Ferguson is Familiar to Indigenous Australians: Larissa Behrendt Indigenous Australia knows the cynicism exposed by Michael Brown’s killing in Ferguson
Syrian Protestors Defy Attempts at Intimidation Article about the highway blockades by the women of the village of Bayda in response to the violent repression of the Syrian government.
Zur Revision des Parteiprogramms - Max Zetterbaum 10, 11 October (Nos. 278, 279) 1901 Arbeiter-Zeitung (Vienna). Critical remarks on revision of the programme of the social-democratic party in…
1992-96: Asian Immigrant Garment Workers Protests An account of the struggle of mostly immigrant Asian garment workers for work compensation and improvements in conditions.
2007-8: Saudi Women Fight for Right to Drive An account of a struggle for greater freedom and rights for women in Saudi Arabia.
1600: Iroquois Women Gain Power to Veto War Account of the struggle of Iroquois women to stop frequent tribal conflict, by refusing sex and agricultural cultivation.
1997-98: Senegalese Mothers End Female Circumcision In 1997 a group of mothers from the village of Malicounda Bambara and an Imam worked to end the practice of Female Genital Cutting (FGC) in their…
2011: Syrian Women Blockade Highway In the early days of the protests in Syria 2011 the women and children of the village of Bayda responded to the mass arrest of the men of the…
1968: Ford Female Employees Win Strike for Equal Pay in Dagenham In 1968 women who worked for the Ford plant in Dagenham discovered their pay was significantly less…
A worker gets paid after organising A migrant former room attendant's account of successfully demanding her owed wages via Solidarity Federation.
1919: Costa Rican Women Teachers Defy Dictator The attacks on education and educators by the Tinoco dictatorship in Costa Rica led to an opposition movement led by female students and teachers…
1969-70: Crystal City Chicano Students Strike In 1969 Mexican American students at Cristal City high school were subject to systematic discrimination by the school board. In response the…