31 May 1989: CLR James dies

On this day, 31 May 1989, CLR James, Trinidadian Marxist and author of The Black Jacobins, the definitive history of the Haitian Revolution, as well as other te

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30 May 1968: Senegal general strike

On this day, 30 May 1968 in Senegal at 6 PM, unions announced plans for an indefinite general strike to begin at midnight in protest at police brutality against

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29 May 1941: Disney animators strike

On this day, 29 May 1941, animators for Disney in Los Angeles walked out on strike when 16 union cartoonists were fired for demanding union recognition, includi

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28 May 1936: Popular Front strike wave

On this day, 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

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Gabe Cheng Returns To Talk THIS SEEMS NORMAL #2 On Kickstarter | Comic Crusaders Podcast #707
WEPAAA! Gabe Cheng is back on the Comic Crusaders Podcast, and this time the chaos has leveled up like somebody fed a comic book after midnight and gave it espresso....

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27 May 1935: Ballantyne lockout begins

On this day, 27 May 1935 in Canada, employers at Ballantyne Pier locked out members of the Vancouver and District Waterfront Workers' Association in an attempt

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The blog "This Needs Fixin'" looks at systemic problems in our society and suggests ways to address them.

Here's a randomly-selected link to a vintage post from the archive, dated 2020/02/20:

You Need To Read This: The Authoritarians

https://this.needsfixin.net/2020/02/20/you-need-to-read-this-the-authoritarians

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You Need To Read This: The Authoritarians โ€“ This Needs Fixin'

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26 May 1824: Pawtucket Mill strike

On this day, 26 May 1824, the first recorded factory strike in US history took place when 102 women and girls working at the Slater Mill in Pawtucket picketed t

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25 May 1901: FORA founded

On this day, 25 May 1901, 27 unions around Argentina gathered and together formed the the revolutionary anarchist union the Federacion Obrera Argentina (later r

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