Revolutionary Rehearsals

 
A march by supporters of the Cordones Industriales in the Chilean capital of Santiago (1970). 

What can we learn from the past?

Over the next several months I'll be talking with a friend about the book Revolutionary Rehearsals, edited by Colin Barker.  The synopsis reads: "Five times in the last 35 years, the working class has posed a radical alternative to the status quo. Although none of these struggles ultimately achieved their goals, they were 'revolutionary rehearsals' that hold important lessons about the struggle for socialism under modern conditions." I'll make five separate posts sharing my notes and our thoughts about the five revolutionary rehearsals examined in the book - France 1968, Chile 1972, Portugal 1974, Iran 1979, and Poland 1980.