Coordenação Anarquista Brasileira analyse Brazil’s political earthquake In the following essay members of Coordenação Anarquista Brasileira, a member group of the Anarkismo…
The 1946 general strike of Rochester, New York A short history of the general strike in May 1946 in Rochester against the sacking of hundreds of municipal workers, written by Jon Garlock.
The Chinese revolution 1925-1927 A short account of the mass struggles in China from 1925 up to the Shanghai insurrection of 1927 and its crushing by the nationalist forces of…
2005: Tonga Public Servants General Strike In 2005 civil servants in Tonga began a wildcat strike for higher wages, the strike grew to include many other public sector workers and took on…
1957: Colombian General Strike A series of protest demonstration and a General Strike led to the downfall of the Dictator Gustavo Rojas Pinilla and the restoration of free…
1994: Wallis and Futuna General Strike Grievances over working conditions and a lack of state primary schools lead to several strikes in 1994 on the two pacific islands.
1991: Mali General Strike In March 1991 what Mali experienced what became known as the March revolution. A series of protests by students and democracy activists supported…
1985: Sudanese General Strike Against Dictatorship In 1985 workers and students protested and struck against worsening living conditions and greater repression, in particular the imposition of…
1956: Haitian General Strike Against Dictator In 1956 Haitian workers and students turned to mass demonstrations, blockades and a general strike to rid itself of a Dictator Paul Eugène…
1944: Guatemala General Strike Overthrows Dictator Workers and students in neighbouring El Salvador had driven out their dictator by using a general strike to cripple the regime. That same year…
1922: Guayaquil General Strike Workers in the southern Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil struck due to increased economic pressures. The strike brought the city to a halt and gained…
1983-85: Bolivian Protests and Strikes Defeat President In 1983 Bolivia elected a left wing president supported by a coalition of leftist parties and union…