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Phan Boi Chau

1930-1931: The Nghe-Tinh Revolt

The history of the uprising in rural Vietnam, still a French colony, which caused the local government to flee. The workers and peasants in the…

The Iran-Contra affair, 1986 - Noam Chomsky

Chomsky's brief account of the US selling arms to Iran via Israel in order to fund far-right paramilitary contras in Nicaragua.
The Red Army attacking Kronstadt

1921: The Kronstadt rebellion

The history of the rising of the naval town of Kronstadt in Russia by workers and sailors supporting the original aims of the 1917 Revolution…

The contra war in Nicaragua - Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky's account of the US-backed “contra” counter-insurgency in Nicaragua against the left-wing government brought to power on the back of…
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1867-2000: A people’s history of Mexico

A working class history of Mexico from the Diaz administration of 1876, through the Revolution of 1910 to the beginning of the 21st century.

1920: An uprising in Munster

A hidden history of sympathy strikes, socialism, workers' councils and revolution in a corner of rural Ireland.

1900-2000: Iraq timeline

A timeline of key events in Iraqi history and class struggle in the 20th century.

1944-1989: The coup and US intervention in Guatemala

Noam Chomsky on the US intervention and coup following the 1944 revolution which overthrew Guatemala's brutal dictator.

1970-1990: The war of counter-insurgency in El Salvador

Noam Chomsky on the ultra-violent war of the right-wing regime in El Salvador against grassroots…

The genocide and war in Rwanda, 1990-1994 - Tony Sullivan

Between half a million and a million people out of Rwanda's total population of 8 million, died in a…
King of Rwanda with Belgian general

A history of Rwanda and Burundi, 1894-1990 - Tony Sullivan

A history of Rwanda and Burundi, two African nations run by Western Imperial powers until…
Luton Town Hall smouldering after the riot

The Luton riots, 1919

The history of the riots which flared up in Luton. Ex-servicemen and their families, angered by extravagant publicly-funded victory celebrations…
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