The History of a Riot: Class, Popular Protest and Violence in Early Colonial Nelson
Submitted by Jared on Jan 28 2020 22:38
Petitions, public meetings, strikes, go-slows, violence and armed revolt. Nelson, New Zealand in 1843 was said to be 'in a state little short of anarchy'. In this paper, Jared Davidson argues that the self-activity of the Nelson labourers and their wives had a significant impact on the development of Nelson, drawing on traditions of popular protest, class power and the gendered labour of making shift. The agricultural backgrounds of many of the emigrants and the conflicts of the English countryside – including but not limited to the Swing Riots of 1830/31 – played a role in structuring the gang-men’s response to their situation.
1918: Ireland's Anti-Conscription Campaign
Submitted by Reddebrek on Jun 28 2019 18:45
Account of the opposition movement to the imposition of conscription on Ireland by the British Government during the First World War.
The Blueshirts – Ireland’s Fascists
History article from Anti-Fascist Action's Fighting Talk magazine, issue 8 (1994)
Connollism – Solidarity
A review in Solidarity for Workers' Power vol. 7, no. 11 of James Connolly: Selected Writings edited by P. Berresford Ellis and published by Pelican Books in 1973.
Finally a Referendum to Repeal the 8th - Organising Made this Happen
Submitted by Anonymous on May 24 2018 10:32
The announcement that there will be a referendum to Repeal the hated 8th amendment is the product of decades of active campaigning. Pro-choice campaigners built for repeal ever since the referendum was passed in 1983.
The general strike and Irish independence
Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 24 2018 22:17
Interesting article by John Dorney on the syndicalist tactic of the general strike and its relationship with the struggle for Irish independence in the early 20th century.
The postal strike of 1922
Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 23 2018 23:22
Cathal Brennan tells the story of the postal strike of September 1922, in which the postal unions struck against pay cuts in the infancy of the Irish Free State and at the height of the Irish civil war.
‘Rough and ready work’: The Special Infantry Corps
Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 23 2018 22:43
Article by John Dorney telling the story of the Special Infantry Corps, a military unit set up during the civil war of 1922-3 to suppress agrarian agitation and strikes.
Socialist View - World Socialist Party of Ireland
Full archive of Socialist View, the publication of the World Socialist Party of Ireland, a companion party of the World Socialist Movement
Quiet Rumours An Anarcha-Feminist Reader, New Edition
This is a fascinating window into the development of the women's movement in the words of those who moved it.
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