By David Cartwright On 21 November 1995, 30 years ago today, the Dayton Agreement was signed by the presidents of Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia-Hercegovina. The
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The Iceland women’s strike of 1975.
Fifty years ago today, a strike of women rocked Iceland and it was so successful that it had repercussions and results that have stood the
By Andy Ford Ninety years ago, in October 1935, Mussolini launched his invasion of the last independent country on the African continent – Abyssinia (now
By Tim White Introduction: This week marks the sixtieth anniversary of one of bloodiest military coups in history, in Indonesia. To mark this important event,
By Greg Oxley 110 years ago, in September 1915, just over a year into the horrific carnage of the First World War, twenty or so
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The UN at 80: ignored and irrelevant
By Michael Roberts (first written 23 September) The 80th edition of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 80) opened yesterday in New York. The theme this
Andy Ford completes his occasional series of articles on 80-year anniversaries of Soviet involvement in WW2 ******* On 9th August 1945 the Red Army began
By Mike Kennard When I was a child in Kent we lived next door to Reg Kerrison. Reg, with his thick Norfolk accent, was a
From the Ted Grant archive, Socialist Appeal mid-August 1945 We mark this week the eightieth anniversary of the dropping of the first atomic bombs on
As we mark the eightieth anniversary of the first dropping of an atomic bomb, Gray Allan reviews the first episode of a new Netflix series,
