“... we are being left to burn because we do not count”: Biopolitics, Abandonment, and Resistance Anna Selmeczi on popular resistance to the lethal segmentation of the urban order…
1944-52: Solomon Islanders Establish Autonomus Village Movement In response to oppression by the British Empire the indigenous islanders turned to a Movement…
1944: Nicaraguan Students Campaign Against Government An history of the early opposition to the growing autocracy of Anastasio Somoza in Nicaragua.
1982: Marshall Islanders Protest Weapons Testing The decision by the United States to resume weapons tests on the Marshall islands provoke a massive campaign of civil disobedience by the local…
1980-1: Guam Teachers Strike In 1980 the island of Guam's teachers went on strike for a living wage increase.
2005: Tonga Public Servants General Strike In 2005 civil servants in Tonga began a wildcat strike for higher wages, the strike grew to include many other public sector workers and took on…
1996: Turks and Caicos Islanders Attempt to Remove Governor Tensions between the population of the island group and their appointed Governor led to months of…
1957: Colombian General Strike A series of protest demonstration and a General Strike led to the downfall of the Dictator Gustavo Rojas Pinilla and the restoration of free…
2003-4: Refugees in Nauru Begin Hunger Strike Desperate refugees began a hunger strike in an attempt to get the Australian government to end its dehumanising treatment of refugees.
2005: New Caledonia Strike to Reinstate Fired Workers When two employees were fired by their employer for strike activity their fellow workers brought the…
1994: Wallis and Futuna General Strike Grievances over working conditions and a lack of state primary schools lead to several strikes in 1994 on the two pacific islands.
1991: Mali General Strike In March 1991 what Mali experienced what became known as the March revolution. A series of protests by students and democracy activists supported…
