1946: Haitian Student Strike In 1946 a group of Marxist students opposed to the Dictatorship of Elie Lescot, started a student movement that grew into a general strike…
1945: Black Rhodesian Rail Workers Strike Black workers on the Rhodesian Rail way (Zimbabwe and Zambia) struck against unfair working conditions and company racism.
1913: Barcelona Textile Strike A strike by women in the cities textile industry against discrimination and working conditions.
1944: El Salvador General Strike Brings Down Dictatorship In 1944 El Salvadoran Dictator General Maximiliano Hernández Martínez had successfully crushed…
1947: Mombasa General Strike In 1947 the city of Mombasa was paralysed by a general strike by its black African workforce in an attempt to end pay disparities, especially…
1953: Prisoner Strikes at the Vorkuta Gulag In 1953 following news of Stalin's death inmates in gulag complex in Vorkuta struck in protest of their conditions. In response the Soviet…
Calling all junglists: a short report from Amazon Hemel Hempstead A good friend and former colleague of ours from west London worked at Amazon in Hemel Hempstead in…
1907: Iranian General Strike During the instability of the Constitutional Revolution of 1907 Iranian workers launched a series of strikes to achieve reforms, particularly…
1974: Ethiopian General Strike In 1974 the regime of Emperor Selassie was badly shaken, the student protests shut down the education system and there were mutinies in the army…
1967-74: Ethiopia's Student Movement The absolute regime of Emperor Haile Selassie was first challenged by university students.
In what words speak? - Norbert Guterman Seven books on Nazi atrocities. Reviewed in Commentary magazine, July 1946.
The ordeal in France - Norbert Guterman Four books on occupied France. Reviewed in Commentary magazine, October 1948.
