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Via Mac Mahon, top left to bottom right

1971: The Quarto Oggiaro occupation

A short history of a militant mass occupation of empty housing in Milan, Italy, 1971 which pressured the government to give in and provide the…

1971: The people's clinic, Rome

The history of the residents in one of Rome's outlying ghettos who had inadequate health care provision. Seizing a government building, they and sympathetic health workers set up their own medical centre and ran it collectively.
George Blake

1966: The Blake prison escape

A short history of the miraculous prison break of Soviet double-agent George Blake from a British jail, organised by two libertarian activists.

Beating back Mosley in Notting Hill, 1958 - Baker Baron

A Notting Hill resident recounts his story of fighting racists and fascists in West London.
Gino Lucetti

1926: The attempted assassination of Mussolini in Rome

An account of the unsuccessful assassination attempt of Benito Mussolini by anarchist Gino Lucetti…
Leon Czolgosz

1901: The assassination of President William McKinley

An account of assassination of the President of the United States, William McKinley, by young…

2004: Granada coffee house strike

The history of a small strike at coffee shop in Spain, with the involvement of two different groups of anarchists, and ended largely in failure, albeit with some very minor concessions won.

2003-2004: Los Angeles supermarket strike

The history of a huge five-month strike and lockout of 70,000 supermarket workers in California, which ended in defeat.

2003: Frog pubs strike

An account of a strike of mostly Sri Lankan workers, aided by outside militants, at a British-owned pub chain in France, which won some concessions for the workers.
The Hollingdean depot in Brighton

2001: Brighton bin men's strike and occupation

A short history of a victorious strike and occupation of their workplace by contracted-out bin workers that was assisted by local residents.
Cellatex workers build fires outside the plant

2000: Cellatex chemical plant occupation

An account of a group of 153 sacked Cellatex chemical workers in France who won a massively improved redundancy deal due to militant struggle,…

1999: Dahl Jenson construction strike

Immigrants demonstrated their willingness, when asked, to support British workers in struggle in this victorious strike of 300 building workers…
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