This page lists episodes of left-wing resistance to authoritarian socialism, not all of these movements were necessarily anarchist, and this is not a comprehensive list of episodes of dissent (for example, we will not include racist movements (most commonly Russophobic ones) or movements aimed at reestablishing capitalism (like the White Army in Russia or Kuomingtang in China)).
1900s
1920s
- 1921: Kronstadt Rebellion (Russia)
1930s
- 1931: Parbig Gulag Uprising (USSR)
- 1932: Teikovo Strike (USSR)
1940s
- 1942: Usa-Usa Gulag Uprising (USSR)
- 1946: Kolyma Gulag Uprising (USSR)
- 1948: Vorkuta Gulag Uprising (USSR)
- 1949: Berlag Gulag Uprising (USSR)
1950s
- 1952: Ekibastuz Gulag Strike (USSR)
- 1953: East German Uprising (East Germany)
- 1953: Norilsk Gulag Uprising
- 1953: Vorkuta Gulag Uprising
- 1954: Kengir Gulag Uprising
- 1956: March Massacre (USSR)
- 1956: Poznań June (Poland)
- 1956: Polish October (Poland)
- 1956: Hungarian Revolution (Hungary)
- 1957: Shanghai Strike Wave (China)
- 1959: Escambray Rebellion (Cuba) - note: while this contained several CIA-backed guerillas and former Batista soldiers (which are disgusting), it also had leftists and local farmers
1960s
- 1962: Novocherkassk Massacre (USSR)
- 1963: Red Square Protests (USSR)
- 1964: Moroccan Embassy Protests (USSR)
- 1965: Glasnost Meeting (USSR)
- 1965: Camarioca Boatlift (Cuba)
- 1965: Freedom Flights (Cuba)
- 1967: Unknown Protests (USSR)
- 1968: Egyptian Uprising (Egypt)
- 1968: Prague Spring (Czechoslovakia)
- 1968: March Events (Poland)
- 1968: Red Square Protests (USSR)
1970s
- 1970: Polish Strikes
- 1971: Polish Strikes
- 1972: Kaunas' Spring (USSR)
- 1976: Polish Strikes
- 1977: Market Women's Revolt (Guinea)
- 1979: Herat Uprising (Afghanistan)
- 1979: Bala Hissar Uprising (Afghanistan)
1980s
- 1980: 3 Hoot Uprising (Afghanistan)
- 1980: Mariel Boatlift (Cuba)
- 1980: Polish Strike Wave (Poland)
- 1982: Mass Protests in Poland
- 1987: Phosphorite War (USSR)
- 1987: Hirvepark Meeting (USSR)
- 1988: Polish Strike Wave
- 1989: Velvet Revolution (Czechoslovakia)
- 1989: Benin Uprising (Benin)
- 1989: Moldovan Riots
- 1989: Romanian Revolution
- 1989: Hungarian Revolution
- 1989: East German Revolution
- 1989: Polish Revolution
1990s
- 1990: Bridge of Flowers (Romania and USSR)
- 1994: Maleconazo (Cuba)
- 1994: Balsero Crisis (Cuba)
2000s
- 2009: Prisoners' Hunger Strike (Cuba)
2010s
- 2011: Libyan Uprising
- 2011: North Korean Protests (North Korea)