The Hollywood blacklist - Dan Georgakas A short account of the blacklisting of dozens of writers and actors from the movie industry in Hollywood amidst the anti-communist hysteria of…
Reflections on "Straight Outta Compton" I just saw Straight Outta Compton near my home, in a tiny theater that dates back to the silent era (1913) and which has miraculously survived…
Elaine Brown on the Black Panthers, Jean Seberg, Eldridge Cleaver and COINTELPRO Fascinating extracts from the memoir of Elaine Brown, the only female leader in the Black Panther…
1965 Watts riots photo gallery Images from the 1965 Watts riots, which took place in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles from 11th-17th August 1965, resulting in over $40…
Revolutionary Autonomous Communities / Comunidades Autonomas Revolucionarias Zine #1 A publication of Revolutionary Autonomous Communities, an anarchist influenced "revolutionary…
The Disney cartoonists strike, 1941 - Sam Lowry A short history of a strike by Disney animators in 1941 and the organisation in the years building up to it.
1992: The LA riots A brief account of the six days of rioting which set Los Angeles aflame following the acquittal of four police officers who were filmed beating…
2003-2004: Los Angeles supermarket strike The history of a huge five-month strike and lockout of 70,000 supermarket workers in California, which ended in defeat.
LA '92: The context of a proletarian uprising Distorted by the bourgeois press, reduced to a mere 'race riot' by many on the left, the L.A. rebellion was the most serious urban uprising this…
The Decline and Fall of the Spectacle-Commodity Economy - Guy Debord Debord on the Watts riots in LA. From International Situationniste #10 (March 1966).
