The following reprint will be of interest to students of American anarchist history:

Joseph J. Cohen and Alexis C. Ferm, The Modern School of SteltonSouthpaw Culture, Factory School, 2006. 134 pages, paperback. ISBN 1-60001-994-3. $15.00 / $12 direct order

This Southpaw Culture edition of The Modern School of Stelton reproduces the original text, including essays by Joseph Cohen, Alexis Ferm, Harry Kelly and Leonard Abbott. These writings, plus twenty photographs by Oscar Steckbardt, provide a compelling portrait of the special community and its flagship school.

Conference Announcement

Business and Labour History Group, School of Business, The University of Sydney
Women's College, University of Sydney

Friday 17 March 2006

Université de Bergamo (Italie)
Seminaire à l'hommage de Madeleine Rébérioux (1920-2005):

Madeleine Rébérioux et l'histoire sociale entre la France et l'Italie

Bergame, aula 1, 19 via Salvecchio

Programme
vendredi, le 3 mars 2006
10.30-13

Oleg V.Khlevniuk.The History of the GULAG: From Collectivization to the Great Terror.Foreword by Robert Conquest.Translated by Vadim A.Staklo.Annals of Communism Series.New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004.xviii + 418 pp.Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index.$39.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-3000-9284-9.

Reviewed by: Thomas Reimer, Center for Distance Learning, Empire State College.
Published by: H-Genocide (November, 2005)

Dissidences, Révolution, lutte armée et terrorisme
Vol. I, 2006, éd. Harmattan

From : Stuart Christie,

1936-2006
The 70th anniversary of the Spanish Revolution and Civil War
The year of homage to the victims of Francoism

Hi: our internet tv site is now up and running with four films made by the CNT between July 1936 and 1938:

New pamphlet: Kostantinos Speras: The Life and Activities of a Greek Anarcho-Syndicalist by Leonardos Kottis. Edited by Paul Pomonis, Translation by JamesSotros.

Konstantinos Speras (1893-1943) was a militant worker who fought the state and the bosses. His life of struggle included many strikes and jailings and was cut short by gunmen of the Greek Communist Party.

The Working Class Movement Library will be celebrating International Women's day with an event on Sunday 5th March, starting at 2pm.

Ruth Frow, co-founder of the library with her late husband Eddie, will speak about the Socialist origins of IWD followed by Michael Herbert, chair of WCML Trust, who will talk about Mary Quaile, a leading trade unionist of the 1920s who was the only woman on the General Council in 1926. The afternoon will be rounded off with songs from Bernie Murphy, an excellent singer from Manchester. The event is free. Light refreshments will be served.

Call for Papers

At the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the proclamation of the Martial Law in Poland, I want to organize a conference about the reactions of western trade unions on Solidarnosc, and the motives and interests behind eventual support, or the reasons for eventual indifference or reserve.

Edward Thompson Memorial Bursary

Society for the Study of Labour History
Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick

Applications are invited for the Edward Thompson Memorial Bursary. The bursary has been established by the Society for the Study of Labour History in honour of one of its distinguished founders and past Presidents. It is tenable at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, in the value of up to £250 per annum per annum, in order to support research in the MRC archives.