Huddersfield as a microcosm of the anarchist movement during World War One
Submitted by Battlescarred on Sep 8 2017 18:55
A short account of controversy over World War One in Huddersfield
London women tram workers: equal pay strike 1918
Submitted by Steven. on Aug 29 2017 18:45
Interesting additional information about the 1918 strike of women workers on London transport.
Too Young to Go to War but Old Enough to be Executed
A short account of Herbert Burden, a 17 year old boy executed by the British Army for desertion during the First World War. Burden was among 306 British and Commonwealth soldiers executed by the British Military for ‘cowardice and desertion’ during the First World War. The article originally appeared on the WordPress blog Running Past.
The Russian anarchist movement during the First World War
Submitted by Steven. on May 27 2017 10:58
A detailed history of anarchists in Russia during World War I, written by D.I. Rublyov and translated by Malcolm Archibald.
Interactive map of workers’ councils (1917-1927)
Submitted by Dyjbas on Apr 17 2017 14:58
The 1917 revolution in Russia, and the comeback of workers’ councils, signalled the start of a revolutionary wave that spread across the world over the next ten years. The map below is an attempt at charting the spread of the council movement in the 1917-1927 period. Work in progress!
Strike Against War: Helen Keller
Speech at Carnegie Hall, New York City, January 5, 1916, under the auspices of the Women's Peace Party and the Labor Forum
The Bordigist Current (1912-1952): Italy, France, Belgium, USA - Philippe Bourrinet
Submitted by Craftwork on Oct 8 2016 12:48
Updated, substantially-expanded, 2013 Philippe Bourrinet text on the history of the Italian Communist Left.
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
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.
