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southern africa / history / opinion / analysis Tuesday April 05, 2016 18:44 by Lucien van der Walt 1 comment (last - wednesday april 06, 2016 23:27) 1 image
If W. H. "Bill" Andrews (1870- 1950) is remembered today, it is usually as a founder and leader of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA, today the SACP). In that role, he served as party chair, member of the executive of the Communist International, leading South African trade unionist, visitor to the Soviet Union, and defendant in the trial of communists that followed 1946 black miners' strike. read full story / add a comment
west africa / history / opinion / analysis Monday April 04, 2016 22:10 by Tokologo African Anarchist Collective 1 comment (last - tuesday april 05, 2016 06:38) 1 image
Ghana, West Africa, was a British colony called "Gold Coast" until 1957. It became the first independent country in "black" Africa after reforms and struggles in the 1940s and 1950s. The new president, the brilliant Kwame Nkrumah, and his Convention People's Party (CPP), had fought for independence. Now they aimed at major changes in the society, even speaking of socialism. And Nkrumah proposed a united African government for the continent: Pan-Africanism. But by the mid-1960s, hopes were fading. There were good reforms in education and services and self- respect for Africans that helped remove colonialism's damages. But the CPP has become a dictatorship, with a personality cult around Nkrumah. Unions and struggles were suppressed. The economy was in trouble. A new elite hijacked independence and resources. When the military seized power in 1966, people celebrated in the streets. Today Ghana is one of the poorest African countries. What went wrong and what can we, anarchists in Africa, learn from this experience? read full story / add a comment
Ιρλανδία / Μεγάλη Βρετανία / Ιστορία (γενική) / Κριτική / Παρουσίαση Friday March 11, 2016 17:51 by Ελευθεριακές Εκδόσεις Κουρσάλ 1 image
Κυκλοφόρησε από τις Ελευθεριακές Εκδόσεις Κουρσάλ η «Μάχη της Cable Street 1936». Πρόκειται για συλλογικό έργο του Cable Street Group, μιας ομάδας στο ανατολικό Λονδίνο που έχει συσταθεί για να διατηρήσει ζωντανή τη μνήμη της μάχης-ορόσημο του βρετανικού αντιφασισμού. read full story / add a comment
irlanda / gran bretaña / historia / opinión / análisis Friday January 22, 2016 17:34 by José Antonio Gutiérrez D. 1 image
“Porque la esclavitud se acabó ¡oh gloriosos muertos! Cuando ustedes cayeron en la mojada niebla”. (The Foggy Dew, Canon Charles O’Neill, 1919) read full story / add a comment
bolivia / peru / ecuador / chile / historia / opinión / análisis Thursday December 24, 2015 08:02 by Salvador Oskita 1 image
La Villa San Luis de Las Condes, también conocida como Compañero Carlos Cortés, fue un proyecto desarrollado por la CORMU (Corporación de Mejoramiento Urbano) para el gobierno de la Unidad Popular, el cual se emplazó en una de las comunas más ricas del país. read full story / add a comment
Ιβηρική / Ιστορία (γενική) / Γνώμη / Ανάλυση Thursday December 03, 2015 19:17 by Dmitri (republishing) 1 image
Μια σύντομη περιγραφή των κοινωνικών συνθηκών στη μετεμφυλιακή Ισπανία που συνοδεύεται από μια σύντομη εξιστόρηση της γενικής απεργίας στη Βαρκελώνη του 1951. Τα γεγονότα της Βαρκελώνης οδήγησαν σε απεργίες σε όλη τη χώρα και σηματοδότησαν τη δυναμική επιστροφή της μαχητικότητας της εργατικής τάξης της Ισπανίας μετά από πάνω από μια δεκαετία υπό το καθεστώς Φράνκο. read full story / add a comment
bolivia / peru / ecuador / chile / historia / entrevista Thursday November 05, 2015 19:13 by Adela Velarde 2 images
Tras 45 años, entrega su testimonio, sobre un proceso fundamental del programa de la Unidad Popular; la intervención de empresas textiles, un hito que sirvió de modelo para otras áreas y que enfrentó el conflicto en torno a la propiedad y la administración de los medios de producción. read full story / add a comment
internacional / historia / opinión / análisis Wednesday October 14, 2015 06:58 by Colectivo ContraInformativo Sub*Versión 1 image
Al mirar el paralelo entre la España Imperialista de hoy y el legado de resistencia de los pueblos originarios, Frente al imperialismo capitalista de las grandes multinacionales y la resistencia al mercado y el consumismo exacerbado, no caben dudas que la Autogestión y la Acción Directa son la alternativa para construir un mundo fraterno. read full story / add a comment
argentina/uruguay/paraguay / historia / portada Monday August 17, 2015 15:44 by Prensa FAR 2 images
El objetivo del análisis que se desarrollará a continuación es el de proveer una aproximación a algunos procesos centrales de la historia reciente tanto mundial, regional como local. Entendemos que como militantes anarquistas debemos tener claro cuál es el contexto en el que vivimos para poder intervenir en las luchas sociales en sintonía con el mismo y potenciar así nuestras prácticas. read full story / add a comment
international / history / feature Saturday June 27, 2015 17:10 by Wayne Price 12 comments (last - saturday september 16, 2017 01:50) 1 image
The aftereffects of the Second World War are still being felt. While very popular, it was an inter-imperialist war, a struggle for world domination. But it also included popular struggles against fascism, for national independence, democratic rights, and the possibility of socialist revolution. At their best, anarchists and other revolutionary socialists looked for ways to be part of this working class and people’s war.” Analyzing the war, and thinking through its issues, may help to prepare revolutionary anarchists for future upheavals. read full story / add a comment
netherlands / germany / austria / history / review Wednesday June 10, 2015 00:43 by Michael Schmidt 1 image
Although commended by no less a luminary than Sir Ian Kershaw on the dust-jacket, Richard J. Evans' name is not one that stands in the first ranks of historians of Nazism and the ultimately (self)destructive spiral of accelerating radicalism that led to the Holocaust. To be fair, it is tough to distinguish oneself in this field because the rise of such an implacable evil in the heart of what in many respects was the most "civilised" of Western countries poses the greatest riddle of the 20th Century – and has thus been exhaustively treated by more works than any other single historical topic. read full story / add a comment
Βαλκανικές Χώρες / Ιστορία (γενική) / Γνώμη / Ανάλυση Monday February 23, 2015 19:51 by Dmitri 3 images
Μακεδονία-Θράκη 1903. Η οθωμανική τουρκική αυτοκρατορία βρισκόταν σε στάδιο παρακμής. Για αιώνες, οι Αρχές της κυβερνούσαν με σκληρότητα, επιβάλλοντας φόρους και άλλες υποχρεώσεις, αλλά στις περισσότερες περιπτώσεις επιτρέποντας στους υπηκόους να μιλούν τη γλώσσα τους και να λατρεύουν τη θρησκεία τους. Τώρα, όμως, ήταν μια εποχή κρίσιμη. Τα σύνορα της Αυτοκρατορίας δέχονταν πιέσεις, και η οθωμανική κυριαρχία γινόταν ολοένα και πιο σκληρή και καταπιεστική. Το φάσμα των απελευθερωτικών αγώνων στοίχειωνε τις φθίνουσες οθωμανικές κατακτήσεις στα Νότια Βαλκάνια. Βίαιες εξεγέρσεις διαδέχονταν η μία την άλλη, από τη μια γενιά στην επόμενη. read full story / add a comment
north america / mexico / history / opinion / analysis Saturday January 31, 2015 00:41 by Wayne Price 1 comment (last - tuesday february 17, 2015 08:04) 1 image
W.E.B. Du Bois was an important African-American scholar and activist. In the 60s there was an effort to create a memorial for him in his home town in Massachusetts. This met with a great deal of right-wing resistance. The history of this controversy shines light on the broader issues of racism and Cold War anti-communism. read full story / add a comment
aotearoa / Îles du pacifique / histoire / opinion / analyse Wednesday December 31, 2014 05:25 by Commission internationale AL 1 image
Le 20 novembre 1984, la ville de Thio sur la côte est de la Nouvelle-Calédonie est occupée par des militants et militantes kanak, qui bloquent les accès routiers et maritimes, en faisant une commune autonome. Le nouveau Front de libération national kanak et socialiste inaugure une nouvelle étape dans la lutte anticolonialiste, dont l’objectif proclamé est « l’indépendance kanak socialiste ». read full story / add a comment
southern africa / history / opinion / analysis Tuesday December 09, 2014 15:41 by Warren McGregor 1 image
Today the terms “populism” and “workerism” are widely thrown about in South African political circles. Often, these terms and others (“syndicalism,” “ultra-left,” “counter-revolutionary,” “anti-majoritarian” …) have no meaning: they are just labels used to silence critics. SA Communist Party (SACP) leaders do this often. But in the 1980s, “populism” and “workerism” referred to two rival positions battling for the soul of the militant unions. These debates, thirty years on, remain very relevant: let us revisit them, and learn. Today’s radical National Union of Metalworkers of SA (NUMSA) was part of the “workerist” camp, while its key rival, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) was identified with “populism.” The early battles over the direction of the Congress of SA Trade Unions (COSATU) still echo today, although there is no longer a clear “workerist” camp. read full story / add a comment
southern africa / history / opinion / analysis Saturday December 06, 2014 23:58 by Bongani Maponyane 1 image
The massacre of South African school children in 1976 – for protesting for instruction in their native languages and for a proper curriculum – continues to be remembered and to influence us today. It showed the brutality of the apartheid state and it left scars still felt by people today. The challenges faced by youth today are different to that experienced in 1976. This does not mean everything has changed. We need to look to history to learn about and not to repeat mistakes made. But we also look to history to provide us with inspiration. We need to revisit the spirit of the youth of 1976 and copy their courage – to overcome these issues facing our young people today. We need to be the change that we want to see. read full story / add a comment
볼세비키 정권의 반혁명적 성격과 그 결과를 러시아혁명의 상황에서 서술 read full story / add a comment
france / belgique / luxembourg / histoire / opinion / analyse Tuesday November 11, 2014 05:30 by Commission internationale AL 1 image
L’année 1974 est marquée par des mouvements revendicatifs dans les secteurs des services. Successivement, dans les banques, aux PTT, plus modestement à la SNCF, ces grèves vont faire souffler une brise de créativité et d’auto-organisation directement liée à la force de projection de Mai 68. Mais c’est bien la grève des PTT, par sa capacité à bousculer la marche normale de la société, qui sera le pivot de cette année sociale. read full story / add a comment
netherlands / germany / austria / history / opinion / analysis Friday November 07, 2014 21:40 by Jonathan Payn 1 image
A "revolutionary alternative from below" that was not quite to be but holds pertinent lessons for movements today.
Our latest issue of Workers World News continues our educational series on "united fronts" with a focus on the Workers’ Council Movement in Germany, 1920-1923.
• Part 1: NUMSA and the ‘United Front Against Neoliberalism’ • Part 2: Anti-militarist United Fronts and Italy’s “Red week”, 1914 • Part 3: The 1917 Russian Revolution and United Front read full story / add a comment
netherlands / germany / austria / history / opinion / analysis Thursday October 16, 2014 17:40 by Jonathan Payn 1 image
In the October Revolution of 1917, the Bolshevik Party, together with other revolutionaries, overthrew the Provisional Government established in February and – together, initially, with left Social Revolutionaries – seized power. How did the Bolsheviks – a minority just eight months earlier, when the February Revolution overthrew the Tsar and established the Provisional Government – come to power so quickly? How did this small force emerge from relative obscurity to win large sections of the working class to its programme and take power? Herein lies the root and essence of United Front policy in a traditional Marxist sense.
First published in issue 88 of Workers World News
• Part 1: NUMSA and the ‘United Front Against Neoliberalism’ • Part 2: Anti-militarist United Fronts and Italy’s “Red week”, 1914 • Part 4: United Working Class Action and the Workers’ Council Movement in Germany, 1920-1923 read full story / add a comment |
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