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Working Class Calendar @lemmy.world

Osceola Captured (1837) On this day in 1837, in what has been described as "one of the most disgraceful acts in American military history", Seminole leader Osceola was captured by U.S. forces...

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Giuseppe Pinelli (1928 - 1969) Giuseppe "Pino" Pinelli, born on this day in 1928, was a railroad worker and anarchist organizer possibly murdered by Italian police following fascist bombings in...

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Abel Santamaría (1927 - 1953) Abel Santamaría (shown right), born on this day in 1927, was a Cuban communist, 2nd in command to Fidel Castro's revolutionary movement. He was tortured to death...

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Romanian General Strike (1920) On this day in 1920, a general strike involving ~400,000 workers began in Romania in response to a call by the General Confederation of Labor. The strike was put...

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Maurice Bishop Assassinated (1983) Maurice Bishop was a Grenadian revolutionary and a leader of communist New Jewel Movement, assassinated on this day in 1983. Following his death, President...

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Laureano Cerrada Assassinated (1975) Laureano Cerrada Santos was an anarchist activist and member of the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) who was assassinated on this day in 1975 by a...

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Martin Schleyer Assassinated (1977) Hanns Martin Schleyer was a German member of the SS, business executive, and employer and industry representative who was assassinated by the Red Army Faction...

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Victoria Nurses Strike (1985) On this day in 1985, following a breakdown in negotiations with the government, thousands of nurses in Victoria, Australia went on an indefinite, state-wide strike...

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Empire Zinc Strike (1950) The Empire Zinc Strike, also known as the Salt of the Earth strike, was a 15-month-long miners' strike that began on this day in 1950, against the Empire Zinc Company in...

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Mass Protest Against Prop 187 (1994) On this day in 1994, ~70,000 demonstrators marched across L.A. in opposition to Prop 187, a ballot initiative that prevented undocumented immigrants (both...

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Raid on Harper's Ferry (1859) On this day in 1859, abolitionist John Brown initiated a raid on Harper's Ferry in an effort to start a revolt in the American South. The raid was ultimately...

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Black Panther Party Founded (1966) On this day in 1966, in the wake of spontaneous riots against police brutality, Bobby Seale and Huey Newton founded the Black Panther Party in Oakland,...

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Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam (1967) The Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam was a national series of protests and teach-ins against the Vietnam War that began on this day in 1967. One...

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Dorothy Bolden (1923 - 2005) Dorothy Lee Bolden, born on this day in 1923, was the founder of the National Domestic Worker's Union of America and civil rights activist who fought for women's...

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West African Railway Strike (1947) On this day in 1947, the longest strike in African history at the time began, stretching across all branches of railway in French West Africa, the wharfs in...

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Kirkby Rent Strike (1972) The Kirkby Rent Strike was a 14-month long rent strike initiated by 3,000 tenants on this day in 1972 in the town of Kirkby (outside Liverpool), against the Housing...

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Little Falls Textile Strike (1912) On this day in 1912, Phoenix Mill workers in Little Falls, New York spontaneously walked off their job to demand a wage increase and a 54-hour work week. With...

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West Coast Longshore Strike (1923) On this day in 1923, the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) in Vancouver struck for higher wages. With a force of 350 company guards protecting the...

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Antonio Soto (1897 - 1963) Antonio Soto Canalejo (also known as "El Gallego Soto"), born on this day in 1897, was one of the principal anarcho-syndicalist leaders in the 1921 rural strikes of...

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Joe Hill (1879 - 1915) Joe Hill, born on this day in 1879, was a Swedish-American labor organizer, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). In 1915, he was convicted of...

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