World War I

The Bolshevik Party in Conflict: the Left Communist Opposition of 1918 - Ronald I. Kowalski

Submitted by Craftwork on Aug 29 2016 16:34

1991 book examining the part played by the left communists following the Russian revolution, and their positions on a number of key issues.

The Left Communists' Theses on the Current Situation (Russia, 1918)

Submitted by Red Marriott on Aug 28 2016 21:57

Published by the academic journal Critique, Glasgow, in 1977, this text has long been unavailable in print and apparently never before freely available online. A very important document of the Russian Revolution, showing the divisions within the Bolshevik Party in their early days in power.

The Bisbee deportation of 1917 - Sheila Bonnand

Submitted by Steven. on Aug 1 2016 19:48
Vigilantes force strikers to assemble

An overview of the Bisbee deportation, when over 1000 strikers in the revolutionary Industrial Workers of the World union were illegally transported by armed vigilantes to New Mexico.

Volume 9 Issue 9

Mother Earth Vol. IX. No. 9 (November, 1914). 273–280.

March 1918 Vol 1 No 6

VOL.I. MARCH, 1918, NEW YORK NO.6.

February 1918 Vol 1 No 5

VOL 1. FEBRUARY, 1918, NEW YORK NO. 5.

January 1918 Vol 1 No 4

VOL. I JANUARY, 1918, NEW YORK NO. 4

November 1917 Vol 1 No 2

The left wing - S.J. Rutgers

In this collection of five articles written in 1916 the Dutch socialist S.J. Rutgers outlines capitalism's descent into its imperialist phase, the passing of the age of liberal democracy, and the need for a new kind of mass action to replace electoral activity and purely economic strikes. These articles were written as part of a series called "The Left Wing" for the American publication International Socialist Review.

The Princetown escapee

Submitted by Battlescarred on Jan 13 2016 12:38

A short account of the case of Scots anarchist John Kerr, war resister