#OtD 12 Apr 1938 German print worker & anarchist Anna Götze jailed by Nazi authorities for work against the regime. Moved to the Ravensbrück concentration camp with her daughter, they were fortunately able to escape and survive the war stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8366...
#OtD 12 Apr 1920 workers in Ireland launched a general strike in support of pro-independence prisoners who were on hunger strike in Mountjoy prison, Dublin. After two days, the British government caved and released all the prisoners stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8363...
#OtD 12 Apr 1943 young Walter Mayer was jailed by a Nazi court in Düsseldorf for looting and being a member of the anti-fascist Edelweiss Pirates. He later escaped a concentration camp. This is our podcast about the group, including Walter: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/72-e...
#OtD 12 Apr 1934 workers at the Electric Auto-Lite company in Toledo, Ohio, went on strike. The Toledo Auto-Lite strike heavily involved unemployed workers and is one of the most important strikes in US labour history. Read its history in this book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/en-gb/produc...
#OtD 12 Apr 1927 the Shanghai massacre began when thousands of communists, workers and students were murdered by the nationalist Kuomintang. Until then, the KMT had been supported by the Chinese & Soviet Communist Parties as well as some anarchists stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8364...
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#OtD 11 Apr 1993 possibly the longest prison rebellion in US history took place in Lucasville, Ohio. Black & white prisoners, including those in the Aryan Brotherhood, fought together against mistreatment by prison authorities. This is a history: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/luc...
#OtD 11 Apr 1914 a UK anarchist conference began in Newcastle. The @DailyMirror reported that it "sounds very terrible" but that the delegates were "in reality the mildest people imaginable… including three girls in the 'flapper' stage" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8263...
#OtD 11 Apr 1960 the body of activist, Kim Ju-yul, was found in Masan, South Korea. He had been killed in a protest in March against the US-backed dictatorship. Anger exploded across the country in the April revolution. More South Korean people's history: workingclasshistory.com/tag/south-ko...
#OtD 11 Apr 1981 in London, after rumours of police brutality against a young Black man, youth in Brixton, both Black and white, turned their anger on the police, leaving 280 injured in what would be one of the iconic urban riots of the Thatcher years stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8270...
#OtD 11 Apr 1913 the government of US Pres Woodrow Wilson authorised racial segregation of federal employees in multiple departments. They demoted and fired many Black workers and began requiring photos for job applications to identify Black applicants stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1370...
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#OtD 11 Apr 1871 women in the Paris commune set up the Union of Women for the Defence of Paris. They organise to defend the commune, care for the wounded, and abolish gender inequality. They later fought government troops. Learn more about the commune: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/voi...
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#OtD 11 April 1945 expecting the arrival of US troops, the resistance in the Buchenwald concentration camp rose up and seized control of it. This delayed the Nazi evacuation of the camp which helped save many lives. US forces arrived later that day stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1124...
#OtD 11 Apr 1972 over 200,000 public sector employees in Quebec took part in a general strike. After a government crackdown, 100,000 more joined them: factories were occupied and even a radio station was taken over and broadcast from by the strikers stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8269...
#OtD 11 Apr 1931 revolutionary textile worker and feminist, Teresa Claramunt, died in Barcelona aged 67. A pioneering advocate for women's liberation, anarchism and the working class, she took part in many strikes. 50,000 attended her funeral stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8264...
#OtD 11 Apr 1949 students at the City College of New York (CCNY) went on strike demanding removal of antisemitic department chairman William E. Knickerbocker & professor William C. Davis for his segregating of Black students from white stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8265...
#OtD 11 Apr 1968 West German activist Rudi Dutschke was shot in the head by a fascist. Dutschke survived and, despite brain damage, continued his work and activism until his death in 1979. Many blamed the shooting on the right-wing Springer press stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8268...
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#OtD 10 Apr 1963 the Spies for Peace published a pamphlet based on secret stolen documents revealing that the government was preparing for nuclear war and had built underground bunkers to house government officials while the population was annihilated stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8169...
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#OtD 9 Apr 1944 legendary Palestinian socialist and the first woman to hijack a plane, Leila Khaled, was born in Haifa. Forced to flee during the Nakba, she joined the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1248...
#OtD 9 Apr 1987 8000 people blocked a major road in Cadiz, Spain, as part of a militant and successful fight against the privatisation of the Puerto Real shipyards stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1087...
#OtD 9 Apr 1914 Basque anarchist, feminist and Civil War fighter Casilda Hernaez was born. Jailed for striking and again for radical activity, she then fought Franco and later helped the French and Spanish anti-fascist resistance movements stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1087...
#OtD 9 Apr 1948 around 120 fighters from the Zionist paramilitary groups Irgun and Lehi attacked the Palestinian village of Deir Yassin massacring 100 to 150 or more. The victims included many women and children, some of whom were mutilated and raped workingclasshistory.com/2018/12/16/e...
#OtD 9 Apr 1834 French silk workers in Lyon revolt against suppression of trade unions. They went by the motto "To live as a worker, or die as a fighter." stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1087...
#OtD 9 Apr 1976 US singer and activist Phil Ochs died by suicide in NYC. Ochs wrote protest songs especially for the civil rights and anti-war causes. Suffering from bipolar disorder and with the decline of the left, his mental health deteriorated.
#OtD 10 Apr 1911 a general strike erupted in Lima, Peru. The stoppage broke out in support of a walkout of 500 workers at a cotton mill who wanted better pay, no night shift and a reduction of the working day from 13 to 10 hours. They won. More info: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8164...