History & Anniversaries
Bangladesh: The birth of Bangladesh
Forty years ago, Bangladesh became an independent state, breaking away from Pakistan.
History & Anniversaries
History & Anniversaries
Britain 1931: Coalition, cutbacks and crisis
While no historical period is identical with Britain now, the tumultuous events that shook the country 80 years ago – combining the great depression, a ‘grand coalition’ government wielding the axe, and a damaging currency […]
History & Anniversaries
Chile: The other ‘9/11′
1973 bloody coup against Popular Unity government – Lessons for today
History & Anniversaries
20 years on: Attempted putsch in the Soviet Union
Attempted Stalinist counter-revolution speeds up capitalist counter-revolution
History & Anniversaries
Paris commune 1871: When workers “stormed heaven”
140th anniversary – Heroic few weeks when working class took power
History & Anniversaries
Anniversary: Britain’s Black Friday 15 April 1921
A warning for the workers’ movement
History & Anniversaries
Britain: 30 years after the 1981 Brixton riots
Racism and poverty – anger explodes
History & Anniversaries
Italy 1920: When workers seized the factories
September marks the 90th anniversary of a mass movement of factory occupations in Italy which put the continuation of capitalism in question. Yet the September movement failed to overthrow the capitalists’ rule and its demise […]
History & Anniversaries
Turkey: 12 September 2010 – 30th anniversary of the military coup
For the Turkish and Kurdish working class and the left, September 12 is above all a day of remembrance of one of the heaviest blows against the workers in recent history.
History & Anniversaries
History: 70th anniversary of the assasination of Leon Trotsky
Coming mass revolts will see workers and youth look to Trotsky’s ideas