History

Negroes with guns - Robert F. Williams

Submitted by wojtek on May 22 2013 23:50

First published in 1962, Negroes with Guns is the story of a southern black community's struggle to arm itself in self-defense against the Ku Klux Klan and other racist groups.

Frustrated and angered by violence condoned or abetted by the local authorities against blacks, the small community of Monroe, North Carolina, brought the issue of armed self-defense to the forefront of the civil rights movement. Under the leadership of Robert F. Williams (1925-1996), Monroe became the test case of the right of blacks to armed self-defense when law and order broke down.

We, the anarchists!: A study of the Iberian Anarchist Federation (FAI) 1927-1937

Submitted by wojtek on May 10 2013 19:44

A detailed, scholarly study of the Iberian Anarchist Federation (FAI), a group of twentieth-century militants dedicated to keeping Spain’s largest labor union, the CNT, on a revolutionary, anarcho-syndicalist path. Stuart Christie’s analysis covers the history of Spanish anarchism and the Spanish Civil War, and provides lessons relevant to today’s largely neutered labor movement. A gripping and informative tale!

Recchioni, Emidio (1864-1934) aka Nemo, Rastignac, Savarin

Submitted by Battlescarred on May 8 2013 14:52
Recchioni with Vera and Vero

A short biography of the Italian anarchist Emidio Recchioni, father of Vernon Richards

Emidio Recchioni was born in Russi, fourteen kilometres southwest of Ravenna in Italy on 4th October 1864. Starting work as a railway worker, his views changed from Republicanism to an outright anarchism under the influence of Cesare Agostinelli, the Ancona anarchist who was ten years his senior.

Autobiographies of the Haymarket martyrs

Submitted by Steven. on May 1 2013 17:17

The full of autobiographies of each of the Haymarket martyrs: eight Chicago anarchists who were sentenced to death and in whose memory we celebrate May Day, International Workers' Day. Originally written for the Knights of Labor journal.

Digitised by libcom.org on 1 May 2013

Syndicalism and the strike: French and Italian revolutionary syndicalism and their introduction into Spain - Pere Gabriel

Submitted by Alias Recluse on Apr 27 2013 21:38

An essay on the relative influence exercised by the First International (the Spanish Regional Federation of the IWA), the Second International, French revolutionary syndicalism (the CGT and the Bourses du Travail), and Italian syndicalism (the USI), respectively, on the origin and development of Spanish anarcho-syndicalism, with extensive discussion of the internal debates that took place between 1880 and 1920 in the European anarchist milieu on the general strike and the nature and purpose of trade unionism.

Syndicalism and the Strike: French and Italian Revolutionary Syndicalism and their Introduction into Spain – Pere Gabriel

1. The Idea of the General Strike

From the Russian revolution of 1917 to Stalinist totalitarianism - Agustín Guillamón

Submitted by Alias Recluse on Apr 24 2013 21:43

A historical essay on the transition from Russian Revolution of the Soviets to bureaucratic dictatorship under Stalin, with special emphasis on the period extending from the February Revolution to the period of War Communism.

From the Russian Revolution of 1917 to Stalinist Totalitarianism – Agustín Guillamón

Introduction

Mbokodo: Security in ANC camps, 1961-1990 - Stephen Ellis

Submitted by red jack on Apr 23 2013 12:16

1994 text by Stephen Ellis in African Affairs about events in the African National Congress, particularly the 1984 mutiny in ANC camps in Angola. Ellis has since written a book on this topic, which includes invaluable new material from the Stasi archives. He writes from a liberal perspective, but the facts that he has uncovered are very important for understanding the political culture of the ANC.

Using four official investigations by the ANC into human rights abuses perpetrated by the organization during its years in exile, as well as a number of other sources, this article summarizes what has been established concerning the ANC's security apparatus in the 1980s, and in particular its response to indiscipline, espionage and widespread criticism by rank and file members of its armed wing, '

Strike! - Jeremy Brecher

Submitted by Anonymous on Apr 22 2013 09:51

In possibly the best book on the American working class movement ever written, Jeremy Brecher narrates the hidden history of mass strikes from 1877 to 1970 from the point of view of the workers themselves.

Attached in PDF format is the 1972 version of this book. We heartily recommend readers buy this book - a revised version was published in 1999.

Nationalisation and the new boss class - Tom Brown

Submitted by wojtek on Apr 20 2013 11:51

A pamphlet by Tom Brown discussing nationalisation, its theoretical roots and whether it is a working-class gain (1958).

Civil disorder in England in the 1630s - Ian Brooke

Submitted by Glimmer on Apr 20 2013 09:39

A snapshot from history showing that the spirit of direct action and mass civil disobedience is very much part of the fabric of English history.

Disorder

We are told that in England there are no traditions of rebellion and that revolutionary ideas are an infection from the continent that is resisted by the more conservative traditions of the British people. This has never been the case and indeed our forbears of the 17th century were to demonstrate courage and ingenuity in fighting on a whole range of issues.