History & Anniversaries
Paris commune 1871: When workers “stormed heaven”
140th anniversary – Heroic few weeks when working class took power
History & Anniversaries
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
History: 50 years since “strike of the century” in Belgium
New book on 1960/61 general strike published by CWI in Belgium
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
History & Anniversaries
Review: The Tragedy of the Chinese Revolution by Harold Isaacs
The Chinese revolution of 1925-27 represented one of the most gigantic and splendid movements in human history.
History & Anniversaries
History: The great anti-poll tax victory
The March 31 1990 demo and the demise of Thatcher’s rule The mighty demonstrations of March 1990 were a critical part of the mass anti-poll tax movement. But contrary to the arguments of some anarchists […]
History & Anniversaries
History: Thatcher’s enemy within – 25 years after the end of the miners’ strike
1984-85 miners’ strike: Most of Britain’s 180,000 miners had been on strike to save their pits, their communities and trade unionism.