1980-1: Guam Teachers Strike In 1980 the island of Guam's teachers went on strike for a living wage increase.
2005: Tonga Public Servants General Strike In 2005 civil servants in Tonga began a wildcat strike for higher wages, the strike grew to include many other public sector workers and took on…
1996: Turks and Caicos Islanders Attempt to Remove Governor Tensions between the population of the island group and their appointed Governor led to months of…
1957: Colombian General Strike A series of protest demonstration and a General Strike led to the downfall of the Dictator Gustavo Rojas Pinilla and the restoration of free…
2005: New Caledonia Strike to Reinstate Fired Workers When two employees were fired by their employer for strike activity their fellow workers brought the…
1994: Wallis and Futuna General Strike Grievances over working conditions and a lack of state primary schools lead to several strikes in 1994 on the two pacific islands.
1991: Mali General Strike In March 1991 what Mali experienced what became known as the March revolution. A series of protests by students and democracy activists supported…
1959: Fiji Oil Workers Strike The strike of 1959 was the first time a multi ethnic workforce struck together, and the response was martial law from the government and betrayal by tribal elders.
1995: Tahitians Campaign to Stop French Nuclear Testing The resumption of nuclear weapons tests in Polynesia by France the mid nineties provoked anger in…
Black Reconstruction in America: W.E.B. Du Bois W.E.B. Du Bois's massive essay about the Reconstruction period in the aftermath of the US Civil War. Du Bois argues that the period represented…