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…
1989-1990: Opposition to the Poll Tax A short account of the agitation against the introduction of the community charge in Britain. Widespread protests and a highly successful…
1951: Barcelona general strike A brief description of social conditions in post-Civil War Spain followed by an account of the Barcelona general strike of 1951. The events in…
1970-71: Uprising in Poland A short history of the 1970-71 uprising by workers in Poland which saw strikes and occupations at workplaces across the country. Although…
1987: The Great Workers' Struggle in South Korea A short account of the South Korean strike wave of 1987 known as the Great Workers' Struggle. Affecting most major industries and involving over…
Worker and student struggles in Italy, 1962-1973 - Sam Lowry A history of the wave of strikes and occupations that gripped Italian factories and universities…
1998: Danish private sector strike A short history of the massive private sector strike that gripped Denmark for 10 days in 1998. Although ending after negotiations between the…
1970: US national postal strike A short account of the illegal nationwide postal strikes that spread across America in 1970. After two weeks, during which time the army was…
1911: Liverpool general transport strike A short history of the strike movement that took hold of Liverpool during the summer of 1911. Culminating in a massive general strike of all…
The Asturias revolt, 1934 - Sam Lowry An account of the 1934 uprising by Asturian miners in Spain. Beginning as part of a nationwide general strike, the revolt grew into one of the…
Battle of Ballantyne Pier, 1935 - Sam Lowry A short history and background of the 1935 dockers' strike and subsequent bloody confrontation with police in Vancouver that became known as the…
The Lena massacre, 1912 - Sam Lowry A short history of the brutal suppression of a strike by Russian gold miners protesting low wages and inhumane working conditions in 1912.
