Marx’s mole is dead! - Globalisation and communication - Michael Hardt & Antonio Negri This text is effectively a summary of the arguments in Empire, in particular Negri & Hardt’s contention that Marx’s conception of class struggle is obsolete and that globalisation can be understood as capitalism's response to class struggle (7,000 words).
1890: The Australian maritime strike A short history of the 1890 strike of seamen in Australia against mass wage cuts amongst other things, which ended in defeat for the workers.
The great London dock strike, 1889 A huge and powerful strike of British dockers against low pay, unsafe conditions and casual, precarious employment contracts which, with…
The Australian maritime strike, 1878-1879 A short history of the 1878 strike of sailors and maritime workers in Australia which prevented the seaman being sacked and replaced by cheaper…
Intellectuals and power: A conversation between Michel Foucault and Gilles Deleuze This is a transcript of a 1972 conversation between the post-structuralist philosophers Michel…
The great railroad strike, 1877 - Howard Zinn Howard Zinn's short history of the biggest industrial dispute in American history by that time, shutting down half the country's rail network.
The Lynn shoe strike, 1860 - Howard Zinn Howard Zinn's history of the strike of 20,000 US shoe manufacturing workers - men and women - in New England. Lasting several weeks, the strike…
1904-2003: History of Iraq A short history of Iraq, focusing on foreign intervention, imperialism and attempts by Western powers to control oil and other resources in the…
The Real del Monte miners' strike, 1766 A short history of the first ever strike in North American history, by Mexican silver miners.
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 …
1990-1991: The Gulf War Noam Chomsky on the 1991 US and UK war with Iraq following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
