social movements

libcom.org’s brief summary of the mass movement which swept France in early 2006 against the further casualisation of labour which forced the…

An account of the French anti-Nazi cultural youth movement who opposed the Vichy regime in occupied France. Influenced by jazz and swing they met…

A short article with some information about anarchism in Argentina at its height in the early 20th century.

A short history of the successful direct action campaign of non-payment which prevented the imposition of charges for water in Dublin, Ireland.

A brief history of the still-young anarchist movement in Turkey.

Howard Zinn's history of the movement of US prisoners and supporters on the outside against poor conditions and ill-treatment.

The history of the successful struggle to restore freedom of speech and assembly in one of Britain's…

An account of anarchist ideas and practice in Poland through the 20th century.

A history of the anarchist movement, and key anarchists in Hungary up until the aftermath of the 1918 Revolution.

Article by Chilean anarchists which details the history of the anarchist and workers' movements over the previous 130 years.

A history of the once-influential anarchist movement in the Japanese Islands in the 19th and 20th centuries.

A history of the anarchist and workers movements in Spain from its origins in the late 19th century up to the start of the Civil War.