Chile: miners and support workers strike Seeing record prices for raw materials and record profits for mining companies, workers in Chile are demanding better wages and conditions.
Bolivia: roads blocked by strikers and protesters Thousands of striking miners from the Huanani mine have been forming road blocks since Tuesday to protest against government inaction.
Precarious and pissed off: Lessons from the Montpelier Downtown Workers' Union, 2003-2005 An account and analysis of the Vermont Workers' Center's innovative but ultimately…
Belgium: Strike action at Opel car factory There have been a series of stoppages recently at the Opel factory, due to management restructuring.
Belgium: Wildcat strike at Volvo Europa factory Workers at the truck factory in Oostakker, walked out during negotiations over pay.
Somalia: Soldiers demand unpaid wages Soldiers have taken control of government buldings in the Central province of Hiran after going seven months without pay.
The meaning of Tiananmen - Burt Green Burt Green analyses the events of Tiananmen Square and their consequences. This article contains some factual inaccuracies (see comments below…
The Hungarian Revolution: 1956 This is an anonymous account of the events of the near revolution of 1956, containing interesting information from interviews with participants.
Lenin wake up, Brezhnev has gone mad - Alan Woods An overview of the crisis in Czechoslovakia 1968, by the Trotskyist Alan Woods.
The Zanj slaves rebellion, AD 869-883 A history of the Zanj slave rebellion - East African slaves in Mesopotamia during the 9th century. These events took place around Basra, in…
Council communism and the critique of Bolshevism - Cajo Brendel Cajo Brendel on council communism and Bolshevism.
Mali: Butchers strike against government price-fixing Butchers in the capital of Mali, Bamoko, launched wildcat action after the government ordered prices…
