The Yellow Vest Movement in France: Between “Ecological” Neoliberalism and “Apolitical” Movements
Submitted by R Totale on Nov 28 2018 19:44
An article from Crimethinc examining the Yellow Vests movement in France. "The past weeks have seen a massive confrontational movement arise in France opposing President Emmanuel Macron’s “ecological” tax increase on gas. This movement combines many contradictory elements..."
Monthly London Meetings: 'Social Histories of Revolution: the Long 1960s'
Submitted by hedgehog on Sep 21 2018 18:25
‘Social Histories of Revolution: the Long 1960s’ explores this period from the perspectives of those whose strikes, demonstrations and other forms of struggle shook the world.
Brazil: popular revolt and its limits
June 2018 marks five years since the wave of protests against the price of collective transportation, which shook the streets of hundreds of brazilian cities in 2013. At the heart of those riots was the Movimento Passe Livre (something like Free Pass Movement), an autonomous and horizontal social movement founded in 2005, which defended the gratuity of transport. Written in 2014 by two militants who later left the organization, this article reflects on the limits of that cycle of protests.
Japan's 1968: a collective reaction to rapid economic growth in an age of turmoil
Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 23 2018 16:25
2015 paper written by Oguma Eiji containing lots of interesting historical information about the Japanese radical and student movements of 1968, including historical background and aftermath.
The unemployed in the popular uprising of December, 2001: Report from Greater Buenos Aires
Submitted by QQ on Dec 3 2017 21:22
This moving account reveals some prominent facts behind the scenes of the December 2001 uprising in Argentina. Cacho's account reveals the political ideas and tactics of the unemployed, who throughout the 90s had managed to obtain public attention and increasing legitimacy in demanding government assistance by disrupting automobile traffic on highways across the entire territory. The piqueteros - the common label of various similar organizations - had coordinated their actions, not just among themselves, but also with the more traditional leftist movements, unions, and political parties.
Anarchism in Korea: independence, transnationalism, and the question of national development, 1919-1984
Submitted by Anonymous on Sep 13 2017 10:38
A regional and transnational history of anarchism in Korea by Dongyoun Hwang. This book provides a history of anarchism in Korea and challenges conventional views of Korean anarchism as merely part of nationalist ideology, situating the study within a wider East Asian regional context.
The Makhnovist movement and the national question in the Ukraine, 1917-1921
Submitted by Steven. on Jul 26 2017 09:35
A detailed account and analysis of the Ukrainian revolutionary anarchist army, during the Russian revolution, written by Aleksandr Shubin.
The British Anarchist Movement and the Russian Revolution
Submitted by Battlescarred on Jul 18 2017 15:04
A short account of how Britiish anarchists related to the Russian Revolution of 1917
Political Situation in Venezuela: Crisis, Trends, and the Challenge of Class Independence
An examination of Venezuela’s process of social transformation, popular struggles and resulting contradictions under Chavismo, PSUV and now Maduro.
