Economic crisis and direct action in Iceland photo gallery, 2008 Images from the social unrest following the collapse of the banking system in Iceland in 2008. More…
Economic crisis and direct action in Iceland Since early this winter, Iceland has been facing economic crisis. People are getting angry, some of them wanting back the “good old” prosperity,…
Egyptian court sentences 22 to prison for Mahalla riots An Egyptian state security court sentenced 22 people to between three and five years in jail on…
Greek riots eyewitness reports - 15 December 2008 Accounts of Monday's events in the second week of social upheaval following the murder of Alexis, including a leaflet by Albanian migrants.
Christmas strikes could hit Royal Mail Workers in Coventry, Crewe, Liverpool, Stockport, Bolton and Oxford are threatening 24-hour strike action on Friday over the proposed merger of…
Strikes hit Hungarian transport industry A strike over pay by Hungarian rail workers severely disrupted traffic on most services on Monday and flights from Budapest Airport were delayed…
1951: Barcelona general strike A brief description of social conditions in post-Civil War Spain followed by an account of the Barcelona general strike of 1951. The events in…
Eyewitness statement on the killing of Alexandros Grigoropoulos - 06 December 2008 Translation of the statement of Nikos R., which describes what happened on the night of December 6…
Greek riots eyewitness reports - 14 December 2008 Roundup of Sunday's events, which were relatively quiet in terms of confrontations but many school and university occupations are going on strong…
Greek riots eyewitness reports - 13 December 2008 Accounts of the day's riots in Greece, including the torching of a government ministry.
Franz Kafka and libertarian socialism Michael Löwy explores the links between the seminal writer and the anarchist/libertarian socialist movement.
The ghost of freedom always comes with the knife between its teeth, 2008 Statement of the Surrealist Group of Athens on the wave of riots in December, 2008.