Eugene Genovese argues that slaves as a social class laid the foundation for black national culture while enriching US culture. Slave rebellions prior to the late 1700s largely did not seek to do away with the entire slave system, but later slave rebellions were revolutionary attempts to topple slavery.

Foreign intervention in Haiti, past and present. How the U.S. turned Haiti into an American satellite state.

Overview of the 1936 anarchist revolution in Spain, the 1937 counter-revolution, and the civil war in which it occurred.

A history and analysis of the Russian Revolution and its degeneration into totalitarianism.

In 1871 citizens in Paris revolted and set up a rebel government. Although it had a radical fringe, this Paris Commune was merely a left-Republican uprising and was no where near as radical as is commonly portrayed.

A brief biography of the anarchist Nestor Makhno. Makhno played a major role in organizing the Ukrainian revolution and fighting counter-revolutionaries.

An index of times when popular assemblies & worker councils sprouted up to challenge the status quo.

Authoritarian socialism inevitably leads to the creation of a new elite which dominates and exploits the proletariat.  If the capitalist class is overthrown but the state is not simultaneously abolished the state will establish itself as a new ruling class.

We build the structure of the new society within the shell of the old. The initial framework of anarchy is created within the old society during the struggle against hierarchy.  Some thoughts on overthrowing the present society and creating an anarchist one.