1960s

Up Against The Wall Motherfucker! - Interview with Ben Morea

Ret Marut — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:28:11 +0000

1962-1973: Worker and student struggles in Italy

Alex... — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:34:32 +0000

Rising from a period of centre-left coalition that had been marked by a constant failure to bring promised reforms to Italian society, the struggles of the 1960s acted as a pressure gauge for many sections of the Italian working class, one which was to reach its climax during the mass strikes of 1968-1970.

The Good and Bad Old Days - The Whinger

Ret Marut — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 11:32:53 +0000

These notes are not revolutionary, they don't even claim to be radical,... I_just nicked them and adapted them from an old seventies cyclopedia I found in a charity shop!. But they do tell a story, and they illustrate a big process of change at a critical turning point.

From; The Whinger - Irregular journal of hysterical madterialism; No. 6, Oct 2007.

Mount Isa: the great Queensland strike - Solidarity

captain soap — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:51:31 +0000

Working class protest, popular revolt and urban insurrection in Argentina: the 1969 Cordobazo

David in Atlanta — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:29:43 +0000

Working class protest, popular revolt, and urban insurrection in Argentina: the 1969 Cordobazo James P. Brennan

Introduction

Yugoslavery: Yugoslavia: Capitalism and class struggle 1918-1967

catch — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 12:12:32 +0000

Yugoslavery
Yugoslavia: Capitalism and Class struggle 1918-1967
&
Some Basic Ingredients of Yugoslav Ideology

Introduction

1962: The Novocherkassk Tragedy

catch — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 09:47:52 +0000

The Novocherkassk Tragedy, June 1-3 1962
by Piotr Suda

Korean workers riot in Vietnam, 1967

Peter — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 08:15:03 +0000

MACV (Military Assistance Command Vietnam, the U.S. command for all its military forces in Vietnam – ed.) had also been directed to start a civilianization program on September 15, 1967. South Vietnamese workers would be substituted for U.S. military support personnel in certain logistical units. There were many advantages. American manpower could be trimmed as technical expertise was shared.

A disgrace before God: Striking black sanitation workers vs. black officialdom in 1977 Atlanta

David in Atlanta — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:38:21 +0000

"A disgrace before God"

Unfriendly skies - The air traffic controllers' sick-out, 1969

Steven. — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 01:47:04 +0000

Two days after Nixon broke the letter carriers' strike the air traffic controllers walked off their jobs and stayed out for three weeks. The controllers called in sick, attempting to avoid the still legal penalties for striking.