Rosario González Martínez ( ) sends the following information about the International Conference about the Spanish Civil War, Madrid, November 27, 28 and 29, 2006.

The Fondazione Turati (Florence) recently published three new titles:

This book charts the turbulent history of the International Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU) from its foundation in 1913, to its dissolution in 1945. Established to protect and advance the interests of workers of all countries and to further international solidarity, the IFTU from the outset was beset by difficulties. Within a year the First World War split the fledgling organisation, underlining national interests and creating resentment between some of the most powerful union interests.

Boletín digital de actividades de la Fundación Francisco Largo Caballero número 14 - enero de 2006

Música en las fábricas y en las casas del pueblo
El 22 de diciembre tuvo lugar en Madrid, en la zona Industrial 2 de la Muñoza, en IBERIA L.A.E., el concierto programado de Rosa Torres Pardo que, dentro del ciclo Música en las fábricas y en las Casas del Pueblo, realiza la Fundación Francisco Largo Caballero con el patrocinio de la Dirección General de Cooperación y Comunicación Cultural del Ministerio de Cultura.

Twenty-Eighth Annual North American Labor History Conference
Wayne State University, October 19-21, 2006
Call for Papers

The Program Committee of the North American Labor History Conference invites proposals for sessions and papers on "Technology, Environment and Work" for our twenty-eighth annual meeting.

Maoist Insurgencies in Asia and Latin America: a workshop organized by IIAS & IISH, Amsterdam and Leiden, 9-11 February 2006

Venue: 9 February at IISH, 10-11 February at IIAS

Call for Applications

International Centre for Russian Studies - Summer History Workshop, 21-23 June 2006, Moscow

Interdisciplinary Centre for Studies in History, Economy and Society (Moscow, Russia)
Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales (Paris, France)
Centre franco-russe en sciences humaines et sociales de Moscou (Moscow, Russia)
International Institute of Social History (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Russian State Archive of Social and Political History (Moscow, Russia)

Marxists Internet Archive February, 2006

The Urdu section of the Marxists Internet Archive has completed the first ever Urdu translation of Volume 1 of Capital. The translation was based on the Progress Publishers English language edition of Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling's translation of the Third German edition, edited by Engels. The translation took over two years and was done by Imtiaz Hussain and Ibne Hasan for the MIA.

From: Manuel Bueno:

Primer Congreso de historia del PSUC.

70 años de socialismo comunista en Cataluña: El PSUC, 1936 - 2006,aniversario e historia.

Barcelona, Museu d´Història de Catalunya, 5, 6 y 7 de octubre de 2006.

www.archivegrid.org