1989: Australian pilots strike An account of the 1989 strike of the highly democratic and self-managed Australian Federation of Air Pilots union, which was the biggest industrial struggle of the period.
1988-1989: P&O seafarers' strike The history of P&O shipping workers who struck against wage and job cuts for 16 months. The company tried to break the strike, the government…
1987: Puerto Real shipyard strike The history of a large strike of shipyard workers in Spain against closure. An important feature of this strike was not just the high level of…
Victoria nurses' strike, 1986 - Liz Ross The history of the second state-wide strike of nurses in Victoria, Australia against cuts and over wages, conditions and staff/patient ratios,…
The Victoria nurses' strike, 1985 The history of the first state-wide strike of nurses in Victoria, Australia over wages and staff/patient ratios. It ended in a partial victory,…
The Kortex sweatshop strike, 1981 - Sandra Bloodworth and Tom O'Lincoln The history of a victorious strike of 300 mostly female immigrant workers in an ultra-exploitative…
The US invasion of Grenada, 1983 - Howard Zinn Historian Howard Zinn's account of the American invasion of the small Caribbean island of Grenada, ostensibly to 'protect' US citizens, but in…
The Iran-Contra affair, 1986 - Noam Chomsky Chomsky's brief account of the US selling arms to Iran via Israel in order to fund far-right paramilitary contras in Nicaragua.
The contra war in Nicaragua - Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky's account of the US-backed “contra” counter-insurgency in Nicaragua against the left-wing government brought to power on the back of…
1970-1990: The war of counter-insurgency in El Salvador Noam Chomsky on the ultra-violent war of the right-wing regime in El Salvador against grassroots…
