On This Day in Working Class History

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 Sep 12, 2024


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Daily briefings of On This Day people's history anniversaries every day of the year. From the Working Class History team.Help support our work by joining us on patreon and accessing exclusive content and benefits: patreon.com/workingclasshistory

Episode Date
22 January 1826: Acjachemen Nation strike
Jan 22, 2025
21 January 1988: Pasig Mattel blockade
Jan 21, 2025
20 January 1888: Buenos Aires domestic workers strike
Jan 20, 2025
19 January 1984: Rif uprising
Jan 19, 2025
18 January 1977: Egypt bread intifada
Jan 18, 2025
17 January 2005: Solomon Islands strikers arrested
Jan 17, 2025
16 January 2018: Benin public sector strikes
Jan 16, 2025
15 January 1919: Peru 8-hour day
Jan 15, 2025
14 January 1926: Sierra Leone rail strike
Jan 14, 2025
13 January 1948: Cyprus miners strike
Jan 13, 2025
12 January 1913: Costa Rica CGT founded
Jan 12, 2025
11 January 1912: Bread and Roses strike
Jan 11, 2025
10 January 2003: Bangui student protests
Jan 10, 2025
9 January 1973: Coronation Brick and Tile strike
Jan 09, 2025
8 January 2003: Motherwell arms trade boycott
Jan 08, 2025
7 January 1913: Peru 8-hour strike
Jan 07, 2025
6 January 2005: Durban water resistance
Jan 06, 2025
5 January 1970: Peugeot Sochaux mercenaries
Jan 05, 2025
4 January 1917: Guyana wharf workers strike
Jan 04, 2025
3 January 2018: Togo hospital strike
Jan 03, 2025
2 January 1950: Smithfields market strike
Jan 02, 2025
1 January 1974: UK three-day week
Jan 01, 2025
31 December 1912: Wankie colliery strike
Dec 31, 2024
30 December 1930: Ecuador Indigenous strike
Dec 30, 2024
29 December 1968: Tokyo exams cancelled
Dec 29, 2024
28 December 1962: SF dockers boycott apartheid cargo
Dec 28, 2024
27 December 1831: Christmas rebellion escalates
Dec 27, 2024
26 December 1904: Baku strike
Dec 26, 2024
25 December 1522: Santo Domingo enslaved revolt
Dec 25, 2024
24 December 1783: Christmas Eve mutinies
Dec 24, 2024
22 December 1988: Chico Mendes assassinated
Dec 22, 2024
21 December 2011: Yemenia Air strike
Dec 21, 2024
20 December 2021: Ivory Coast dockers strike
Dec 20, 2024
17 December 1906: Lodz lockout
Dec 17, 2024
16 December 2011: Zhanaozen massacre
Dec 16, 2024
15 December 1912: Peru union assembly
Dec 15, 2024
14 December 2010: San Marino general strike
Dec 14, 2024
13 December 1971: Ovambo workers strike
Dec 13, 2024
12 December 1948: Batang Kali massacre
Dec 12, 2024
11 December 1913: Leeds council workers strike
Dec 11, 2024
10 December 1977: Palau hotel strike
Dec 10, 2024
9 December 2010: Georgia prison strike
Dec 09, 2024
8 December 1949: Indochina dockers boycott
Dec 08, 2024
7 December 1959: Fiji oil strike
Dec 07, 2024
6 December 1928: Banana massacre
Dec 06, 2024
5 December 1961: Toei animators lockout
Dec 05, 2024
4 December 1975: Getafe general strike
Dec 04, 2024
3 December 1916: Australian Wobblies sentenced
Dec 03, 2024
2 December 1984: Bhopal disaster
Dec 02, 2024
1 December 1919: Trinidad and Tobago general strike
Dec 01, 2024
30 November 1963: Brooklyn rent strike
Nov 30, 2024
29 November 1830: Captain Swing riots
Nov 29, 2024
28 November 2006: Aruba oil workers strike
Nov 28, 2024
27 November 1981: Kortex strike
Nov 27, 2024
24 November 1995: France pension strike
Nov 24, 2024
23 November 1887: Thibodaux massacre
Nov 23, 2024
19 November 1984: PEMEX disaster
Nov 19, 2024
18 November 1998: Lufthansa Skychef strike
Nov 18, 2024
17 November 1915: Glasgow rent strike women protest
Nov 17, 2024
16 November 1984: Johannesburg rent strikers arrested
Nov 16, 2024
15 November 2005: Tahiti social workers strike
Nov 16, 2024
14 November 1973: Athens Polytechnic student strike
Nov 14, 2024
11 November 1918: Switzerland general strike
Nov 11, 2024
10 November 1933: Hormel strike
Nov 10, 2024
9 November 1962: Manila port strike
Nov 08, 2024
8 November 2004: New Caledonia nickel strike
Nov 08, 2024
7 November 1988: Brazil CSN strike
Nov 07, 2024
6 November 1912: Grabow mill arson
Nov 06, 2024
5 November 1811: Saint-Leu enslaved revolt
Nov 05, 2024
4 November 1910: Champagne tax strike
Nov 04, 2024
3 November 2017: Marshall Islands fish strike
Nov 03, 2024
2 November 1917: Balfour declaration
Nov 02, 2024
1 November 2008: Boeing workers win strike
Nov 01, 2024
31 October 1979: Iran oil workers strike
Oct 31, 2024
30 October 1919: Pennsylvania blind workers strike
Oct 30, 2024
29 October 1831: Bristol reform riots
Oct 30, 2024
28 October 1916: Conscription defeated in Australia
Oct 28, 2024
27 October 1948: NYC brewery strike grows
Oct 28, 2024
26 October 1983: Northwood and Pinner occupation
Oct 26, 2024
25 October 1983: Hayes Cottage Hospital occupied
Oct 25, 2024
24 October 1975: La Tondeña strike
Oct 24, 2024
23 October 1913: Bristol University Suffragette arson
Oct 23, 2024
22 October 1921: Castleconnell fisheries strike
Oct 22, 2024
21 October 1935: St Vincent Labour rebellion
Oct 21, 2024
20 October 1901: Rosario sugar strike
Oct 20, 2024
19 October 1945: Chinese seamen deported
Oct 19, 2024
18 October 1931: Braunschweig strike
Oct 18, 2024
17 October 1950: Salt of the Earth strike
Oct 17, 2024
16 October 1951: Spit and polish action
Oct 16, 2024
15 October 1913: Indian miners protest indenture tax
Oct 15, 2024
14 October 1976: One million strike in Canada
Oct 14, 2024
13 October 1948: Ruppert brewery strike
Oct 13, 2024
12 October 1919: Port Edgar mutiny
Oct 12, 2024
11 October 1884: New Straitsville mine fire
Oct 11, 2024
10 October 1947: West Africa railway strike
Oct 10, 2024
9 October 1912: Little Falls textile strike
Oct 09, 2024
8 October 1916: Standard Oil workers strike
Oct 07, 2024
7 October 1988: Montenegro mass strike
Oct 06, 2024
6 October 1995: Boeing machinists strike
Oct 05, 2024
5 October 2001: Malawi health workers strike
Oct 04, 2024
4 October 1945: Navy breaks oil strike
Oct 03, 2024
3 October 2019: Ecuador Indigenous protests
Oct 03, 2024
2 October 1915: Morozov mill strike
Oct 02, 2024
1 October 2012: Estonia health workers strike
Oct 01, 2024
30 September 1919: Daily Sketch workers action
Sep 30, 2024
29 September 1909: Missoula free-speech fight
Sep 29, 2024
28 September 1991: Shankar Guha Niyogi assassinated
Sep 28, 2024
27 September 1973: UFW wins strike
Sep 27, 2024
26 September 1939: Ricky Tomlinson born
Sep 26, 2024
25 September 2005: South Korea sex workers union
Sep 25, 2024
24 September 1945: NYC elevator workers strike
Sep 24, 2024
23 September 2017: Video game voice actors strike ends
Sep 23, 2024
22 September 1912: Casa del Obrero Mundial founded
Sep 22, 2024
21 September 1945: US coal supervisors strike
Sep 21, 2024
20 September 1979: New Zealand general strike
Sep 20, 2024
19 September 1795: Curaçao slave revolt crushed
Sep 19, 2024
18 September 1809: Old price riots
Sep 18, 2024
17 September 1941: Canada bans strikes
Sep 17, 2024
16 September 1937: Kirkintilloch tragedy
Sep 16, 2024
15 September 1978: Inco strike
Sep 15, 2024
14 September 1889: Navassa miners' rebellion
Sep 14, 2024
13 September 1943: Belle Vue Harel strike
Sep 13, 2024
12 September 2012: Georgia prison protests
Sep 12, 2024
11 September 2017: Kenya taxi strike
Sep 12, 2024
10 September 1979: McDonald's strikers win
Sep 10, 2024
9 September 1739: Stono rebellion
Sep 09, 2024
8 September 1941: Norwegian milk strike
Sep 08, 2024
7 September 1977: Mohan Nagar clashes
Sep 07, 2024
6 September 2008: Boeing workers strike
Sep 06, 2024
5 September 2013: Saint Helena Airport strike
Sep 05, 2024
4 September 1936: Trocadero Grill strike
Sep 04, 2024
3 September 1940: Eduardo Hughes Galeano born
Sep 03, 2024
2 September 1963: Philippines Airlines strike
Sep 02, 2024
1 September 1974: Newark Labour Day riots
Sep 01, 2024
31 August 1972: Shrewsbury builders strike meeting
Aug 31, 2024
30 August 1908: Birmingham coal strike ends
Aug 30, 2024
29 August 2016: Curaçao oil workers strike
Aug 29, 2024
28 August 1968: Chicago Black bus drivers strike
Aug 28, 2024
27 August 1889: Jewish tailors strike
Aug 27, 2024
26 August 1972: Falkirk FC strike
Aug 26, 2024
25 August 1921: Battle of Blair Mountain
Aug 25, 2024
24 August 1922: Howard Zinn born
Aug 24, 2024
23 August 1966: Wave Hill walk-off
Aug 23, 2024
22 August 2005: Air Vanuatu strike
Aug 22, 2024
21 August 1971: Angry Brigade raid
Aug 21, 2024
20 August 1976: Grunwick strike begins
Aug 20, 2024
19 August 1909: Little Red Song Book published
Aug 19, 2024
18 August 1812: Leeds food riots
Aug 18, 2024
17 August 1987: Hyundai occupation
Aug 17, 2024
16 August 1819: Peterloo massacre
Aug 16, 2024
15 August 1911: Liverpool strikers shot
Aug 15, 2024
14 August 1886: New Haven rubber workers strike
Aug 14, 2024
13 August 1937: Mauritius strike massacre
Aug 13, 2024
12 August 1887: Maria Cano born
Aug 12, 2024
11 August 1958: Dockums drugstore sit-in
Aug 11, 2024
10 August 2005: Gate Gourmet dispute
Aug 10, 2024
9 August 1979: YH wig workers occupation
Aug 09, 2024
8 August 1883: Madison Square Garden strike benefit
Aug 08, 2024
7 August 1842: Chartist mass meeting
Aug 07, 2024
6 August 1970: Yippies invade Disneyland
Aug 06, 2024
5 August 1981: Air-traffic controllers fired
Aug 05, 2024
4 August 1941: Moengo miners strike
Aug 04, 2024
3 August 1945: Wagglen family squat
Aug 03, 2024
2 August 1917: Rio de Janeiro strike ends
Aug 02, 2024
1 August 1938: Hilo massacre
Aug 01, 2024
31 July 1945: London dockers go-slow
Jul 31, 2024
30 July 1766: Real Del Monte miners strike
Jul 30, 2024
29 July 2019: Blackjewel blockade
Jul 29, 2024
28 July 1869: Daughters of Saint Crispin
Jul 28, 2024
27 July 2017: Brisbane fare strike
Jul 27, 2024
26 July 1956: Briggs motors strike
Jul 26, 2024
25 July 2011: Cambrew promoters strike
Jul 25, 2024
24 July 2019: Alaska ferry strike
Jul 24, 2024
23 July 1918: Japan rice riots
Jul 23, 2024
22 July 2005: Tonga civil servants strike
Jul 22, 2024
21 July 1945: Dublin laundry strike
Jul 21, 2024
20 July 1979: Leonard Peltier escapes
Jul 20, 2024
19 July 1984: Dunnes store strike
Jul 19, 2024
18 July 1887: Argentina bakers union
Jul 18, 2024
17 July 1971: Cabildo prison break
Jul 17, 2024
16 July 2015: Nunavut power strike
Jul 16, 2024
15 July 1966: Euston colour bar scrapped
Jul 15, 2024
14 July 1966: Fort Hood Three
Jul 14, 2024
13 July 1917: São Paulo general strike
Jul 13, 2024
12 July 1994: Bridgestone Firestone strike
Jul 12, 2024
11 July 1989: Soviet miners strike
Jul 11, 2024
10 July 1949: Ben Fletcher dies
Jul 10, 2024
9 July 1919: Allentown bartenders strike
Jul 09, 2024
8 July 1908: Birmingham coal strike
Jul 08, 2024
7 July 1864: Isabelo de los Reyes born
Jul 07, 2024
6 July 1934: Couva Plantation riot
Jul 06, 2024
5 July 1777: Scab first used in print
Jul 05, 2024
4 July 1998: Las Vegas anti-racists murdered
Jul 04, 2024
3 July 1918: Isle of Man general strike
Jul 03, 2024
2 July 1848: St Croix enslaved revolt
Jul 01, 2024
1 July 1919: Prohibition strike planned
Jun 30, 2024
30 June 1977: Faridabad mass strike
Jun 29, 2024
29 June 1892: Homestead strike
Jun 28, 2024
28 June 1969: Stonewall Rebellion
Jun 27, 2024
27 June 1905: IWW founded
Jun 26, 2024
26 June 1993: Decatur workers protest
Jun 25, 2024
25 June 2021: Chad oil workers strike
Jun 24, 2024
24 June 1980: El Salvador general strike
Jun 23, 2024
23 June 2015: St Pierre strike
Jun 23, 2024
22 June 1945: Nigeria general strike
Jun 21, 2024
16 June 1983: Chile miners strike
Jun 16, 2024
15 June 1970: June workers resistance
Jun 15, 2024
14 June 1994: Wallis and Futuna general strike
Jun 14, 2024
13 June 1992: Burnsall strike
Jun 13, 2024
12 June 2011: Botswana general strike
Jun 12, 2024
11 June 1925: Davis day
Jun 11, 2024
10 June 1973: Gravediggers strike expands
Jun 10, 2024
9 June 1963: Fannie Lou Hamer arrested
Jun 09, 2024
8 June 1861: Queensland miners strike
Jun 08, 2024
7 June 1948: Nauru miners strike
Jun 07, 2024
6 June 1988: South Africa general strike
Jun 06, 2024
5 June 2001: Harehills riot
Jun 05, 2024
4 June 2003: Faroe Islands strikers win
Jun 04, 2024
3 June 1977: Bhilai steelworkers massacre
Jun 03, 2024
2 June 1975: St Nizier church occupation
Jun 02, 2024
1 June 1981 Schlitz: workers strike
Jun 01, 2024
31 May 1989: CLR James dies
May 31, 2024
30 May 1968: Senegal general strike
May 30, 2024
29 May 1941: Disney animators strike
May 29, 2024
28 May 1936: Popular Front strike wave
May 28, 2024
27 May 1935: Ballantyne lockout begins
May 27, 2024
26 May 1824: Pawtucket Mill strike
May 26, 2024
25 May 1901: FORA founded
May 25, 2024
24 May 1919: Drumheller miners strike
May 24, 2024
23 May 2020: Tenke Fungurume miners strike
May 23, 2024
22 May 1992: Great Mine lockout
May 22, 2024
21 May 1913: Royal Observatory bombing
May 21, 2024
20 May 1963: Eswatini miners strike
May 20, 2024
19 May 1920: Battle of Matewan
May 19, 2024
18 May 1980: Gwangju uprising
May 18, 2024
17 May 1968: Catonsville 9
May 17, 2024
16 May 1967: Hong Kong riots committee formed
May 16, 2024
15 May 1942: T-Bone Slim body found
May 15, 2024
14 May 2021: Livorno dockers Gaza boycott
May 14, 2024
13 May 1935: Jamaica banana loaders strike
May 13, 2024
12 May 1978: Saab Scania strike
May 12, 2024
11 May 1894: Pullman strike begins
May 11, 2024
10 May 1941: Strike of the 100,000
May 10, 2024
9 May 1935: Kingston dock boycott
May 09, 2024
8 May 1978: Peru great education strike
May 08, 2024
7 May 1912: NYC waiters strike
May 07, 2024
6 May 1937: IN Vaughan strike
May 06, 2024
5 May 1886: Bay View massacre
May 05, 2024
4 May 1970: Kent State massacre
May 04, 2024
3 May 1926: Striking furriers arrested
May 03, 2024
2 May 2022: Eswatini textile strike
May 02, 2024
1 May 1886: International Workers' Day
May 01, 2024
30 April 2022: Dubai Deliveroo strike
Apr 30, 2024
29 April 1982: Supreme Quilting strike
Apr 29, 2024
28 April 1789: Mutiny on the Bounty
Apr 28, 2024
27 April 2007: Liberia Firestone strike
Apr 27, 2024
26 April 2020: Minnesota Amazon strike
Apr 26, 2024
25 April 1945: Italy Liberation Day
Apr 25, 2024
24 April 1980: Sabuk miners win strike
Apr 24, 2024
23 April 1938: Jamaicans demand minimum wage
Apr 23, 2024
22 April 1944: Thompsons cafeteria sit-in
Apr 22, 2024
21 April 1894: US miners strike
Apr 21, 2024
20 April 1920: Ludlow massacre
Apr 20, 2024
19 April 1968: Valdagno textile strike
Apr 19, 2024
18 April 1945: Turin general strike
Apr 18, 2024
17 April 2016: Kuwait oil workers strike
Apr 17, 2024
16 April 1970: Chrysler workers strike
Apr 16, 2024
15 April 1916: Denver Domestic Workers Union
Apr 15, 2024
14 April 1913: Belgium general strike
Apr 14, 2024
13 April 1890: Ben Fletcher born
Apr 13, 2024
12 April 1920: Ireland general strike
Apr 12, 2024
11 April 1960: April revolution
Apr 11, 2024
10 April 1910: Lima general strike
Apr 10, 2024
9 April 1946: Palestine general strike
Apr 08, 2024
8 April 2019: Gabon student protests
Apr 07, 2024
7 April 2010: Carlsberg beer strike
Apr 06, 2024
6 April 1712: New York enslaved uprising
Apr 05, 2024
5 April 1977: 504 sit-ins
Apr 04, 2024
4 April 1886: New Haven Pastor condemns strikes
Apr 03, 2024
3 April 1967: Barbican strike
Apr 02, 2024
2 April 1863: Richmond food riot
Apr 02, 2024
1 April 1949: NYC Brewery strike
Apr 01, 2024
31 March 2009: Caterpillar bossnapping
Mar 31, 2024
30 March 1976: Palestine Land Day
Mar 30, 2024
29 March 1963: Eswatini mill strike
Mar 29, 2024
28 March 1919: Arkansas anti-anarchist law
Mar 28, 2024
27 March 1974: Christmas Island strike
Mar 27, 2024
26 March 1915: Sioux City free-speech fight
Mar 26, 2024
25 March 2008: Equatorial Guinea Chinese strike
Mar 25, 2024
24 March 2008: Renault Romania strike
Mar 24, 2024
23 March 1944: Via Rasella attack
Mar 23, 2024
22 March 1986: Philippines US bases strike
Mar 22, 2024
21 March 1991: Poll tax abolished
Mar 21, 2024
20 March 2013: Azores Airlines strike
Mar 20, 2024
19 March 1968: Howard University occupation
Mar 19, 2024
18 March 1834: Tolpuddle martyrs
Mar 18, 2024
17 March 1916: Armstrong-Whitworth strike
Mar 17, 2024
16 March 1978: Beyazıt massacre
Mar 16, 2024
15 March 2018: Andorra general strike
Mar 15, 2024
14 March 1970: Columbia Eagle mutiny
Mar 14, 2024
13 March 1920: Sommerda commune
Mar 13, 2024
12 March 1951: Barcelona general strike
Mar 12, 2024
11 March 1975: Portugal coup attempt
Mar 12, 2024
10 March 1920: El Bordo fire
Mar 10, 2024
9 March 2020: Mexico women strike
Mar 09, 2024
8 March 1922: Hong Kong seamen's strike
Mar 08, 2024
7 March 1962: Bagel bakers win strike
Mar 07, 2024
6 March 1974: Miners win strike
Mar 06, 2024
5 March 1984: Great Miners' Strike
Mar 05, 2024
4 March 1947: Biratnagar Jute Mill strike
Mar 04, 2024
3 March 1921: Labin republic
Mar 03, 2024
2 March 2016: Berta Cáceres assassinated
Mar 02, 2024
1 March 1943: Strikes against fascism in Italy
Mar 01, 2024
29 February 2004: Haiti coup
Feb 29, 2024
28 February 1879: Chinese sailors strike
Feb 28, 2024
27 February 1937: Woolworths sitdown strike
Feb 27, 2024
26 February 1906: Orange carriers strike
Feb 26, 2024
25 February 2008: Cameroon transport strike
Feb 25, 2024
24 February 1942: Canadian Japanese deportations
Feb 24, 2024
23 February 1864: Troy Collar laundry strike
Feb 23, 2024
22 February 1865: Dripping riot
Feb 22, 2024
21 February 1965: Malcolm X assassinated
Feb 21, 2024
20 February 1917: New York women's food riot
Feb 20, 2024
19 February 1951: Grenada strike
Feb 19, 2024
18 February 1946: Royal Indian Navy mutiny
Feb 18, 2024
17 February 1981: Alberta beer strike ends
Feb 17, 2024
16 February 1943: Mildred Fish-Harnack
Feb 16, 2024
15 February 1910: Uprising of the 20,000 ends
Feb 15, 2024
14 February 1934: Belize unemployed protest
Feb 14, 2024
13 February 1913: Mother Jones arrested
Feb 13, 2024
12 February 1920: Colombia women strike
Feb 12, 2024
11 February 1967: Black Cat Tavern protest
Feb 11, 2024
10 February 1930: TIGR attack
Feb 10, 2024
9 February 2007: Alejandro Finisterre dies
Feb 09, 2024
8 February 1840: Eight-hour day
Feb 08, 2024
7 February 1919: No Beer No Work
Feb 07, 2024
6 February 2006: Liberia Firestone strike
Feb 06, 2024
5 February 1919: La Canadiense strike
Feb 05, 2024
4 February 2022: British Virgin Islands sick-out
Feb 04, 2024
3 February 1953: Batepá massacre
Feb 03, 2024
2 February 1932: Bronx fights evictions
Feb 02, 2024
1 February 1960: Greensboro sit-in
Feb 01, 2024
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