Pirate utopias: Under the banner of death, 1640-1820 An interesting look at the life and times of pirates in the 17th and 18th centuries. This article explores the somewhat libertarian and…
Mutinies in the American army, 2004-2005 - Echanges A brief discussion of incidences of dissatisfaction in the US Army during the Iraq War.
Schmitz, Hans, 1914-2007 A short biography of German anarcho-syndicalist, militant anti-fascist and conscript to the Wehrmacht, Hans Schmitz.
The Skylab 4 mutiny, 1973 A brief account of the 24-hour mutiny during the Skylab 4 mission in 1973/4 triggered by the astronauts' complaints of excessive workloads.
The Invergordon mutiny, 1931 - Sam Lowry A short account of a strike by a thousand sailors of the Royal Navy that occurred in northern Scotland in 1931 against proposed wage cuts, which…
Another day, another IDF Refusenik Since 2002, soldiers and officers from the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) have been refusing to serve in the Occupied Territories in protest…
1680-1730: Pirates and Anglo-American piracy in the Atlantic A short history of the Golden Age of Piracy and the origins and role of the pirates in the class…
1912: The syndicalist trials A short history of the trials and legal repression of radical trade unionists in the UK in the early twentieth century.
1991: The South Iraq and Kurdistan uprisings The history of the uprisings in Southern Iraq and Kurdistan in 1990-91 which involved large numbers of mutinous troops who had deserted during …
1990-1991: Resistance to the Gulf War An account of the worldwide movement of resistance to the 1990-91 Gulf War. The resistance mainly took the form of strikes, marches, base…
Iraqi mass mutiny in the Gulf War, 1990-1991 History of the widespread desertion and mutiny in the Iraqi military which saw the rapid end of the occupation of Kuwait and the Gulf War of…
The Calais mutiny, 1919 A short history of the strike and mutiny of British troops stationed in France following the end of the First World War which won concessions and…