The Strike of the Vilne Street-Walkers
A fictional account of a sex worker strike set in pre-WW2 Vilnius, Lithuania. Originally written in Yiddish by Avrom Karpinovitsh, in his collection of short stories Vilne mayn Vilne. Translated by Shimon Joffe, and taken from the Yiddish Book Center.
How I Became an Anarchist: A. Neselbergs
A translation of an article published in 1931 detailing events in Latvia before WWII and how Esperanto played a part in the political development of the author, a Latvian revolutionary. The Esperanto original can be found here.
Emma Goldman extended timeline
Submitted by Steven. on Feb 8 2016 13:24
An extensive chronology of the life and activities of notorious Lithuanian-American anarchist, Emma Goldman.
Emma Goldman condensed timeline
Submitted by Steven. on Feb 8 2016 13:19
A brief timeline of the key events in the life of legendary anarchist and women's rights advocate Emma Goldman.
Solidarity and silence: the story of Ona Šimaitė, librarian lifesaver - Marc Record
Review of two books about a Lithuanian librarian Holocaust rescuer.
The case of the General Union of the Jewish Workers of Russia, Poland and Lithuania
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Aug 8 2015 04:01
A left communist look at the Jewish Labour Bund.
Samuel Kaplan: another mysterious disappearance in Spain
Submitted by Battlescarred on May 28 2015 05:51
A short account of the fate of the Lithuanian anarchist Samuel Kaplan, who fought with the Durruti Column in Spain.
Lithuania: myth of the passive masses
In the article that follows I pose the question of how it came to be that self-identified ‘active’ Lithuanians have come to a tacit collective consensus on the ‘passivity’ of the unruly masses that surround them? In what ways has the economic and political context in Lithuania shaped the ‘actives’ collective diagnosis of the rest—the majority—as the unthinking ‘passives’?
Carlsberg re-classified as an ‘essential service’ to prevent workers from striking
Submitted by working class s... on Mar 5 2012 13:24
Carlsberg has been able to persuade the Lithuanian government to re-classify its breweries as an 'essential' service on a par with the emergency services and water companies. This is so they can prevent workers from going on strike, as 'essential' workers are banned from striking by law.
Kaplan, Iacov aka Jacob Caplan, 18??-1933
Submitted by Battlescarred on Jun 19 2009 09:27
A short biography of Jacob Caplan, stirring anarchist orator, active in Leeds and London.
- 1 of 2
- ››
