Monster of the Twentieth Century: Kotoku Shusui and Japan's First Anti-Imperialist Movement This extended monograph examines the work of the radical journalist Kotoku Shusui…
The general strike and Irish independence Interesting article by John Dorney on the syndicalist tactic of the general strike and its relationship with the struggle for Irish independence…
The 1945 Nigerian General Strike In 1945 a general strike involving tens of thousands of workers began with railway workers, then spread to other nationalised industries…
The Iva Valley Shooting at Enugu Colliery, Nigeria: African Workers’ Aspirations and the Failure of Colonial Labor Reform The Iva Valley Shooting at Enugu Colliery, Nigeria: African Workers’ Aspirations…
The Iva Valley miners strike and massacre at Enugu colliery, 1949 On the 18th November 1949, 21 striking miners and a bystander were shot dead at a British government…
Strikes in Ghana, 1961 In September 1961, a wildcat strike broke out amongst the railway works of Takoradi-Sekondi, spreading quickly to Accra and Kumasi and lasting…
Strikes in Durban, 1973 Gerhard Maré's study of the 1973 strikes of nearly one hundred thousand workers in Durban, South Africa.
Anarchist Modernity: Cooperatism and Japanese-Russian Intellectual Relations in Modern Japan Mid-nineteenth century Russian radicals who witnessed the Meiji Restoration saw it…
Sparks #27 Issue 27 of Sparks, featuring coverage of union amalgamations, direct action by bus drivers, and taxi industry news.
Sparks #26 Sparks issue 26 from April 1991, with coverage of the Gulf War, successful direct action over tram safety issues, and campaigning against cuts to tram routes.
Sparks #19 Issue 19 of the Sparks bulletin from Spring 1989, with news on the Upfield line campaign, struggles by train guards, the 1989 Victorian state budget, and moves to disaffiliate ATMOEA (the…
Sparks #18 Issue 18 of Sparks from winter 1989, covering the ongoing campaign against the closure of the Upfield railway line, and successful snap industrial action by train guards.
