1972-1974: Watergate Howard Zinn's history of the scandal which forced the resignation of President Nixon after he was caught spying on the Democratic party.
1969-?: The strategy of tension in Italy Information about the Italian state's "Strategy of Tension" policy in which it carried out terrorist attacks against its own people in order to…
1935-1980s: The reign of Haile Selassie in Ethiopia A critical look at the rule of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, regarded by many as progressive, and by some as God incarnate!
1976: The fight for useful work at Lucas Aerospace History of how arms company workers struggled against closure and for a change in their work from weapons manufacture to socially useful…
The US prisoners' movement, 1970-1978 - Howard Zinn Howard Zinn's history of the movement of US prisoners and supporters on the outside against poor conditions and ill-treatment.
1977: The Battle of Lewisham An account of the street battles which took place in London when local residents decided to stop a fascist National Front march in their…
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.
1973: Broadmeadows Ford workers’ strike In June 1973 workers at the Broadmeadows Ford factory exploded smashing up their workplace, facing off police and forcing union bosses into…
1972: The Quebec general strike The story of one of the largest working class rebellions in American history. 300,000 workers participated in North America's largest general…
1971-1974: Green bans by builders in Australia A history of the massive campaign of industrial action by building workers which protected the environment and local communities by enacting…