social movements

Accounts, overviews and histories of movements for social change.

Students and workers from the Sorbonne and elsewhere march

Students and workers from the Sorbonne and elsewhere march

Poll Tax Rebellion - Danny Burns

Full scanned version of the definitive grassroots history of the mass working class movement which defeated Margaret Thatcher's poll tax. 17…

The battle for Middle Earth is being fought in Bologna: Blu's new painting defending social space XM24

Bologna is burning, while just outside its ancient walls a battle is being fought,…

West Burton power station chimney

No Dash For Gas: We climbed those chimneys to kick-start protest and debate

EDF, the power company, has been denounced for attacking the right to protest, after it launched a…

Facing the enemy: A history of anarchist organisation - Alexandre Skirda

The finest single volume history of European anarchism is finally available in English in Paul…

Cunningham, front left

The unemployed struggle in West Ham in the 1900s

A short history of the unemployed agitation in West Ham and the Triangle Camp events

Antiwar demonstration in Trafalgar Square, 1914

'Don't be a soldier!' The radical anti-war movement in north London 1914-1918 - Ken Weller

Ken Weller of Solidarity's excellent and detailed historical account of working…

The history of the Quebec student movement and combative unionism

An article by Jerome Raza on the history of student syndicalism in Quebec and the conditions which…

Haringey anti-poll tax poster

The poll tax rebellion in Haringey

Great pamphlet about the successful fight against the poll tax in Haringey, north London. Produced by Haringey Solidarity Group in 1999, this…

German autonomen

Fire and flames: A history of the German autonomist movement

Fire and Flames is no detached academic study, but a passionate, hands-on, and engaging account of…

CNT in exile membership card

A brief history of the Spanish anarchist refugees and immigrants in Australia

A short history of Spanish anarchist migrants who fled to Australia following the Spanish civil war,…

Italians demonstrate during November 14 European strike

On the state of movements in Italy: let’s open the debate

Some American and European comrades have asked me, Why didn’t you have an Occupy movement in Italy?…

Anarchism in the ex Yugoslavia - Trivio Indic

Short pamphlet on the origins of the anarchism movement in the former Yugoslavia. Taken from The Bastard Archive.