The Good and Bad Old Days - The Whinger The following notes look at various developments in employment, unemployment, and industrial struggles, mainly in the UK, through the period of…
Two Local Chapters in the Spectacle of Decomposition - Chris Shutes Situationist-influenced reflections and critique on; the Jonestown cult massacre, conspiracy theory,…
The working class in Iran: some background - class struggles from 1979-1989 - Mostafa Saber Some excerpts from A Brief Look at the Situation of the Working Class in Iran, a…
Poznan 1956 and Radom 1976 A background report for Radio Free Europe written in 1981, detailing the workers uprisings in Poznan '56 and Radom '76. Readers should bear in…
Ending a war, inventing a movement: Mayday 1971 After SDS committed political suicide, and after the Jackson and Kent State shootings, one of the largest mass direct actions in US history took…
Strange defeat: The Chilean revolution, 1973 - Pointblank! An article by Situationist group Pointblank! written in October 1973 about the coup in Chile which…
Like a summer with a thousand Julys …and other seasons… Expansive overview and analysis of the early 1980s strikes and riots in the UK.
A disgrace before God: Striking black sanitation workers vs. black officialdom in 1977 Atlanta – Jason Schultz This article is a case study of the betrayal of the African American working class…
The great Northampton General Hospital lie in, 1977 A short history of a successful example of creative direct action against healthcare rationing in a British hospital.
An Introduction to The Angry Brigade - Jean Weir An article about controversial UK urban guerrilla group, the Angry Brigade looking particularly at anarchist criticism of them at the time. While…
Lip and the self-managed counter-revolution, 1973 – Négation A critical article about workers' struggles at the Lip watch factory in France, where workers began…
1978-1979: Winter of discontent A short history of the of the widespread strike movement that occurred during the winter of 1978-1979 in Britain. The 'Winter of Discontent'…
