On This Day in Working Class History
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14 April 1913: Belgium general strike
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13 April 1890: Ben Fletcher born
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12 April 1920: Ireland general strike
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11 April 1960: April revolution
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10 April 1911: Lima general strike
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9 April 1946: Palestine general strike
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8 April 2019: Gabon student protests
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7 April 2010: Carlsberg beer strike
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6 April 1712: New York enslaved uprising
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5 April 1977: 504 sit-ins
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4 April 1886: Pastor condemns strikes in New Haven
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3 April 1967: Barbican workers strike
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2 April 1863: Richmond food riot
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1 April 1949: NYC Brewery strike
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Grenoble: The Caterpillar Bossnapping
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Palestine Land Day: The Uprising Against Land Confiscation
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Eswatini: Mill Workers Fight Back
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The Arkansas Anti Anarchist Act: Fear, Radicalism, and the Red Scare
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Christmas Island Strike: Workers vs Colonial Management
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Sioux City Free Speech Fight: Workers vs Censorship
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Mongomo Strike: Labor Unrest in Equatorial Guinea
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Renault Romania Strike: Auto Workers Demand Higher Wages
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The Via Rasella Attack: Resistance in Nazi Occupied Rome
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Philippines Strike at the US Military Bases
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Britain: The End of the Poll Tax
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Azores Airlines Strike: Pilots, Pay, and Atlantic Tensions
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Howard University Occupation: Student Protest and Black Power
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Tolpuddle Martyrs Sentenced: Punishment and Protest
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Armstrong Whitworth Strike: Women Workers in World War I
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Beyazıt Square Massacre: The Attack That Shook Turkey
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Andorra Public Sector Strike: Workers vs Government Cuts
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USS Columbia Eagle Mutiny: Anti War Rebellion at Sea
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Sömmerda Commune: A Forgotten German Workers’ Uprising
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Barcelona General Strike: Protest Against Franco
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Portugal Coup Attempt: The Crisis After the Carnation Revolution
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El Bordo Fire: Tragedy in Pachuco, Mexico
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Un Día Sin Nosotras: The Mexican Women’s Strike
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Harbour Workers Rise: Hong Kong Seamen’s Strike Victory
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New York Jewish Bagel Bakers Strike Again
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UK Coal Miners Bring down Conservative Government
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Miners’ vs Thatcher: Battle That Changed Britain
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Biratnagar Jute Mill Strike: Nepal’s Labour Uprising
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Red Labin: The Miners Who Rose Up Against Fascism
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Who Killed Berta Cáceres? Her Assassination and the Fight for Indigenous Land Ri...
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The Strike That Shook Nazi-Occupied Italy
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28 February 1879: Wotonga strike
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27 February 1937: Woolworths sitdown strike
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26 February 1906: Cerbère orange carriers strike
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25 February 2008: Cameroon taxi strike
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24 February 1942: Canadian Japanese deportations
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