On This Day in Working Class History
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23 February 1864: Troy collar laundry strike
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22 February 1865: The Dripping riot
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21 February 1965: Malcolm X assassinated
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20 February 1917: NY women's food riot
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19 February 1951: Grenada labour rebellion
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18 February 1946: Royal Indian Navy mutiny
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17 February 1981: Alberta beer strike ends
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16 February 1943: Mildred Fish-Harnack executed
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15 February 1910: Triangle Shirtwaist strike ends
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14 February 1934: Belize unemployed agitation
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13 February 1913: Mother Jones arrested
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12 February 1920: First women's strike in Colombia
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11 February 1967: Black Cat protest
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10 February 1930: Il Popolo di Trieste bombing
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9 February 2007: Alejandro Finisterre dies
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8 February 1840: NZ eight hour day
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7 February 1919: No Beer No Work movement
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6 February 2006: Liberia Firestone strike
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5 February 1919: La Canadiense strike
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4 February 2022: British Virgin Islands sick-out
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3 February 1953: Batepá massacre
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2 February 1932: Bronx residents fight evictions
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1 February 1960: Greensboro sit-ins
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31 January 2006: Belfast postal strike
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30 January 1968: Tet Offensive
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29 January 1912: Anna LoPizzo killed
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28 January 1935: St Kitts sugar strike
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27 January 2010: Howard Zinn dies
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26 January 1932: NY tenants resist eviction
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25 January 2022: Zambia cement strike
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24 January 1964: Kenya mutiny
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23 January 1964: Uganda mutiny
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22 January 1826: Acjachemen Nation strike
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21 January 1988: Pasig Mattel blockade
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20 January 1888: Buenos Aires domestic workers strike
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19 January 1984: Rif uprising
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18 January 1977: Egypt bread intifada
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17 January 2005: Solomon Islands strikers arrested
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16 January 2018: Benin public sector strikes
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15 January 1919: Peru 8-hour day
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14 January 1926: Sierra Leone rail strike
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13 January 1948: Cyprus miners strike
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12 January 1913: Costa Rica CGT founded
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11 January 1912: Bread and Roses strike
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10 January 2003: Bangui student protests
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9 January 1973: Coronation Brick and Tile strike
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8 January 2003: Motherwell arms trade boycott
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7 January 1913: Peru 8-hour strike
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6 January 2005: Durban water resistance
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5 January 1970: Peugeot Sochaux mercenaries
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