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 – Negation 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'…
Notes for a discussion on the regeneration of the American labor movement Sam Dolgoff's notes, analysis and suggestions for re-building a fighting working class movement in the US in the 1970s. Extracted from a larger text, The American labour movement: a new beginning.