Labour Movements and Opposition Groups in Saudi Arabia: 1950-1975

An article about the growth of the Saudi Labour movement and additional radical opposition groups, focussing on two strikes at the ARAMCO oil company in 1953 and 1956.

Labour and Opposition in Saudi Arabia.pdf (1.15 MB)

Under new management? The Fisher-Bendix occupation - Solidarity

Solidarity's excellent eyewitness account, with background information, of the Fisher-Bendix factory…

Kurdish fighters in 1991

1991: The South Iraq and Kurdistan uprisings

The history of the uprisings in Southern Iraq and Kurdistan in 1990-91 which involved large numbers of mutinous troops who had deserted during …

Scenes from recent glass workers demonstration in Iran

Update on Iranian workers' struggles

A round-up of recent struggles going on in Iran, including textile and petrochemical workers' strikes and opposition to new changes in labour law…

June-August 1976 Warsaw

Poznan 1956 and Radom 1976

A background report for Radio Free Europe written in 1981, detailing the workers uprisings in Poznan '56 and Radom '76. Readers should bear in…