Subsistence riots in Russia during World War I - Barbara Engel Article on food riots, mostly by women, during World War I which helped spark the Russian revolution…
Female consciousness and collective action in Barcelona - Temma Kaplan Article on women's protests in Spain between 1910 and 1918, which had many similarities to those…
1977: Egypt's bread intifada A short history of the country-wide uprising against the termination of state subsidies for basic commodities in January 1977. Despite savage…
Autoreduction movements in Turin, 1974 Eddy Cherki and Michel Wieviorka's account of the workers' self-reduction of prices movement in the Italian city of Turin in the 1970s.
Subway workers hold 'no fare' protest and strike in Buenos Aires This week employees on the Buenos Aires subway freed turnstiles for two hours in a move to press the…
1980: Poland mass strikes - Henri Simon Henri Simon's account of the successful strike wave which swept Poland in the summer of 1980 when the government raised the price of meat.
Martinique general strike called off Organisers of a crippling 38-day anti-inflation strike in the French island of Martinique lifted their protest Saturday with the signing of a…
Guadeloupe general strike comes to an end Union leaders on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe have agreed to end a 44-day-old general strike after most of their demands were met.
The working class struggle against the crisis: self-reduction of prices in Italy - Bruno Ramirez Bruno Ramirez's analysis of the Italian working class' response to the economic…
One dead in Guadeloupe strike As Guadeloupe's general strike against rising prices spreads across the Caribbean, a union official is shot dead.
Revolt continues in French Caribbean The leader of the general strike crippling Guadeloupe has accused the French government of preparing to kill protestors to bring an end to the…
