Greece: general strike by public service workers Public service workers in Greece have gone on strike, for the second time in two months, to defend their pensions.
1998: Danish private sector strike A short history of the massive private sector strike that gripped Denmark for 10 days in 1998. Although ending after negotiations between the…
The Korean working class: From mass strike to casualization and retreat, 1987-2007 Loren Goldner on the history of the Korean working class during the past 20 years.
Greece: General strike against pension reform Thousands of Greek workers have joined a 24-hour strike in protest against reforms which could jeapordise pensions and jobs.
1911: Liverpool general transport strike A short history of the strike movement that took hold of Liverpool during the summer of 1911. Culminating in a massive general strike of all…
The Asturias revolt, 1934 - Sam Lowry An account of the 1934 uprising by Asturian miners in Spain. Beginning as part of a nationwide general strike, the revolt grew into one of the…
Calgary 1919: The Birth of the OBU and the General Strike - Eugene Plawiuk Eugene Plawiuk's history of the Calgary general strike of 1919, which started off as a sympathy strike for the Winnipeg general strike and soon escalated into their own struggle for union recognition.
The Edmonton General Strike of 1919 - Eugene Plawiuk Eugene Plawiuk's account of the Edmonton general strike of 1919 which was sparked off in solidarity with the general strike in Winnipeg,
The Hungarian Soviet Republic of 1919: The Forgotten Revolution - Alan Woods Trotskyist Alan Woods on the Hungarian uprising of 1919. Wood's account suffers from the usual…
Working class protest, popular revolt and urban insurrection in Argentina: the 1969 Cordobazo - James P. Brennan Study of the 1969 uprising in the Argentine city of Cordoba, known as the Cordobazo…
General strike against military conscription in German-occupied Luxembourg, 1942 - George Kieffer An account of the walk out in the central post office during the general strike in…
General strike shuts down Israel A general strike brought Israel's economy to a near halt Wednesday as all but emergency services shut down.
