1848: Peasant Agitation in Italy A short article about the conditions of peasants on the Italian peninsular in the 1840s and their agitation and what this meant for the Italian…
1850: Bulgarian Peasants Revolt A short history of an uprising by (mostly) Bulgarian peasants in the waning Ottoman Empire. The peasants fought to abolish their feudal duties…
1968-1969: Pakistani students, workers, and peasants bring down a dictator An account of the waves of strikes and protests against the inequality, brutality and corruption of…
The Hebridean Land Revolt The Hebridean land revolt was a major uprising by the rural peasantry in 19th-century Scotland. Rents went unpaid. Fences were cut in the night…
The veins of Latin America are more open than ever – Miguel Amorós The text of a 2017 presentation on the key role of extractive industries in contemporary world…
1883- The Timok Rebellion A history of the uprising of Peasant communes in Eastern Serbia after the King tried to seize their weapons.
Beyond the Peasant International - Wildcat Wildcat (Germany) article assessing the "New Peasant Movements". Published in issue 82 of their magazine, autumn 2008.
Beyond the agrarian revolution - Peter Jonas The text translated below discusses the role of the agrarian revolution in marxist political movements and the underlying historical/theoretical…
Sicilian Fasci movement, 1893-4 A short overview of the radical, socialistic Fasci movement of peasants and agricultural labourers in Sicily in the late 19th century.
A short history of enclosure in Britain Simon Fairlie describes how the progressive enclosure of commons over several centuries has deprived most of the British people of access to…
A journey into libertarian historical memory; Casas Viejas, January 1933 A short history of the tragically unsuccessful uprising of anarchist peasants in the small town of…
House to Goddess of the House: Gender, Class and Silk in 19th Century Mount Lebanon An essay on the development of capitalism in Lebanon and the effects it had upon gender roles…
