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Sparks #18

Issue 18 of Sparks from winter 1989, covering the ongoing campaign against the closure of the Upfield railway line, and successful snap industrial action by train guards.
Striking postal workers march, September 1922

The postal strike of 1922

Cathal Brennan tells the story of the postal strike of September 1922, in which the postal unions struck against pay cuts in the infancy of the…
Free State troops take prisoners

‘Rough and ready work’: The Special Infantry Corps

Article by John Dorney telling the story of the Special Infantry Corps, a military unit set up during the civil war of 1922-3 to suppress…
1968 Tokyo student protest

Japan's 1968: a collective reaction to rapid economic growth in an age of turmoil

2015 paper written by Oguma Eiji containing lots of interesting historical information about the…
Nyerere

Mwalimu Nyerere and the challenge of human rights

Article from Pambuzuka which examines Nyerere's record on human rights. While the article is generally pro-Nyerere it details some of the…

The 1948 Zanzibar General Strike

A history of the three week general strike in Zanzibar, 1948.

Sparks #15

Sparks no 15 from July-August 1988, with coverage of industrial action by train guards over staff cuts and safety issues, union elections, and the mid-1988 statewide strike in Victoria.

Sparks #11

Issue 11 of Sparks from December 1987, with material on train guards' strikes and shopfloor action at South Dynon locomotive workshops.
Chachage Seithy L. Chachage

The Rise and Fall and Insurrection of Trade Unionism in Tanzania

An overview of the development of trade unions in Tanzania between the 1920s and 1990s by Tanzanian…

Bordiga versus Pannekoek - Antagonism

Texto que trata da questão da relação contraditória entre os revolucionários - que são uma pequena minoria, quer queiram quer não - e o restante…

Fascists burn down social centre in Thessaloniki

Report on yesterday's fascist violence in Thessaloniki, Greece, which saw two social centres attacked, including Libertatia, a libertarian…
Government Road, Nairobi, 1950

The Nairobi General Strike, 1950: From Protest to Insurgency

The Nairobi General Strike [1950] was the culmination of Kenya’s post war strike wave and urban…
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