1918: Rice riots and strikes in Japan From July-September 1918, Japan was swept with a wave of riots from rural fishing villages to major industrial centres and coal fields, in what…
Hot time: Summer on the estates - Riots in the UK 1991-2 A short article on the various riots in the UK during 1991-92, focusing on the North of England,…
Like a summer with a thousand Julys …and other seasons… Expansive overview and analysis of the early 1980s strikes and riots in the UK.
1962: The Novocherkassk tragedy An account of the workers uprising in Novocherkassk, USSR, which lasted from June 1-3 and ended in a massacre and mass arrests.
1850-1994: The Battle for Hyde Park: ruffians, radicals and ravers A timeline and radical history of rebellion, riots, sex and subversion in London's most famous park
Korean workers riot in Vietnam, 1967 - Shelby L. Stanton The riot by Korean workers at Vinnell Corporation, Cam Ranh Bay during the Vietnam War.
‘General strike’ spreads across Peru As an indefinite teachers strike continues into its 12th day, farmers, miners and construction workers joined the protests, with one farmer shot…
China: Riots in Chongqing after death of a schoolboy Rioting broke out in Chonqing after it was reported that the child's parents had been arrested.
China: riots against police brutality People in the south-western city of Chongqing fought riot police after a flower-seller was attacked by a policeman.
The many headed hydra: Sailors, slaves, and the atlantic working class in the eighteenth century - Marcus Rediker and Peter Linebaugh Article on class struggle and compositon in the period leading up to and during the…
Argentina: railway station burnt by passengers Angry passengers attacked and destroyed offices, before burning them down in protest at the atrocious state of the privatised service.