1990s

Yugoslavia: Imperialist war against the world proletariat, 1990s - ICG

catch — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 14:47:59 +0000

For us the analysis of the war in Yugoslavia is indispensable. This war is not only of the greatest importance for its direct consequences for the conditions of life and struggle of proletarians in the region - it is also important for the international proletariat, and because it announces and prefigures the military conflicts that are to come.

From Communism #9

- "Is that you, Mladic?"

Hot time: Summer on the estates: Riots in the UK 1991-2

catch — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 13:02:52 +0000

The UK has for some time enjoyed a high level of class warfare - compared to, say, the US.

1991: The Kurdish Uprising

catch — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 11:36:18 +0000

THE KURDISH UPRISING

KURDISTAN'S NATIONALIST SHOP FRONT

AND ITS NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE BAATHIST/FASCIST REGIME

(Plus an account of the Workers Councils)

(Note: text is as in original pamphlet; a few pictures and accompanying captions have been removed)

Ireland, nationalism and imperialism, the myths exploded, 1972-1992 - Subversion

daniel — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:51:51 +0000

TWENTY YEARS ON A KNIFE EDGE

'... the fate of the province [Northern Ireland] is still, as it has been for so long, poised on a knife- edge between a slow climb back to some form of ordered existence, or a swift plunge into unimaginable anarchy and civil war.'

1995: The French pensions strikes

Steven. — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:01:45 +0000

During November and December of 1995 France was gripped by the largest strike movement the country had seen in recent years. After three weeks of strikes workers forced a government climbdown over the issue of changes to pensions of public sector workers.

1990: Worker insurgency in Osaka

sphinx — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 11:43:18 +0000

YOU MUST HELP YOURSELF:
NEO-LIBERAL GEOGRAPHIES AND WORKER INSURGENCY IN OSAKA

"I realize as the train pulls in that the station is on fire. The platform is aflame and below the streets are empty with people running past occasionally. Something is happening. I pick up some rocks and start throwing them at a police line."

-anonymous rioter at Kamagasaki

The couriers are revolting! The Despatch Industry Workers Union, 1989-1992

Steven. — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 15:35:51 +0000

Written by Des Patchrider, this pamphlet was printed and is available for sale from the Kate Sharpley Library. Our thanks go to the KSL and the author for permission to host this text online.

Nine Years of the Love and Rage Revolutionary Anarchist Federation, 1989-1998 - Wayne Price

Steven. — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 10:26:50 +0000

NEFAC's Wayne Price's interesting account and analysis of the development and decline of the North American continental anarchist federation the Love and Rage Revolutionary Anarchist Federation.

Occupational therapy - the incomplete story of the University College Hospital strikes and occupations of 1992-4

Ret Marut — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 23:29:00 +0000

From the http://www.endangeredphoenix.com website.

Occupational Therapy - the incomplete story of the University College Hospital strikes occupations of 1992/3/4 was put together by a number of individals in the UCH occupation together with help and suggestions from others, London 1995.

Community struggles in South Africa, 1994-2004

Steven. — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:57:20 +0000

PDF taken from www.prol-position.net, converted to text by libcom

A history of Mayday

Steven. — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 15:10:37 +0000

An article looking at the ancient pagan roots of Mayday, through the Haymarket martyrs to International Workers Day and the UK anti-capitalists in the late 1990s.

The myth of passivity: class struggles against neoliberalism in Aotearoa in the 1990s - Toby Boraman

Peter — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 00:42:56 +0000

This article from 2004 discusses several episodes of resistance to austerity in New Zealand in the 1990s.

Resistance to the 1991 Gulf War - Treason pamphlet

Peter — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 04:23:00 +0000

This pamphlet - a collection of articles - was prepared for the Zerowar conference which was held in Wollongong on the 8th of December 2002.

Intakes: 'Rostock or: How the New Germany is being Governed'

Joseph K. — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 09:11:47 +0000

In this abridged translation of an article originally published in Wildcat (Germany), it is shown how the state is using the issue of racism to develop its 'social strategy of tension'.

1997: The Albanian insurrection

Ed — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:03:48 +0000

The uprising that took Albania to the brink of revolution in 1997 was not supposed to happen – the Albanians, we were told, had shaken off their Stalinist masters and were now enjoying their new found capitalist freedom.

1994: The Zapatista uprising

Ed — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 19:50:28 +0000

“¡Ya Basta!” ("Enough is Enough!") declared the EZLN (Zapatista National Liberation Army - named after the Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata), as they burst to international attention on New Years day 1994.

1992: The LA riots

Ed — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 19:37:24 +0000

"There's a difference between frustration with the law and direct assaults upon our legal system."
- George Bush Snr., May 3rd, 1992.

1999-2000: The US university living wage campaign

Steven. — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:20:25 +0000

Against a background of several victories in workplace organisation in the US – notably for California cleaners, Boeing workers and Los Angeles health employees - a movement of students and university staff began coming together.

1993-1996: The Dublin fight against water charges

Steven. — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:16:19 +0000

Winning the water war

1986-1996: Anarchism in Turkey

Steven. — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:12:50 +0000

The anarchist movement came to the political scene of Turkey not very many years ago. The publication of Kara a monthly magazine, was the starting point of anarchism in Turkey in 1986. Before the publication of this monthly magazine, there had not been any anarchist periodical or any anarchist circle which attempted to express itself.