An interview with Jack the Anarchist (Jack Grancharoff)
Submitted by Steven. on May 13 2017 12:53
An interview between Takver and Jack Grancharoff, a Bulgarian anarchist who fled Stalinist repression and moved to Australia, talking about being an activist in Australia in the 1950s.
Wobbly driplines: strikes, stowaways & the SS Manuka
Submitted by Jared on Apr 14 2015 08:28
Built in 1903 and wrecked off New Zealand’s southern coast in 1929, the Manuka was a floating fragment of class society—and of class warfare. This article uses the Manuka to tell the wider story of syndicalism, transnationalism, anti-militarism, and the IWW in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Sydney's burning: an Australian political conspiracy - Ian Turner
Submitted by Anonymous on May 22 2014 19:47
A detailed history of the Sydney 12: members of the radical union Industrial Workers of the World, opponents of WWI, who were arrested in 1916 and charged with treason, arson, sedition and forgery. Workers launched a mass campaign in favour of their release.
Pred.txt - Michael Carlton
Pred.txt is the actual web log of Michael "Predator" Carlton - biochemist, media pirate and drain expert. It's a story of hard science, tough relationships, radical thinking and life in Sydney. It's also the diary of a young man dying of cancer. RIP Predator.
Anarcho-syndicalism in Melbourne and Sydney - Conal Thwaite
Thesis attempting to explain the origins of anarcho-syndicalism in Australia by the late 1980s.
Part 1: Sydney libertarianism - AJ Baker
Text based on a paper given to the London Anarchist Group in March 1960.
Sydney bus drivers defy union and take wildcat action
Submitted by Ed on Aug 27 2009 15:28
A six-hour strike by 130 bus drivers in western Sydney on Monday morning, carried out in defiance of their union, has produced furious denunciations in the media and from an industrial court judge. The drivers walked out at the Busways Blacktown depot at 3.30 a.m. against the imposition of new timetables that would impose shorter times for routes.
1851: The Sydney sailors' riot
Submitted by Ed on Sep 8 2006 00:28
A history of the violent clash between Australian sailors and police after officers attempted to arrest a man dressed as a woman.
