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#OtD 31 Aug 1942 a wildcat general strike broke out in Luxembourg ...

2026-08-31T16:11:15Z

#OtD 31 Aug 1942 a wildcat general strike broke out in Luxembourg in opposition to the occupying Nazi regime's order to conscript young people into the Nazi army https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10356/luxembourg-anti-nazi-strike

#OtD 30 Aug 1917 striking horse driver Merv Flanagan was killed ...

2026-08-30T15:26:13Z

#OtD 30 Aug 1917 striking horse driver Merv Flanagan was killed by a scab in Camperdown, Australia, during the general strike. When Flanagan saw the scab pointing a gun at his fellow strikers, he tackled the gunman, but was shot and killed https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10264/merv-flanagan-murdered

#OtD 29 Aug 1884 the Italian working-class mutual aid group, ...

2026-08-29T18:41:18Z

#OtD 29 Aug 1884 the Italian working-class mutual aid group, Societa Operaia (Workers' Society), in Naples launched a new medical initiative to assist the families of members who were struck by a cholera epidemic. It also sparked wider relief efforts https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10075/societa-operaia-cholera-aid

#OtD 29 Aug 2005 Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, killing over ...

2026-08-29T14:11:23Z

#OtD 29 Aug 2005 Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, killing over 1800 people, with working-class and Black communities being most affected. The lack of govt response was criticised, while communities on the ground self-organised mutual aid https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10082/hurrican-katrina-hits-us

#OtD 29 Aug 1923 anti-Nazi resistance fighter and sculptor Truus ...

2026-08-29T08:11:34Z

#OtD 29 Aug 1923 anti-Nazi resistance fighter and sculptor Truus Oversteegen was born in Schoten, Netherlands. With her sister she sabotaged railways and killed fascists, on one occasion leading an SS officer into the woods to be shot. https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10077/truus-oversteegen-born

#OtD 29 Aug 1997 workers at the Lusty Lady Club in San Francisco, ...

2026-08-29T04:56:09Z

#OtD 29 Aug 1997 workers at the Lusty Lady Club in San Francisco, US voted to join the Exotic Dancers Union. They won big improvements in conditions, and later took over the club and ran it as a workers' co-op with elected management. Learn more: https://workingclasshistory.com/2019/03/13/e20-the-exotic-dancers-union/

#OtD 28 Aug 1955 Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black boy, was ...

2026-08-28T18:11:20Z

#OtD 28 Aug 1955 Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black boy, was kidnapped and murdered after Carolyn Bryant, a white woman, accused him of propositioning her. Despite overwhelming evidence of their guilt, Till's killers were acquitted by an all-white jury https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9983/emmett-till-murdered

#OtD 26 Aug 1919 Fannie Sellins, former garment worker who became ...

2026-08-26T20:41:33Z

#OtD 26 Aug 1919 Fannie Sellins, former garment worker who became an organiser with the United Mine Workers of America, was killed by company thugs and sheriff's deputies during a Pennsylvania coal strike as she tried to stop a miner from being beaten https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9803/fannie-sellins-murdered

#OtD 25 Aug 1944 the liberation of Paris was completed by the ...

2026-08-25T11:26:09Z

#OtD 25 Aug 1944 the liberation of Paris was completed by the Free French forces and the occupying German troops surrendered. However, they had been ethnically cleansed of Black soldiers, who made up much of the Free French army https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9716/liberation-of-paris

#OtD 25 Aug 1921 the Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest armed ...

2026-08-25T04:41:24Z

#OtD 25 Aug 1921 the Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest armed rebellion in the US since the civil war, began. 10,000 striking West Virginia coal miners battled with armed strikebreakers following the killing of miners, until disarmed by federal troops https://workingclasshistory.com/2018/06/09/wch-e7-the-west-virginia-mine-wars-1902-1922/

#OtD 24 Aug 1944 the 9th Armored Company (aka: La Nueve), a tank ...

2026-08-24T07:41:31Z

#OtD 24 Aug 1944 the 9th Armored Company (aka: La Nueve), a tank company comprised of 120 Spanish anarchist veterans of the Spanish Civil War, were the first to enter Paris during its liberation from Nazi occupation https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9630/la-nueve-enters-paris

#OtD 23 Aug 1851 a violent riot broke out in Sydney, Australia, ...

2026-08-23T12:31:46Z

#OtD 23 Aug 1851 a violent riot broke out in Sydney, Australia, when police arrested a sailor wearing women's clothing. Hundreds attacked police officers and police stations, freeing all prisoners along the way. We've produced this poster in celebration: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/all/agustin-huarte?sort_by=created-ascending

#OtD 22 Aug 1862 Claude Debussy, French radical impressionist ...

2026-08-22T04:41:08Z

#OtD 22 Aug 1862 Claude Debussy, French radical impressionist composer heavily influenced by the Symbolists, was born. The son of a Communard, Debussy was influenced by the Parisian anarchist milieu and contributed to its press https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9446/claude-debussy-born

#OtD 15 Aug 1970 Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton ...

2026-08-21T21:16:23Z

#OtD 15 Aug 1970 Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton delivered a speech in NYC criticisng homophobia and sexism in revolutionary movements and arguing for "full participation of the gay liberation movement and the women's liberation movement" https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8650/huey-newton-intersectional-speech

#OtD 21 Aug 1981 140 mostly women workers at the Lee Jeans ...

2026-08-21T12:11:10Z

#OtD 21 Aug 1981 140 mostly women workers at the Lee Jeans factory in Greenock, Scotland returned to work after winning a seven-month occupation of the plant against closure, having won their jobs back. Learn more in our tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@workingclasshistory/video/7078027204436708614?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7379899398611109408

#OtD 19 Aug 1953 PM Mohammad Mosaddegh of Iran was overthrown in ...

2026-08-19T06:31:37Z

#OtD 19 Aug 1953 PM Mohammad Mosaddegh of Iran was overthrown in a coup organised by the CIA on behalf of the British and American governments. Mossadegh had instituted social reforms and planned to nationalise the British-owned oil fields https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9072/mohamed-mossadegh-overthrown

#OtD 16 Aug 1819 the Peterloo massacre took place when British ...

2026-08-16T23:01:25Z

#OtD 16 Aug 1819 the Peterloo massacre took place when British cavalry charge into a crowd of 60,000-80,000 working-class people demanding the right to vote. 15 were murdered and up to 700 injured, including many women. Learn more in our podcast: https://workingclasshistory.com/2018/11/07/e15-the-peterloo-massacre-with-mike-leigh/

#OtD 15 Aug 1947 India became independent from British rule, ...

2026-08-15T08:26:25Z

#OtD 15 Aug 1947 India became independent from British rule, following – despite Gandhi's pacifism – years of often violent protest and rebellion https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8648/indian-independence

#OtD 15 Aug 1971 the urban guerrilla group the Angry Brigade ...

2026-08-15T07:26:21Z

#OtD 15 Aug 1971 the urban guerrilla group the Angry Brigade bombed a Territorial Army recruitment office in Holloway, north London, appealing to unemployed workers not to join the army and be sent to brutalise ordinary working people in Northern Ireland https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e83-4-angry-brigade/

#OtD 11 Aug 1979 2000 riot police attacked 187 women workers in ...

2026-08-11T16:56:27Z

#OtD 11 Aug 1979 2000 riot police attacked 187 women workers in Seoul, South Korea, who had been occupying the HQ of the New Democratic Party in protest at closure of the factory they worked at. One woman was killed and union leaders were arrested https://workingclasshistory.com/2021/03/24/e51-jeon-tae-il-and-lee-so-sun/

#OtD 11 Aug 1964 18-year-old Scottish anarchist Stuart Christie ...

2026-08-11T13:26:33Z

#OtD 11 Aug 1964 18-year-old Scottish anarchist Stuart Christie was arrested in Madrid, Spain with explosives to assassinate dictator Franco. He was wearing a kilt, which confused the Argentinian press, who described him as "a Scottish transvestite" https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8273/stuart-christie-arrested

#OtD 8 Aug 1845 UK Parliament passed an enclosure act taking away ...

2026-08-08T10:56:28Z

#OtD 8 Aug 1845 UK Parliament passed an enclosure act taking away public land and appointing officials who could enclose more land without approval from MPs – one of 5,000 such acts passed. This dispossession created the working class https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10768/enclosure-commissioners-introduced

#OtD 6 Aug 1941 French-Chinese situationist Alice Becker-Ho was ...

2026-08-06T06:41:38Z

#OtD 6 Aug 1941 French-Chinese situationist Alice Becker-Ho was born in Shanghai. She was a central member of the Situationist International which came to prominence around the May 68 uprising, and married Guy Debord. More about the SI in this book: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/may-68/products/the-beach-beneath-the-street-the-everyday-life-and-glorious-times-of-the-situationist-international-mckenzie-wark

#OtD 5 Aug 1936 James Colton (b 1860), a South Wales anarchist ...

2026-08-05T10:41:07Z

#OtD 5 Aug 1936 James Colton (b 1860), a South Wales anarchist miner, who married exiled Lithuanian-American Jewish anarchist Emma Goldman to give her British citizenship, died of cancer. This is his short biography: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10491/james-colton-dies

#OtD 4 Aug 1765 French actor and revolutionary Claire Lacombe was ...

2026-08-04T13:26:12Z

#OtD 4 Aug 1765 French actor and revolutionary Claire Lacombe was born. She took part in the 1792 Paris insurrection and co-founded the Society of Revolutionary Republican Women, an organisation so radical it led all women's organisations to be banned https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10402/claire-lacombe-born

#OtD 4 Aug 1792 radical Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley was ...

2026-08-04T11:41:44Z

#OtD 4 Aug 1792 radical Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley was born. His most famous poem, penned after the Peterloo massacre, ends: "Rise like Lions after slumber In unvanquishable number! Shake your chains to earth like dew... Ye are many—they are few!" https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e15-the-peterloo-massacre-with-mike-leigh/

#OtD 3 Aug 1492 Columbus set sail from Spain for the ...

2026-08-03T07:11:16Z

#OtD 3 Aug 1492 Columbus set sail from Spain for the "Indies", with disastrous consequences for the people who already lived there. He landed in the Bahamas, where he began enslaving and murdering the Arawak people. More in this book: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/books/products/500-years-of-indigenous-resistance-gord-hill

#OtD 2 Aug 1943 a rebellion took place at the Treblinka ...

2026-08-02T11:11:37Z

#OtD 2 Aug 1943 a rebellion took place at the Treblinka extermination camp. 600 inmates escaped after setting fire to buildings. 40 are known to have survived https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9168/treblinka-rebellion

#OtD 2 Aug 1944 4000 Roma people in Auschwitz resisted being ...

2026-08-02T05:31:29Z

#OtD 2 Aug 1944 4000 Roma people in Auschwitz resisted being taken to the gas chambers. They armed themselves with sticks and crowbars, and barricaded the doors, women in particular fighting the SS with hands and nails. They were overcome and murdered https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9169/auschwitz-roma-rebellion

#OtD 1 Aug 1917 Frank Little, a biracial white and Cherokee ...

2026-08-01T09:16:32Z

#OtD 1 Aug 1917 Frank Little, a biracial white and Cherokee organiser for the iww (npub1hkm…yuhl) was brutally murdered during a miners' strike in Butte, Montana. He was kidnapped from his boarding house, tied to the back of a car and dragged to death https://workingclasshistory.com/2018/05/23/wch-e6-the-industrial-workers-of-the-world-in-the-us-1905-1918/

#OtD 31 Jul 1909 fighting in Barcelona, Spain, came to an end at ...

2026-07-31T10:26:35Z

#OtD 31 Jul 1909 fighting in Barcelona, Spain, came to an end at the end of the 'Tragic Week' that left hundreds dead. It began as a spontaneous general strike and workers' uprising that was ultimately crushed by the government https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10372/tragic-week-in-barcelona

New in our shop: Every Cook Can Govern T-shirt ...

2026-07-30T02:56:02Z

New in our shop: Every Cook Can Govern T-shirt
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#OtD 29 Jul 1962 fascist Oswald Mosley tried to march with the ...

2026-07-29T04:41:24Z

#OtD 29 Jul 1962 fascist Oswald Mosley tried to march with the Union Movement in Manchester, UK. However, he was attacked by anti-fascists and had to be rescued by police. A Mosley speech later was drowned out by a crowd of anti-fascists. More info: https://www.patreon.com/posts/e37b-62-group-in-34110286

#OtD 28 Jul 1869 the first national women's labour union in ...

2026-07-28T20:56:26Z

#OtD 28 Jul 1869 the first national women's labour union in US history, the Daughters of St Crispin, was founded by shoemakers in Lynn, MA. It spread across eight states, demanded equal pay and organised strikes. It later joined the Knights of Labor https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10012/daughters-of-st-crispin-founded

New podcast: we tell the story of Negro Matapacos, Chile's ...

2026-07-28T16:01:28Z

New podcast: we tell the story of Negro Matapacos, Chile's legendary riot dog, and the protest movements in which he took part, protecting demonstrators from the police. Listen early by joining us on Patreon and supporting our work: https://www.patreon.com/workingclasshistory/posts/e125-riot-dogs-164538761?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

#OtD 28 Jul 1887 the French-American artist, painter, sculptor, ...

2026-07-28T15:31:45Z

#OtD 28 Jul 1887 the French-American artist, painter, sculptor, writer, chess player and anarchist Marcel Duchamp was born. A key figure in the Dada movement, Duchamp helped revolutionise the art world https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10014/marcel-duchamp-born

#OtD 26 Jul 1952 Eva "Evita" Peron, Argentinian actor and ...

2026-07-26T07:16:22Z

#OtD 26 Jul 1952 Eva "Evita" Peron, Argentinian actor and wife of president Peron, died. Commonly seen as a workers' hero, she and her husband admired Hitler and Mussolini, and provided refuge to numerous Nazi war criminals after WWII https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9831/eva-%22evita%22-peron-dies

#OtD 25 Jul 1934 Nestor Makhno, leader of the Revolutionary ...

2026-07-25T20:56:24Z

#OtD 25 Jul 1934 Nestor Makhno, leader of the Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine during the Russian revolution of 1917 and co-author of the Organisational Platform of the General Union of Anarchists, died in exile in Paris at the age of 44 https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/no-harmless-power-the-life-and-times-of-the-ukrainian-anarchist-nestor-makhno-charlie-allison

#OtD 25 Jul 1885 El Polo Bamba café in Montevideo, Uruguay, ...

2026-07-25T17:11:27Z

#OtD 25 Jul 1885 El Polo Bamba café in Montevideo, Uruguay, opened its doors. One of the first literary cafés in the city, and became its most famous, where artists would mingle with activists and anarchists for hours of discussion. More info and map: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7905/el-polo-bamba

#OtD 22 Jul 2005 Brazilian commuter Jean Charles de Menezes was ...

2026-07-22T11:56:18Z

#OtD 22 Jul 2005 Brazilian commuter Jean Charles de Menezes was killed by armed London police at Stockwell tube station. Despite being restrained, he was shot seven times in the head and once in the torso. No officers faced charges related to his death https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9487/jean-charles-de-menezes-killed

#OtD 22 Jul 1946 actor and activist @mrdannyglover was born. Son ...

2026-07-22T11:26:28Z

#OtD 22 Jul 1946 actor and activist @mrdannyglover was born. Son of two postal workers, Glover took part in the longest student strike in US history at SFSU in 1968, worked with the Black Panthers, and has shown active support in many struggles since https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9484/danny-glover-born

#OtD 22 Jul 1932 Errico Malatesta, Italian anarchist militant and ...

2026-07-22T10:41:22Z

#OtD 22 Jul 1932 Errico Malatesta, Italian anarchist militant and theorist, London ice cream seller, mechanic and member of the Naples section of the International Working Men's Association, died after six years of fascist house arrest at the age of 78 https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7864/errico-malatesta-dies

#OtD 22 Jul 1895 musician August Agbola O'Browne, the only ...

2026-07-22T09:56:14Z

#OtD 22 Jul 1895 musician August Agbola O'Browne, the only Black person believed to have participated in the 1944 anti-Nazi Warsaw uprising, was born in Lagos, Nigeria. He fought under the codename "Ali" in the Iwo battalion, and later moved to Britain https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9481/august-agbola-o'browne-born

#OtD 20 Jul 1923 Francisco 'Pancho' Villa, Mexican ...

2026-07-20T16:31:38Z

#OtD 20 Jul 1923 Francisco 'Pancho' Villa, Mexican revolutionary guerrilla leader, was ambushed and killed in Parral, México. He was 45 https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9274/pancho-villa-killed

#OtD 20 Jul 1925 Frantz Fanon, revolutionary psychiatrist and ...

2026-07-20T09:56:07Z

#OtD 20 Jul 1925 Frantz Fanon, revolutionary psychiatrist and pioneering anti-colonial theorist was born in Martinique. He served in the Free French Army, experiencing racism and joined the Algerian independence movement. Learn more in this biography: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/books/products/frantz-fanon-a-biography-david-macey

#OtD 20 Jul 2001 Carlo Giuliani, a 23-year-old Italian history ...

2026-07-20T05:11:07Z

#OtD 20 Jul 2001 Carlo Giuliani, a 23-year-old Italian history student and activist, was shot in the face and run over by police during protests against the G8 summit. The European Court of Human Rights absolved Italy of Giuliani's death in 2009 https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9282/carlo-giuliani-killed-by-police

#OtD 19 July 1936 the People's Olympiad was due to start in ...

2026-07-19T10:11:15Z

#OtD 19 July 1936 the People's Olympiad was due to start in Barcelona in opposition to the Olympics in Nazi Germany. The event was cancelled, however, due to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. Some athletes remained to fight the fascists https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/olimpiada-popular-unisex-t-shirt

#OtD 18 Jul 1969 Black Panthers began the United Front Against ...

2026-07-18T12:26:05Z

#OtD 18 Jul 1969 Black Panthers began the United Front Against Fascism Conference in Oakland, California, alongside the white anti-racist Young Patriots Organisation and Puerto Rican street gang-turned-radical group the Young Lords https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8997/united-front-against-fascism-conference,

#OtD 17 Jul 1936 the Spanish Civil War began with a coup in ...

2026-07-17T12:26:36Z

#OtD 17 Jul 1936 the Spanish Civil War began with a coup in Morocco as right wing generals rose up against the Republican govt. The coup was smashed by the working class, and full-scale revolution would break out in the coming days. Learn more in our pod: https://workingclasshistory.com/2020/06/17/e39-the-spanish-civil-war-an-introduction/

#OtD 14 Jul 1912 influential populist US folk musician Woody ...

2026-07-14T22:26:41Z

#OtD 14 Jul 1912 influential populist US folk musician Woody Guthrie was born. Guthrie chronicled the difficult conditions faced by working class Oklahomans during the Dust Bowl and spoke out against class inequality and fascism https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8576/woody-guthrie-born

#OtD 13 Jul 1976 a team of Uruguayan and Argentinian soldiers ...

2026-07-13T06:56:12Z

#OtD 13 Jul 1976 a team of Uruguayan and Argentinian soldiers kidnapped Uruguayan anarchist Sara Méndez and her friend. Her infant son had been taken from her and put up for adoption, and they were not reunited until 2002 https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8486/sara-mendez-kidnapped

New daily podcast: 13 July 1917: São Paulo general strike ...

2026-07-13T04:11:41Z

New daily podcast: 13 July 1917: São Paulo general strike
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#OtD 12 Jul 1921 the funeral of Tommaso Pesci, a farmer murdered ...

2026-07-12T20:56:22Z

#OtD 12 Jul 1921 the funeral of Tommaso Pesci, a farmer murdered by fascists, took place. His funeral procession was led by an armed column of the Arditi del Popolo, Italy's first militant anti-fascist group https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8404/tommaso-pesci-funeral

#OtD 10 Jul 1985 the French intelligence service blew up the ...

2026-07-10T07:16:23Z

#OtD 10 Jul 1985 the French intelligence service blew up the Greenpeace International (npub1j65…swcj) ship, Rainbow Warrior, in a Aotearoa/NZ, killing Fernando Pereira, a photographer. The ship was headed to protest against French nuclear testing https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8208/rainbow-warrior-blown-up

#OtD 8 Jul 1971 German radical and soon-to-be founder of urban ...

2026-07-08T16:16:33Z

#OtD 8 Jul 1971 German radical and soon-to-be founder of urban guerrilla 2 June Movement (J2M), Georg von Rauch, escaped custody from a Berlin court room by swapping places with a similar-looking friend who had been acquitted. More about J2M: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/all/2-june-movement

Part 3 of our IWW Starbucks Workers Union miniseries is out now ...

2026-07-08T16:01:31Z

Part 3 of our IWW Starbucks Workers Union miniseries is out now for free on all major podcast apps! In this episode we explore international solidarity, the company's vicious anti-union operation, and the enduring lessons for today's labour movement: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e121-123-iww-starbucks-workers-union/

#OtD 6 Jul 1992 legendary Black trans activist and sex worker ...

2026-07-06T14:11:42Z

#OtD 6 Jul 1992 legendary Black trans activist and sex worker Marsha P Johnson's body was found in the Hudson River in a suspected murder. She was most famous for participating in the Stonewall riots, which participants talk about in our podcast: https://workingclasshistory.com/2019/05/13/e21-22-the-stonewall-riots-and-pride-at-50/

Today 4 Jul is US Independence Day, which was declared after the ...

2026-07-04T17:41:22Z

Today 4 Jul is US Independence Day, which was declared after the revolution of 1776. But despite rhetoric about men being "equal" and "inalienable rights", slavery continued for nearly a century and the genocide of Native Americans accelerated https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10966/independence-day-in-the-us

#OtD 3 Jul 1883 radical author, Franz Kafka, was born in Prague. ...

2026-07-03T22:56:39Z

#OtD 3 Jul 1883 radical author, Franz Kafka, was born in Prague. Often reduced to abstract philosophical despair, his writing was also often a scathing critique of capitalist society and bureaucracy informed by his contact with radical political groups https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10191/franz-kafka-born

#OtD 3 Jul 1981 in Southall, London, riots broke out when racist ...

2026-07-03T12:11:36Z

#OtD 3 Jul 1981 in Southall, London, riots broke out when racist skinheads abused an Asian shopkeeper. When police tried to disperse the crowd, a police coach was set on fire and 61 policemen were injured. More info about Asian struggles in our podcast: https://workingclasshistory.com/2019/09/18/e28-29-asian-youth-movements-in-bradford/

#OtD 28 Jun 1936 Valeriano Orobón Fernández, Spanish ...

2026-06-28T15:41:29Z

#OtD 28 Jun 1936 Valeriano Orobón Fernández, Spanish anarcho-syndicalist and lyricist of the revolutionary anthem "A las Barricadas", died of TB aged 31, mere weeks before the Spanish Revolution began. We use it as the theme tune for our podcast: https://workingclasshistory.com/2020/06/17/e39-the-spanish-civil-war-an-introduction/

#OtD 28 Jun 1976 Elena Quinteros, teacher and member of the ...

2026-06-28T13:56:21Z

#OtD 28 Jun 1976 Elena Quinteros, teacher and member of the Federación Anarquista Uruguaya (FAU), was kidnapped and "disappeared" by Uruguayan soldiers after escaping military custody and seeking sanctuary in the Venezuelan Embassy. https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10030/elena-quinteros-kidnapped-by-uruguayan-military

#OtD 28 Jun 1830 Joseph Grantham became the first officer of the ...

2026-06-28T13:41:29Z

#OtD 28 Jun 1830 Joseph Grantham became the first officer of the new @metpoliceuk to be killed in the line of duty, in an incident which a jury later deemed to be "justifiable homicide" due to Grantham's "over exertion in the discharge of his duty" https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10023/first-met-police-officer-killed

#OtD 27 Jun 1973 Jewish revolutionary and author Ida Mett (b ...

2026-06-27T21:26:39Z

#OtD 27 Jun 1973 Jewish revolutionary and author Ida Mett (b 1901) died in Paris, France. She was involved in the Russian revolution and was a member of the anarchist-communist Dielo Truda (Workers' Cause) group from 1925 to 1928 https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9925/ida-mett-died

#OtD 27 Jun 1905 after a sailor was shot for objecting to the ...

2026-06-27T19:56:01Z

#OtD 27 Jun 1905 after a sailor was shot for objecting to the rotten food on the Russian ship Potemkin, the crew mutinied, shot their officers, raised the red flag, and formed a council to run the ship, with an anarchist as chair https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9919/potemkin-mutiny

#OtD 27 Jun 1869 Emma Goldman, the legendary Jewish writer, ...

2026-06-27T10:11:26Z

#OtD 27 Jun 1869 Emma Goldman, the legendary Jewish writer, feminist, birth control advocate, and anarchist was born in what is now Lithuania. Some of her works, and items celebrating her life available here to help fund our work: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/all/emma-goldman

#OtD 21 Jun 1852 Italian anarchist seamstress, Maria Luisa ...

2026-06-21T19:56:20Z

#OtD 21 Jun 1852 Italian anarchist seamstress, Maria Luisa 'Gigia' Minguzzi, was born. She played a leading role in the the women workers' movement in Italy and helped found the women's section of the International Workingmen's Association https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9394/maria-louisa-minguzzi

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2026-06-20T04:11:30Z

20 June 1967: Muhammad Ali refuses draft

#OtD 16 Jun 1531 Henry VIII modified vagrancy laws which were key ...

2026-06-16T19:56:39Z

#OtD 16 Jun 1531 Henry VIII modified vagrancy laws which were key in creating the working class. People kicked off communal land who were not in wage labour were designated as vagabonds and were to be whipped, then mutilated, then executed https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8796/henry-viii-vagrancy-laws

#OtD 11 Jun 1888 Italian anarchist, Bartolomeo Vanzetti, was ...

2026-06-11T07:11:20Z

#OtD 11 Jun 1888 Italian anarchist, Bartolomeo Vanzetti, was born. Framed and executed alongside Nicola Sacco, their trial became a world famous miscarriage of justice https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8317/bartolomeo-vanzetti-born

#OtD 11 June 1936 Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists ...

2026-06-11T06:41:31Z

#OtD 11 June 1936 Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists attempted to hold an impromptu rally in Tonypandy, Wales. 6,000 locals forced the fascists to flee in what would become known as the 'Battle of De Winton Field' https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8322/battle-of-de-winton-field

New podcast bonus episode! Extra information about the ...

2026-06-10T16:01:53Z

New podcast bonus episode! Extra information about the iww (npub1hkm…yuhl) Starbucks Workers Union with Daniel Gross, who helped organise hundreds of Starbucks workers in the early 2000s. Listen today by joining us on Patreon and supporting our work: https://www.patreon.com/posts/e123-1-iww-union-160711632

#OtD 5 Jun 1993 EMT Breonna Taylor, recently killed by police, ...

2026-06-05T22:11:27Z

#OtD 5 Jun 1993 EMT Breonna Taylor, recently killed by police, was born in Grand Rapids, MI. Taylor, an unarmed Black woman, was shot 8 times and killed in her home by officers with a drugs warrant. No drugs were found

#OtD 5 Jun 1861 Russian revolutionary Mikhail Bakunin began his ...

2026-06-05T11:11:44Z

#OtD 5 Jun 1861 Russian revolutionary Mikhail Bakunin began his escape from exile in Siberia. Sentenced to death in Germany for his part in an insurrection, he was eventually imprisoned in Russia and after seven years was exiled for life to Siberia https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7961/bakunin-escapes-siberia

#OtD 4 Jun 2003 after five weeks of strike action, workers in the ...

2026-06-04T22:56:34Z

#OtD 4 Jun 2003 after five weeks of strike action, workers in the Faroe Islands won a pay increase of 9% over the next two years, as well as other improvements. 12,000 workers had walked out in May, shutting off the supply of goods to the islands https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7956/faroe-islands-strike-wins

#OtD 4 Jun 2020 75-year-old Martin Gugino was attacked by police ...

2026-06-04T22:01:44Z

#OtD 4 Jun 2020 75-year-old Martin Gugino was attacked by police in Buffalo, NY, during a Black Lives Matter protest. His skull was fractured, he had a brain haemorrhage suffered long-term memory, mobility impairments and hearing loss. More info: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10451/martin-gugino-attacked

#OtD 3 Jun 1924 Jewish socialist Czech author Franz Kafka died of ...

2026-06-03T20:41:25Z

#OtD 3 Jun 1924 Jewish socialist Czech author Franz Kafka died of tuberculosis in Austria. Connected with left libertarian circles in Prague, The Trial, his most famous work, is a masterful condemnation of state bureaucracy https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10196/kafka-dies

#OtD 2 Jun 1975 100 sex workers occupied the church of Saint ...

2026-06-02T15:56:04Z

#OtD 2 Jun 1975 100 sex workers occupied the church of Saint Nizier, Lyon, refusing to leave unless their convictions for soliciting were rescinded. More on sex workers and their struggles: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/all/sex-workers

#OtD 2 Jun 1986 during the Wapping printers' dispute in East ...

2026-06-02T07:11:38Z

#OtD 2 Jun 1986 during the Wapping printers' dispute in East London, paper supplies at nearby Convoy's Wharf were hit by mystery arson https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9205/wapping-dispute-arson

#OtD 1 Jun 1915 Irish Jewish anti-fascist Max Levitas, who ...

2026-06-01T18:56:18Z

#OtD 1 Jun 1915 Irish Jewish anti-fascist Max Levitas, who battled Oswald Mosley's fascists at the Battle of Cable Street, was born. He became a communist as a teenager, moved to East London, and remained active until his death aged 103 https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8089/max-levitas-born

#OtD 31 May 1989 legendary Trinidadian Marxist, CLR James, died ...

2026-05-31T13:41:45Z

#OtD 31 May 1989 legendary Trinidadian Marxist, CLR James, died in London aged 88. He wrote The Black Jacobins, the definitive history of the Haitian Revolution, as well as influential texts on class, colonialism and cricket. See some of his works here: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/all/c-l-r-james

#OtD 29 May 1946 the Rochester general strike ended in victory ...

2026-05-29T21:26:24Z

#OtD 29 May 1946 the Rochester general strike ended in victory after just one day. They won union recognition, the reinstatement for hundreds of city workers who had been fired for forming a union, and dropping of all charges against pickets. Learn more: https://www.tiktok.com/@workingclasshistory/video/7135447886573292805

#OtD 29 May 1941 Disney Studios animators in LA struck after 16 ...

2026-05-29T09:11:26Z

#OtD 29 May 1941 Disney Studios animators in LA struck after 16 were fired for demanding union recognition. After five weeks workers won pay rises of up to 50% and nearly all their other demands. Walt Disney remained bitter about it until his death https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10122/disney-animators'-strike

#OtD 28 May 2013 during Turkish Occupy Gezi park protests, the ...

2026-05-28T17:41:05Z

#OtD 28 May 2013 during Turkish Occupy Gezi park protests, the "woman in red" was pepper sprayed. The photo became one of the iconic images of the movement and police violence in response to it https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10042/%22woman-in-red%22-pepper-sprayed

#OtD 28 May 1936 32,000 workers occupied the Renault plant in ...

2026-05-28T15:56:48Z

#OtD 28 May 1936 32,000 workers occupied the Renault plant in Paris. 100,000 more workers soon occupied every major engineering factory around the city. A strike wave swept the country, involving 2 million workers in 12,000 strikes and occupations https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10039/french-popular-front-strike-wave

#OtD 27 May 1968 the Grenelle negotiations in the May 68 French ...

2026-05-27T12:01:55Z

#OtD 27 May 1968 the Grenelle negotiations in the May 68 French uprising concluded when union officials reached an "agreement" with employers. Radicals urged against a return to normal, while workers rejected the agreement and continued the mass strike https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9942/grenelle-%22agreement%22

#OtD 25 May 1901 the revolutionary anarchist union the Federacion ...

2026-05-25T12:01:58Z

#OtD 25 May 1901 the revolutionary anarchist union the Federacion Obrera Argentina (later renamed the FORA) was founded in Argentina at a congress of 27 unions. In October they called their first general strike https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9770/fora-anarchist-union-founded

#OtD 24 May 1816 the Littleport riots were suppressed by killing ...

2026-05-24T20:01:22Z

#OtD 24 May 1816 the Littleport riots were suppressed by killing one of the rioters. The riots were a response to the rising cost of grain, shortages, and high unemployment https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7897/littleport-riots-suppressed

#OtD 24 May 1968 the May 68 uprising in France peaked. 10 million ...

2026-05-24T11:11:34Z

#OtD 24 May 1968 the May 68 uprising in France peaked. 10 million workers were on strike with many occupying their factories. The city of Nantes and its surroundings were controlled by the workers. The state plotted repression. Artwork from the movement: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/may-68

#OtD 24 May 2014 lesbian bouncer known as the "Rosa Parks of ...

2026-05-24T11:11:34Z

#OtD 24 May 2014 lesbian bouncer known as the "Rosa Parks of the gay community", Stormé DeLarverie, died aged 93 in Brooklyn. Born to a Black mother and a white father, she is credited by some as sparking the Stonewall riots. Learn more in our podcast: https://workingclasshistory.com/2019/05/13/e21-22-the-stonewall-riots-and-pride-at-50/

#OtD 22 May 1974 Canek Sanchez Guevara, Che Guevara's ...

2026-05-22T19:41:43Z

#OtD 22 May 1974 Canek Sanchez Guevara, Che Guevara's grandson, was born in Havana. He became a revolutionary himself, and a vocal critic of the Castro government and its persecution of gay people and trade unionists https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9509/canek-sanchez-guevara-born

#OtD 22 May 1920 antisemitic hoax, The Protocols of the Elders of ...

2026-05-22T12:11:42Z

#OtD 22 May 1920 antisemitic hoax, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, was printed by Henry Ford in the Dearborn Independent and sold at all Ford outlets. He was later given Nazi Germany's highest award by Hitler https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9506/ford-publishes-antisemitism

#OtD 21 May 1935 port workers in Falmouth, Jamaica went on ...

2026-05-21T21:01:23Z

#OtD 21 May 1935 port workers in Falmouth, Jamaica went on strike. When the employers threatened to use strikebreakers, the strikers rioted. British police opened fire, killing one worker https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9414/falmouth-port-strike

#OtD 20 May 1856 French master neo-Impressionist painter and ...

2026-05-20T11:41:10Z

#OtD 20 May 1856 French master neo-Impressionist painter and anarchist Henri-Edmond Cross was born: "I want to paint happiness, the happy beings who will become the people in a few centuries when the purest anarchy is realised" https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9300/henri-edmond-cross-born

#OtD 20 May 1978 15k people in Japan attempted to blockade the ...

2026-05-20T04:41:15Z

#OtD 20 May 1978 15k people in Japan attempted to blockade the Narita airport on the day of its official opening. A march of children around the site began, followed by disabled protesters in wheelchairs. Violent rioting broke out https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9308/narita-airport-opening-protests

#OtD 19 May 1933 Germany's Nazi government abolished ...

2026-05-19T04:46:49Z

#OtD 19 May 1933 Germany's Nazi government abolished collective bargaining – the principle of workers collectively negotiating with employers over pay and conditions. Instead, conditions were to be regulated by labour "trustees", appointed by Hitler https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9129/nazis-abolish-collective-bargaining

#OtD 18 May 1968 the Senegalese May 68 began when students began ...

2026-05-18T18:26:15Z

#OtD 18 May 1968 the Senegalese May 68 began when students began a "general strike" against a cut to student grants. Despite repression the movement grew and eventually culminated in a workers' general strike and won many concessions https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9030/%22senegalese-may-'68%22-began

#OtD 14 May 2021 dock workers of the @usbsindacato in Livorno, ...

2026-05-14T19:26:35Z

#OtD 14 May 2021 dock workers of the @usbsindacato in Livorno, Italy, refused to load weapons and explosives destined for Israel during a wave of Israeli attacks on Gaza https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8608/livorno-dockers-boycott

#OtD 14 May 1940 Emma Goldman, legendary anarchist and advocate ...

2026-05-14T10:41:42Z

#OtD 14 May 1940 Emma Goldman, legendary anarchist and advocate of women's rights and sexual freedom, died in Toronto, Canada. A Lithuanian-born Jew, she moved to the US from which she was eventually deported because of her activism. Books & more: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/en-gb/collections/all/emma-goldman?sort_by=best-selling

#OtD 13 May 1974 following the Portuguese Revolution, a manifesto ...

2026-05-13T19:26:20Z

#OtD 13 May 1974 following the Portuguese Revolution, a manifesto was published by the Homosexual Movement for the Revolutionary Action. It is considered the foundational document for the LGBT+ movement in Portugal. Learn more in our podcast: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e41-42-the-portuguese-revolution/