2000: Cellatex chemical plant occupation An account of a group of 153 sacked Cellatex chemical workers in France who won a massively improved redundancy deal due to militant struggle,…
The Etaples mutiny, 1917 - Dave Lamb A short history of one of the early big mutinies of British troops in Europe as World War I came to an end.
1968: a chronology of events in France and internationally A brief chronology of the events which swept France in May and June 1968. Starting as a student…
The genocide and war in Rwanda, 1990-1994 - Tony Sullivan Between half a million and a million people out of Rwanda's total population of 8 million, died in a…
1871: The Paris Commune A brief history of the world's first socialist working class uprising. The workers of Paris, joined by mutinous National Guardsmen, seized the…
Castoriadis, Cornelius, 1922-1997 - John Barker An obituary and overview of the work of Cornelius Castoriadis, whose early theoretical writings had a strong influence on the UK Solidarity…
Two weeks spent in Rennes A first-hand and in-depth account of events in Rennes - one of the most militant towns - by a participant in the anti-CPE movement.
Socialisme ou Barbarie: A French Revolutionary Group, 1949-1965 An article about French libertarian socialist group Socialisme ou Barbarie - Socialism or Barbarism. SouB had a theoretical influence on the Situationist International and others of their time.
Debord, in the Resounding Cataract of Time - David Blanchard A remembrance of the author's friendship with Guy Debord in the late 1950s and early 60s - with some…
Guy Debord obituary An obituary of Guy Debord written immediately after his death in 1994. The article in Freedom newspaper was headlined "The author of Society of…
Sorbonne re-occupied on first day back On Monday, students re-entered the Sorbonne for the first day since it was occupied in March against the now-repealed employment law the CPE.
Behind the blockades Visiting workers and students in France immediately following the government's withdrawal of the deeply unpopular CPE employment law, Ed Goddard…