Today in Labor History June 28, 1916: 50,000 workers staged a one-day protest strike against the trial of Karl Liebknecht for his anti-war protests. He was a Left Communist and member of Parliament, one of the very few to denounce the Armenian Genocide by the Ottomans. He later formed Spartacist League, with Rosa Luxemburg, and together they helped lead the 1918 Communist revolution. The Prussian army assassinated them, making them martyrs for the socialist cause throughout Europe.
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