Debunking the myth of "Irish slaves"
Submitted by Anonymous on Mar 20 2020 19:35
A detailed, seven part series of articles by Irish historian Liam Hogan systematically demolishing the white supremacist myth of there being Irish slaves in the Caribbean or Americas, and that these "slaves" were treated worse than enslaved Africans.
The Ifugao—People without Government
Submitted by bandilangitimph on Mar 3 2020 15:22
An anarchist anthropological review of the Ifugao people who constructed elaborate rice terraces without forming a government structure.
1928: The Santa Marta Massacre
Submitted by Reddebrek on Dec 14 2019 15:20
Diplomatic reports from various US and Colombian government agencies and the United Fruit Company about a strike by plantation workers in 1928 and the governments bloody actions to break it. The Santa Marta strike is often referred to as the Banana massacre due to its high death toll.
2014: Vermont Migrant Farmworkers March and Picket for Return of Withheld Pay
Submitted by Reddebrek on Jun 28 2019 18:24
An acocunt of picketing by Migrant workers at a dairy in Vermont over poor living and working conditions and wage theft.
Why I work on the land
TIM MEADOWS is a farm worker in Essex.
Anarchism and Agriculture
ALAN ALBON is a farm worker in Sussex
1850: Bulgarian Peasants Revolt
Submitted by Reddebrek on Nov 22 2018 18:44
A short history of an uprising by (mostly) Bulgarian peasants in the waning Ottoman Empire. The peasants fought to abolish their feudal duties and taxes, but many of their leaders were also motivated by a mix of national autonomy and Christianity. The revolt was defeated but outrage over the severe reprisals by the authorities forced the Ottoman Empire to back down and introduce limited land and tax reforms.
1968-1969: Pakistani students, workers, and peasants bring down a dictator
Submitted by Reddebrek on Jul 10 2018 19:03
An account of the waves of strikes and protests against the inequality, brutality and corruption of Pakistans military dictatorship.
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