Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies
Submitted by Reddebrek on Sep 29 2016 20:33
A contemporary account and condemnation of the brutal expansion of the Spanish Empire into the West Indies.
Class struggles, climate change, and the origins of modern agriculture
Submitted by Out of the Woods on Aug 18 2014 09:54
Class conflicts and colonial expansion in the context of the Little Ice Age lead to the emergence of capitalist agriculture and the transformation of social relations on a world scale.
The peasants war in Germany 1525-1526 - Ernest Belfort Bax
Belfort Bax's 1899 history of the peasants war in Germany: the largest popular uprising in Europe besides the French revolution.
Q - Luther Blissett
Set in the time of tremendous religious and political upheaval caused by the Reformation in Europe, Q begins with Luther nailing his 95 theses on the door of the Wittenberg cathedral -- a historical flash point which would completely disrupt European society. The novel traces the adventures and conflicts of two central characters as they travel across Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. One is an Anabaptist, a member of the most radical Protestant sect. These are the anarchists of the Reformation who revolted against Catholicism and the emerging Reformation church. The other is a Catholic spy and informer.
Agrarian class structure and economic development in pre-industrial Europe - Robert Brenner
Submitted by Joseph Kay on May 9 2012 07:14
Robert Brenner's influential essay on the origins of capitalism, arguing that the balance of class forces in the countryside was crucial to the rise and dominance of capitalist wage labour relations.
Witch-hunts and the transition to capitalism?
Submitted by Joseph Kay on Dec 20 2011 00:26
I remember when I first Silvia Federici's Caliban and the Witch I liked its synthesis of autonomist Marxist emphasis on class struggle and Foucauldian 'politics of the body', situating the womens struggles as a site of class conflict. But I also had some nagging doubts about elements of the historical narrative.
Syrian-Lebanese dispute and its implications for the class struggle, 1500-2003 - Melancholic Troglodytes
Submitted by Mike Harman on Jul 22 2007 08:30
Melancholic Troglodytes' pamphlet covering the history of the Syrian/Lebanese dispute from 1500-2003.
The Peasant War in Germany - Frederick Engels
Submitted by libcom on Aug 5 2005 12:56
Frederick Engels on the German Peasants War of 1525, arguing that it's motivating force was primarily class-based rather than religious.
