Panopticism - Michel Foucault “Is it surprising that prisons resemble factories, schools, barracks, hospitals, which all resemble prisons?” This is chapter 3 of Foucault’s…
The Victoria nurses' strike, 1985 The history of the first state-wide strike of nurses in Victoria, Australia over wages and staff/patient ratios. It ended in a partial victory,…
The Kortex sweatshop strike, 1981 - Sandra Bloodworth and Tom O'Lincoln The history of a victorious strike of 300 mostly female immigrant workers in an ultra-exploitative…
1973: Broadmeadows Ford workers’ strike In June 1973 workers at the Broadmeadows Ford factory exploded smashing up their workplace, facing off police and forcing union bosses into…
1972: The Quebec general strike The story of one of the largest working class rebellions in American history. 300,000 workers participated in North America's largest general…
A brief history of the state of exception - Giorgio Agamben An excerpt from the 2005 book State of Exception which serves as a good introduction to Agamben’s…
1971-1974: Green bans by builders in Australia A history of the massive campaign of industrial action by building workers which protected the environment and local communities by enacting…
The Kelly's Bush green ban, 1971 A short account of how construction workers saved the Kelly's Bush area of park land in Australia from development by refusing to work, and …
1937: The Clydeside apprentices’ strike The strong Scottish strike of apprentices which help turn them from isolated individuals with no employment rights into organised, unionised workers.
Queensland canecutters' strike, 1934 - Peter Sheldon The history of the victorious strike of mostly migrant cane-cutting workers in Australia. To secure the victory the workers had to overcome the…
1971: The Attica prison uprising Against the background of the mass revolutionary, black power and prisoners' movements in the US, a five day revolt began on September 9, 1971 at…
