Heathrow Express strike tomorrow More than seventy RMT members are set to go on strike at Heathrow Express on Thursday, after rejecting a pay offer by a margin of 12 to 1.
Hunterston nuclear power station - interview As part of our continued coverage of the stike of Balfour Kilpatrick employees at Hunterston nuclear power station, libcom.org interviewed one of…
1997: The Albanian insurrection A little-known uprising in Albania, triggered by International Monetary Fund measures after which the state lost complete control.
Picket line update from Hunterston nuclear power station The second week of industrial action at Hunterston nuclear power station began today. We present this report by one of the striking workers from today's picket line.
1994: The Zapatista uprising A brief history of the rebellion in Chiapas in the jungles of Mexico, where hundreds of thousands of people rose up against the Mexican state and…
1992: The LA riots A brief account of the six days of rioting which set Los Angeles aflame following the acquittal of four police officers who were filmed beating…
1989: The Risley prisoners' uprising In 1989 prisoners at Risley Remand Centre celebrated 1 May in style by taking over a wing of the notoriously squalid, brutal prison and spending…
We want to riot, not to work: The 1981 Brixton uprisings Pamphlet reflecting on the 1981 anti-police riots in Brixton by the Riot Not To Work Collective…
The Gwangju uprising, 1980 The history of the week-long uprising of the South Korean town of Kwangju against the regime of the West-backed dictator General Chun Doo-Hwan…
1977: The Bologna uprising A very brief outline of the seizure of Bologna by workers and students in 1977, and the run-up to it following the shooting of a demonstrator.
1976: The Notting Hill Carnival riots An account of the riots at the popular West London carnival which were sparked by the arbitrary harassment and arrests of young black attendees…
1976: The Soweto riots A short history of the riots against new education laws that turned into a mass collective rejection of apartheid South Africa by thousands of…