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…
1950: report from Cleveland metalworkers union calling on the IWW to comply with Taft-Hartley A 1950 report from a metalworkers union based in Cleveland affiliated with the IWW, advocating that the organization comply with the anti-Communist provisions of the Taft-Hartley Act. The union eventually left the IWW over this issue.
Labour Movements and Opposition Groups in Saudi Arabia: 1950-1975 An article about the growth of the Saudi Labour movement and additional radical opposition groups, focussing on two strikes at the ARAMCO oil company in 1953 and 1956.
The CIO, 1935-1955 - Robert H. Zieger A comprehensive, if institutional, history of the CIO, an American federation of industrial unions that organized many of the mass industries in…
A new anarchism emerges, 1940–1954 A history by Andrew Cornell of the American anarchism movement from the beginning of the Second World War until the mid-1950s.
The right to self-determination - Joseph J. Cohen A 1951 article by Joseph J. Cohen that argues that the 'right for national self-determination' post-World War I caused more problems than it solved.
The Problem of the Workers’ Paper (1955) An article by Daniel Mothé that opened a discussion on the problem of the workers’ journal, which was carried on in issues of Socialisme…
Proletarian experience A 1953 essay by Claude Lefort of Socialisme Ou Barbarie that represents part of the turn to the sociologically oriented approach to the work…
Introduction to L’operaio americano (1954) From Battaglia Comunista, a. XV, n. 2 (febbraio-marzo 1954), the introduction to the Italian translation of The American Worker.
Standing fast: a novel - Harvey Swados Harvey Swados' fictional story of a group of socialists and their lives from the dawn of USA's involvement in World War II to the Kennedy…
From workers autonomy to social autonomy: the experience of Socialisme ou Barbarie. An interview with Daniel Blanchard - Amador Fernández-Savater Daniel Blanchard (a/k/a Pierre Canjuers) discusses his experience as a member of…
