1895-1921: The CGT, France A history of the anarchist origins of the largest trade union in France and the development and decline of revolutionary ideas and practice within it.
1919-1950: The politics of Surrealism A history of Surrealism and its links with politics and, in particular, anarchism and socialism.
1789-1989: Revolutionary song in France A history of song, music and revolutionary working class politics in France from the 1789 Revolution up to the 1980s and punk.
2003: Frog pubs strike An account of a strike of mostly Sri Lankan workers, aided by outside militants, at a British-owned pub chain in France, which won some concessions for the workers.
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.
