1970s

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.

Italy 1977-8 - 'Living with an Earthquake' - Red Notes

Ret Marut — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 07:33:25 +0000

Link to PDF of pamphlet.

Published by Red Notes, London, UK, late 1970s

1970: US national postal strike

Alex... — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:12:01 +0000

Beginning on the morning of March 18, the strike had been precipitated by months of stalling by union leaders and government officials. With no rights to collective bargaining, and having not seen wages increase between 1967 and 1969, anger amongst postal workers had been simmering for years.

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.

Two Local Chapters in the Spectacle of Decomposition - Chris Shutes

Ret Marut — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 20:10:31 +0000

Published by Chris Shutes in Berkeley, CA, USA; May 1979.

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"Everything is said about the spectacle except what it always & fundamentally is: the colonization of the point of view of the individual by the point of view of the collectivity." Daniel Denevert

Two Local Chapters in the Spectacle of Decomposition

The working class in Iran: some background - class struggles from 1979-1989 - Mostafa Saber

Ret Marut — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:39:36 +0000

Of particular interest is the observation that "in practice the [workers'] councils, due to their complete accordance with workers' direct and immediate exercise of power, won an indisputable victory vis-a-vis the unions. The few attempts at creating unions remained irrelevant to the real workers' movement."

Poznan 1956 and Radom 1976

catch — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 13:51:44 +0000

BOX-FOLDER-REPORT: 46-4-214
TITLE: Polish Workers Commemorate their Past Struggles
BY: J. B. de Weydenthal
DATE: 1981-7-7
COUNTRY: Poland
ORIGINAL SUBJECT: RAD Background Report/192

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RADIO FREE EUROPE Research

RAD Background Report/192 (Poland)" 7 July 1981

Ending a war: Inventing a movement: Mayday 1971

David in Atlanta — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:37:29 +0000

Ending a war: Inventing a movement: Mayday 1971
Kauffman, L A

Strange Defeat: The Chilean Revolution, 1973 - Pointblank!

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

Instead of blaming the right and the CIA for the coup like most commentators on the left, Pointblank! point out the role that Allende and the parties of the left played in demobilising the powerful working class, undermining their strength and eventually signing their own death warrants by refusing to arm them

Like a Summer with a Thousand Julys …and Other Seasons…

catch — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 12:37:16 +0000

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Like a Summer with a Thousand Julys …and Other Seasons…

INFANT SORROW