20,000 farmers and workers riot in China Hunan city, Yongzhou, central China; around 20,000 farmers and laid off workers have rioted and clashed with 1,000 police armed with guns and…
The Wheatland hop riot - Sam Lowry A brief history of the riot that occured at Wheatland in Northern California after a meeting of farm labourers of the radical union the IWW was…
Statistical information on socialisation in the Spanish Revolution Statistics on agrarian and industrial collectivisation in the Spanish Civil War, the numbers of…
Palestinian farm workers organise In-depth article about the plight of farm workers in the Jordan Valley and their attempts to organise.
1839-1846: The Anti-Renter movement Howard Zinn's short history of the Anti-Renter movement against the patroonship system, created in the 1660s when the Dutch ruled New York.
Queensland canecutters' strike, 1934 - Peter Sheldon The history of the victorious strike of mostly migrant cane-cutting workers in Australia. To secure the victory the workers had to overcome the…
A Declaration From the Poor Oppressed People of England A declaration from the poor oppressed people of England, directed to all those that call themselves,…
The True Levellers Standard Advanced A printable pamphlet version of The True Levellers Standard Advanced. Presented in PDF format (80kb).
Gerrard Winstanley: 17th Century Communist at Kingston - Christopher Hill A lecture delivered at Kingston University in 1996 by the great historian of the English Civil War…
Council sell-off sparks unrest down the farm Ten people, three cows, two pigs, several sheep and a carthorse occupied an empty 80-acre farm in the village of Chiselborough, Near Yeovil in Somerset on Friday.
