to a petition to label his veterans’ group a subversive organisation.
Strikes and riots in Sierra Leone, 1955 (Hansard)
Discussion from the House of Commons after British troops suppressed strikes and riots in Sierra Leone by shooting into crowds, killing twenty people including five schoolchildren and injuring many others.
Lennox Boyd was the conservative secretary of state for the colonies. J Johnson was a Labour Party opposition MP.
Abahlali baseMjondolo activists kidnapped then tortured at house of local ward councillor
Submitted by Mike Harman on Sep 6 2017 14:09
On Monday two members of Abahlali were attacked by unknown people in their Silver City branch in uMlazi. The two men, who are serving in the local Abahlali structure were abducted by a group of men and forced into a car with no registration number. They were then taken to the house of the local ward councillor. They were beaten and tortured for two hours at the home of the ward councillor by the same men that had abducted them. After this they were taken to the police station by these men.
Brutal police tactics lead to several injured at protests against nuclear waste landfill in Bure
Submitted by oscha on Aug 22 2017 12:06
On August 15th, several people protesting the project of nuclear waste landfill were seriously injured by police. Activists denounce a new level in police repression and detailed previous acts of violence.
16th August 1848 - the last attempted armed rising on English soil?
Submitted by Steven. on Aug 16 2017 09:37
A short history of the attempted armed uprising of Chartists at Seven Dials in London, which was foiled by police.
The French Miners Strike of 1948: Some Scraps of history
Submitted by Reddebrek on Aug 2 2017 11:41
What little information I've managed to dig up on what seems to have been an important struggle in post war France.
The Hilo massacre, 1938
Submitted by Steven. on Aug 1 2017 11:47
Detailed history of the Hilo massacre, Hawaii's Bloody Monday, when police opened fire at a crowd of unarmed striking longshoremen, injuring 50, written by William J. Puette in 1988.
Tracing Louise Michel in the Pacific
Submitted by Steven. on Jul 24 2017 10:06
An extremely well-researched text by Paul Mason exploring exiled Paris Communard Louise Michel's time imprisoned on the French colony of New Caledonia in the late 19th century.
