No Dash For Gas: We climbed those chimneys to kick-start protest and debate
Submitted by Gabriel Levy on Mar 7 2013 08:58
EDF, the power company, has been denounced for attacking the right to protest, after it launched a damages claim for £5 million against 21 activists. Here one of them explains what No Dash For Gas is aiming at
Facing the enemy: A history of anarchist organisation - Alexandre Skirda
Submitted by working class s... on Dec 27 2012 19:52
The finest single volume history of European anarchism is finally available in English in Paul Sharkey's elegant translation. Drawing on decades of research, Alexandre Skirda traces anarchism as a major political movement and ideology across the 19th and 20th centuries.
The unemployed struggle in West Ham in the 1900s
Submitted by Battlescarred on Dec 18 2012 22:36
A short history of the unemployed agitation in West Ham and the Triangle Camp events
'Don't be a soldier!' The radical anti-war movement in north London 1914-1918 - Ken Weller
Submitted by Steven. on Dec 18 2012 12:07
Ken Weller of Solidarity's excellent and detailed historical account of working class opposition to World War I in North London, which offers a snapshot of the anti-war movement nationally.
The history of the Quebec student movement and combative unionism
Submitted by wojtek on Dec 8 2012 23:39
An article by Jerome Raza on the history of student syndicalism in Quebec and the conditions which gave rise to Classé.
The poll tax rebellion in Haringey
Submitted by Steven. on Dec 8 2012 17:05
Great pamphlet about the successful fight against the poll tax in Haringey, north London. Produced by Haringey Solidarity Group in 1999, this pamphlet gives an excellent snapshot of the struggle in one London Borough.
Fire and flames: A history of the German autonomist movement
Fire and Flames is no detached academic study, but a passionate, hands-on, and engaging account of the beginnings of one of Europe's most intriguing protest movements of the last thirty years. An introduction by George Katsiaficas, author of The Subversion of Politics and an afterword by Gabriel Kuhn, a long-time autonomous activist and author, add historical context and an update on the current state of the Autonomen.
A brief history of the Spanish anarchist refugees and immigrants in Australia
Submitted by Steven. on Nov 24 2012 20:51
A short history of Spanish anarchist migrants who fled to Australia following the Spanish civil war, produced by Acracia.
On the state of movements in Italy: let’s open the debate
Some American and European comrades have asked me, Why didn’t you have an Occupy movement in Italy? Why is the NO TAV movement the only expression of social struggle? The NO TAV, despite their strong success, despite their original expression of post-modernity class war, lack the characteristics of the Occupy movements: an extension of social change, the power to remove old hierarchies, and, above all, a shared and “common” political dynamic open to radical political upheavals.
Anarchism in the ex Yugoslavia - Trivio Indic
Short pamphlet on the origins of the anarchism movement in the former Yugoslavia. Taken from The Bastard Archive.
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