A political revolution for women? The case of Paris - Darline Gay Levy and Harriet B. Applewhite The women's march to Versailles capped months of women's political involvement…
Women and communal strikes in the crisis of 1917-1922 - Temma Kaplan An article on women's pivotal role in Russia, Italy, Spain and Mexico during the revolutionary wave…
The moral economy reviewed - E. P. Thompson The follow-up article to E. P. Thompson's classic 'The moral economy of the English crowd in the 18th century' from the book Customs in common.
The protests in North Africa: what is happening? The protests against the high cost of living, unemployment and corruption have been growing since the end of the year throughout North Africa,…
"When they come to attack our people, we will stand our ground and fight!" The third article in the Fargate Speaker's series on Sheffield radical history.
On the socialist origins of International Women's Day - Temma Kaplan Temma Kaplan explains the origins of International women's day in the workers' movement in the USA,…
The Everyday Lives of Parisian Women and the October Days of 1789 - David Garrioch 'The men are holding back, the men are cowards . . . we will take over' On 5 October 1789 thousands…
Subsistence riots in Russia during World War I - Barbara Engel Article on food riots, mostly by women, during World War I which helped spark the Russian revolution…
Female consciousness and collective action in Barcelona - Temma Kaplan Article on women's protests in Spain between 1910 and 1918, which had many similarities to those…
Bread, blood and circuses - The Red Menace Article drawing parallels between the March 1989 riots against austerity measures in Venezuela, and food riots in Burma.
Egyptian court sentences 22 to prison for Mahalla riots An Egyptian state security court sentenced 22 people to between three and five years in jail on…
A world food crisis; empty rice bowls and fat rats A short look at the problems in world food production and supply, and its links with rising oil prices, global warming and changes in farming techniques.
