Queen Mary occupation ends after securing £0.5million concession Leaving Statement of the Queen Mary's occupiers. This statement was read at the end of the…
South Africa: Land Expropriation from Below Faces Brutal Repression As the ruling African National Congress promises, with an eye on a coming election and the collapse…
Seize power or seize the campus? Reflections on the failures of the 2014 Wheeler Hall Occupation—small thoughts put forward by 'Prometeo', first published 2015 on the Ritual Magazine website.
Ours to master and to own: workers' control from the commune to the present A detailed account and analysis of instances of the working class taking control of production from…
The Situationists and May 1968 – Miguel Amorós A brief review of the role played by the situationists, the enragés, and the Council for the Maintenance of the Occupations (CMDO—composed of …
Strike and protests against Macron's employment law Four unions called a general strike for today against French President Macron’s new employment law, this is often referred to as Macron 2 or…
The wonderful world of bossnapping A short introduction to and history of bossnapping - workers detaining their bosses in order to win demands - written by Evan Johnston.
Wichita students sit-in for US civil rights, 1958 A short history of the first successful sit-in protest of the civil rights movement in the Dockum Drug Store in Kansas.
St Mary's Hospital (Harrow Road) work-in and occupation 1981 Contemporary information about workers at a London hospital taking over their workplace in protest…
The Chinese democratic uprising, 1989 A detailed account of the national uprising for democracy which swept China in 1989 and was crushed after the Tiananmen Square massacre, written…
A return to repression in Durban: activist shot in the back After the conviction and sentencing of two ANC councillors for the murder of an Abahlali…
Occupational hazards A compilation of writings put together by Past Tense on hospital occupations and work-ins in the UK from the 1970s to the 1990s.
