Database of repression of the IWW, 1906-1920 A table detailing hundreds of instances of state and employer repression of the revolutionary Industrial Workers of the World union in the United…
1944-52: Solomon Islanders Establish Autonomus Village Movement In response to oppression by the British Empire the indigenous islanders turned to a Movement…
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…
Trade union leader released after three days of protests across Italy The national coordinator of the Si Cobas trade union was released on bail yesterday after his lawyer…
Italian base union organiser arrested: strike across Italy! Following the arrest of Aldo Milani, national coordinator for base union SiCobas, by police in…
1977-83: Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Protest Disapearnces in Argentina A history of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo. A group of Mothers whose children had been killed and…
Syrian Protestors Defy Attempts at Intimidation Article about the highway blockades by the women of the village of Bayda in response to the violent repression of the Syrian government.
2011: Syrian Women Blockade Highway In the early days of the protests in Syria 2011 the women and children of the village of Bayda responded to the mass arrest of the men of the…
1919: Costa Rican Women Teachers Defy Dictator The attacks on education and educators by the Tinoco dictatorship in Costa Rica led to an opposition movement led by female students and teachers…
1995: Full Sutton Prisoners Strike History of a strike at Full Sutton prison that was broken up by the riot squad
1971: New Mexican Prison Strike This strike by New Mexico penitentiary inmates has been overshadowed by the more violent and dramatic uprising in 1980, though many of the causes…
