1940s

Anarchism in 1940s Glasgow

Ret Marut — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:01:41 +0000

1945: US responses to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Steven. — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 11:30:30 +0000

"...the greatest thing in history."
- Harry S. Truman
President of the United States during the Atomic Bombing

"It always appeared to us that, atomic bomb or no atomic bomb, the Japanese were already on the verge of collapse."
- General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold
Commanding General of the U.S. Army
Air Forces Under President Truman

The Ninety-third Division - Black US soldiers' struggles in World War II - Nelson Peery

Ret Marut — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:38:39 +0000

1914-1946: Third Camp Internationalists in France during World War II

catch — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 14:44:22 +0000

The following pages describe succinctly the activities of the "Third Camp" internationalist nuclei in France during World War II. We do not know of any comprehensive study of this subject.

The role of the Catholic Church in Yugoslavia's holocaust - Seán Mac Mathúna, 1941-1945

daniel — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:24:00 +0000

During the Second World War in Yugoslavia, Catholic priests and Muslim clerics were willing accomplices in the genocide of the nations Serbian, Jewish and Roma population.

"The Renewal of Medieval Times" in Yugoslavia, 1941

daniel — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 02:27:11 +0000

There can be little doubt that this article appeared with the agreement of the Fascist Party in Italy, and the Italian Army had already begun to stand between the Ustase and their victims in zones of the NDH under their authority.

1942-1944: US musicians recording ban

Jess — Sun, 06 May 2007 11:53:22 +0000

The union, the American Federation of Musicians, led by trumpeter James Petrillo, had previously opposed the recording of music, or “canned music”. Musicians were replaced with records in radio, and in cafes and bars bands were replaced with jukeboxes.

Fedi, Silvano, 1920-1944

Steven. — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 12:23:13 +0000

Silvano Fedi
Born 25 April 1920 - Pistoia, Italy, died 29 July 1944 - Italy

1941: Disney cartoonists strike

Alex... — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 20:11:41 +0000

Throughout the 1930s workers of the flourishing entertainment industry of Hollywood had been organising themselves into unions. Stagehands, actors, directors, editors and writers had all successfully, albeit slowly, formed their own organisations through this massive drive for union recognition.

1943-1945: Anarchist partisans in the Italian Resistance

Steven. — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 11:35:14 +0000

Sabate Llopart, Manuel, 1927-1950

Steven. — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:38:08 +0000

Manuel Sabaté Llopart
aka Manolo, born 1927 - Barcelona, Spain, died 24 February 1950 - Spain

Manuel Sabate Llopart was born in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat in 1927.

Lubbe, Marinus van der 1911-1934

Steven. — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:32:04 +0000

Marinus van der Lubbe Born 13 January 1911 - Leyden, Netherlands, died 10 January 1934 – Leipzig prison, Germany

Peron, Eva "Evita", 1919-1952

Steven. — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 10:15:02 +0000

Turned into a Latin American saint, worshipped by thousands of Argentinians, the subject of an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical and more recently a film starring Madonna, "Evita" has been the subject of much attention over the years.

1941-1945: Andartiko - the Greek Resistance

Steven. — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 23:34:39 +0000

A short history of the Andartiko - the Greek Resistance partisans who fought against Italian and German fascist occupation.
[b]Its radical, democratic working class spirit was only put down after the Allied victory, by British forces and the Greek ruling class.

1939-1945: Spanish Resistance in France

Steven. — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 23:27:47 +0000

Forgotten Heroes

1944-1945: Anarchists in the Hungarian Resistance

Steven. — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:55:45 +0000

Following the destruction of the Hungarian anarchist movement by the fascist regime of Admiral Horthy, anarchist groups began to re-emerge around the veteran libertarian called Torockoi, who was 80 years old in 1945. The first libertarian action was against occupying German forces by an anarchist student group.

1939-1965: Armed resistance to Franco

Steven. — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:52:00 +0000

The rattle of the Thompson gun

1919-1946: Gandhi and the national liberation of India

Steven. — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:43:02 +0000

Mahatma Gandhi is often cited by pacifists as the shining example of how non-violent civil disobedience works successfully. Unfortunately, these paeans of praise leave out a close study of Gandhi’s role in the Indian struggle for ‘independence’, and just as importantly, who were his class allies in that struggle.

1939-1943: The Pallarès Action Group

Steven. — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 13:27:46 +0000

The Pallarés group was one of the very first anti-Franco urban guerrilla groups which sprung up after the end of the Spanish Civil War and Revolution of 1936-9, and the victory of the fascist and right-wing army of General Franco.

1941-1947: The Los Queros guerrillas

Steven. — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 13:24:43 +0000

Part of the widespread armed resistance to the regime, the Los Queros guerilla band operated in the city of Granada and in its environs in the years following the end of the Civil War of 1936-9, and the victory of the fascist and right-wing army of General Franco (pictured).