A quick look at the origins of racism in modern society from its roots in the justification of…

The history of the Saddam Hussein's poison gas attack, with the complicity of the West, in the working class stronghold of Halabja.

An account of the trial and death of American anarchist Michael Schirru, who travelled to Italy to…

An article from the Chilean IWW describing the massive government and vigilante repression the radical workers movement was facing. Originally appeared in the One Big Union Monthly (January 1921).

Howard Zinn's account of the lynching of the American revolutionary unionist and former soldier Wesley Everest by "patriots."

A short history of the trials and legal repression of radical trade unionists in the UK in the early twentieth century.

The history of the world holiday on the 1st May - May Day, or International Workers Day, held in commemoration of four anarchists executed for…

A short history of repressive and anti-worker government practice and legislation in Britain over the past two centuries.

An account of the street battles which took place in London when local residents decided to stop a fascist National Front march in their…

A short history of an occupation of empty housing in Italy by workers who had inadequate accomodation. Their direct action and solidarity forced…

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…

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.