1895-1921: The CGT, France A history of the anarchist origins of the largest trade union in France and the development and decline of revolutionary ideas and practice within it.
1918-1922: The Arditi del Popolo A history of the people's militias who fought Italy's fascists covering the birth, growth and decline of the world's first anti-fascist group,…
Spilling the Spanish beans - George Orwell George Orwell's 1937 essay on the deceptions in the British press which obscured the revolutionary character of events in Spain in favour of a…
1919-1950: The politics of Surrealism A history of Surrealism and its links with politics and, in particular, anarchism and socialism.
1862-1999: Revolutionary song in Italy The history of song, music, class struggle and anarchism in Italy's turbulent past.
1789-1989: Revolutionary song in France A history of song, music and revolutionary working class politics in France from the 1789 Revolution up to the 1980s and punk.
A short history of radical puppetry - Kerry Mogg A short history of puppets, puppeteers and working class politics from the English Civil War to the streets of Seattle in 1999.
A very brief history of racism - Workers Solidarity Movement A quick look at the origins of racism in modern society from its roots in the justification of…
1971: Via Tibaldi occupation A short history of an occupation of empty housing in Italy by workers who had inadequate accomodation. Their direct action and solidarity forced…
1971: The Quarto Oggiaro occupation A short history of a militant mass occupation of empty housing in Milan, Italy, 1971 which pressured the government to give in and provide the…
1971: The people's clinic, Rome The history of the residents in one of Rome's outlying ghettos who had inadequate health care provision. Seizing a government building, they and sympathetic health workers set up their own medical centre and ran it collectively.
1926: The attempted assassination of Mussolini in Rome An account of the unsuccessful assassination attempt of Benito Mussolini by anarchist Gino Lucetti…