Working Class History

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Working Class History21m ago
#OtD 18 Jul 1964 riots broke out in Harlem, New York City – preceding a summer of racial riots in Brooklyn, Rochester, Paterson, Elizabeth, Newark, Philadelphia and Chicago – after a police officer shot unarmed 15-year-old Black youth, James Powell https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8996/harlem-race-riot
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Working Class History51m ago
#OtD 18 Jul 1887 the Argentinian anarchist bakers' union was founded in Buenos Aires with the help of Italian anarchists Errico Malatesta and Ettore Mattei. It publicly launched on 4 Aug and held its first strike the following year https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8989/argentina-bakers'-union-formed
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Working Class History2h ago
#OtD 18 Jul 1936 right-wing military rebels seized control of a third of the Spanish mainland and martial law was declared in the Canary Islands. The newspaper of the @Cntsindicato called for action & the Spanish revolution began the next day. More here: https://workingclasshistory.com/2018/07/29/spanish-civil-war-podcast/
Spanish civil war podcast

John from WCH tells the story of the Spanish civil war and revolution of 1936-9 on the Revolutionary Left Radio podcast.

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Working Class History3h ago
📣 New Podcast! "18 July 1887: Argentina bakers union" on @Spreaker #argentina #bakers #history
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/18-july-1887-argentina-bakers-union--66814558
18 July 1887: Argentina bakers union

Mini-podcast about an event on this day in working class history. Our work is only possible because of support from you, our listeners on https://patreon.com/w

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Working Class History11h ago
#OtD 17 Jul 1970 6000 drivers and packing workers in the Teamsters union in California went on strike. By 23 Jul the workers had won, and the Teamsters were given exclusive access to organise farm workers. This led to a larger dispute with the UFW https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8892/salinas-valley-teamsters-strike
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Working Class History12h ago
#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/
E39-40: The Spanish civil war

Double podcast episode where we give a brief general overview of the Spanish civil war and revolution which broke out after the attempted military coup by right-wing general Francisco Franco 1936-1…

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Working Class History16h ago
#OtD 17 Jul 1893 Jewish anti-Nazi resistance activist and journalist Dagobert Lubinski was born in Wroclaw (then part of Germany). He died at Auschwitz in 1943 https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8888/dagobert-lubinski
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Working Class History16h ago
#OtD 17 Jul 1932 Altona Bloody Sunday took place when authorities permitted a Nazi demonstration through the working-class district of Altona, modern day Hamburg. Violent confrontations broke out, leaving 18 dead, most of them killed by police bullets https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8891/altona-bloody-sunday
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Working Class History16h ago
#OtD 17 Jul 1897 Italian anti-fascist and anarchist Ida Scarselli was born in Certaldo, Tuscany. Forced to flee her hometown in her twenties following a local general strike and the fascist murder of her brother, she spent her life resisting fascism https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8889/ida-scarselli
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Working Class History17h ago
#OtD 17 Jul 1999 nine guards at the Florida State Prison in Starke entered the cell of Latino prisoner Frank Valdes armed with stun-guns, pepper spray and mace and beat and stomped him to death. The guards filed false reports and none were convicted https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8895/frank-valdes-murdered
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