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16 Dec 1910 the Houndsditch Murders took place in London's East End. Three policemen were shot dead by a gang of Latvian revolutionaries who had bungled a jewellery shop burglary. The murders culminated in the famous Sidney Street siege. Learn more: libcom.org/history/peter-…

#OtD 16 Dec 1910 the Houndsditch Murders took place in London's East End. Three policemen were shot dead by a gang of Latvian revolutionaries who had bungled a jewellery shop burglary. The murders culminated in the famous Sidney Street siege. Learn more: libcom.org/history/peter-…
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16 Dec 1908 Mexican-Catalan revolutionary, anti-fascist and surrealist artist Remedios Varo was born. She was active during the Spanish Civil War then moved to Paris. Interned by Nazis until she was rescued. Learn more about the Civil War in our pod: workingclasshistory.com/2020/06/17/e39…

#OtD 16 Dec 1908 Mexican-Catalan revolutionary, anti-fascist and surrealist artist Remedios Varo was born. She was active during the Spanish Civil War then moved to Paris. Interned by Nazis until she was rescued. Learn more about the Civil War in our pod: workingclasshistory.com/2020/06/17/e39…
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16 Dec 1913 Jewish anarchist Emma Goldman addressed members of the Industrial Workers of the World on anarchism in Paterson, NJ, despite police warning her from speaking. Audience members ended up fighting police to release her. More on her life and work: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/al…

#OtD 16 Dec 1913 Jewish anarchist Emma Goldman addressed members of the @iww on anarchism in Paterson, NJ, despite police warning her from speaking. Audience members ended up fighting police to release her. More on her life and work: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/al…
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16 Dec 1890 the women workers at a silk mill in Yorkshire walked out on strike to protest upcoming Christmas Eve pay cuts. The strike lasted 19 weeks and ended in defeat, with eviction threats, military presence, and the near-starvation of workers

#OtD 16 Dec 1890 the women workers at a silk mill in Yorkshire walked out on strike to protest upcoming Christmas Eve pay cuts. The strike lasted 19 weeks and ended in defeat, with eviction threats, military presence, and the near-starvation of workers
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16 Dec 1871 teacher and revolutionary, Louise Michel, was put on trial after the crushing of the Paris commune for trying to overthrow the government and other offences. She was sentenced to exile in New Caledonia. Learn more about her life: libcom.org/history/michel…

#OtD 16 Dec 1871 teacher and revolutionary, Louise Michel, was put on trial after the crushing of the Paris commune for trying to overthrow the government and other offences. She was sentenced to exile in New Caledonia. Learn more about her life: libcom.org/history/michel…
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Happy Birthday Partisan Lina! 100 years young today 💐
Lina Tridenti fought in the Italian Resistance as a dispatch rider & ended the war as a Lieutenenant, Adjutant to the Commander of the 'Ortigara' Division, Giacomo Chilesotti. (Photo Trui Hanoulle)

Happy Birthday Partisan Lina! 100 years young today 💐 Lina Tridenti fought in the Italian Resistance as a dispatch rider & ended the war as a Lieutenenant, Adjutant to the Commander of the 'Ortigara' Division, Giacomo Chilesotti. (Photo @TruiHanoulle) #16dicembre
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On 15 December 1897 Scottish mill worker, songwriter and socialist Mary Brooksbank was born. She was imprisoned three times in her life for her activities, which she continued until her death aged 82 Mary Brooksbank stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8655/m… via Working Class History

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Get a @WrkClassHistory 2024 Wall Calendar as a FREE gift when you sign up yourself or someone else as a new Friend of PM.

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Scheme and dream in 2024. Get a @WrkClassHistory 2024 Wall Calendar as a FREE gift when you sign up yourself or someone else as a new Friend of PM. You get every new book we publish & 50% off our website year-round. Learn more at pmpress.org/fopm. Offer ends 1/1/24.
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15 Dec 1897 Scottish mill worker and socialist, Mary Brooksbank, born. She fought for better health and social services, organised women railway workers and was imprisoned three times in her life for her activities

#OtD 15 Dec 1897 Scottish mill worker and socialist, Mary Brooksbank, born. She fought for better health and social services, organised women railway workers and was imprisoned three times in her life for her activities
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New bonus podcast ep with John Barker, as part of our series on the Angry Brigade Britain's first homegrown urban guerrilla group. This part is about his prison activism, escape attempt, and winter of discontent. Exclusively for our patreon supporters: patreon.com/posts/e84-1-an…

New bonus podcast ep with John Barker, as part of our series on the Angry Brigade Britain's first homegrown urban guerrilla group. This part is about his prison activism, escape attempt, and winter of discontent. Exclusively for our patreon supporters: patreon.com/posts/e84-1-an…
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15 Dec 1890 Hunkpapa Lakota leader Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake (Sitting Bull) was killed by Indian police in the Standing Rock Reservation in South Dakota when he refused to cooperate with arrest. Learn more about Indigenous genocide & resistance in this book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/500-y…

#OtD 15 Dec 1890 Hunkpapa Lakota leader Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake (Sitting Bull) was killed by Indian police in the Standing Rock Reservation in South Dakota when he refused to cooperate with arrest. Learn more about Indigenous genocide & resistance in this book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/500-y…
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15 Dec 1969 anarchist railway worker and former partisan, Giuseppe Pinelli, was murdered by police in Milan. He had been arrested in the wake of the bank bombing by fascists and the state, which was subsequently blamed on the left libcom.org/history/pinell…

#OtD 15 Dec 1969 anarchist railway worker and former partisan, Giuseppe Pinelli, was murdered by police in Milan. He had been arrested in the wake of the bank bombing by fascists and the state, which was subsequently blamed on the left libcom.org/history/pinell…
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These are heroes.

Working class women activists who strive for peace.

Against a rhetoric of war-mongering, revenge and hate, let’s celebrate the peace makers and the social reformists

Today, I’m joining Working Class History to celebrate Mary Brooksbank.

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15 Dec 2014 a general strike against austerity brought Belgium to a halt. It was the biggest coordinated strike action in the country in 20 years

#OtD 15 Dec 2014 a general strike against austerity brought Belgium to a halt. It was the biggest coordinated strike action in the country in 20 years
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15 Dec 2021 influential Black author, social activist, and feminist theorist, bell hooks died in Berea, Kentucky, at the age of 69. She wrote over 30 books, often critiquing what she termed the imperialist white supremacist capitalist patriarchy libcom.org/article/femini…

#OtD 15 Dec 2021 influential Black author, social activist, and feminist theorist, bell hooks died in Berea, Kentucky, at the age of 69. She wrote over 30 books, often critiquing what she termed the imperialist white supremacist capitalist patriarchy libcom.org/article/femini…
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15 Dec 1912 the Federación Obrera Regional del Perú (Regional Workers' Federation of Peru), which had been formed earlier that year in October, held its second assembly and adopted the demand for the eight-hour day libcom.org/article/anarch…

#OtD 15 Dec 1912 the Federación Obrera Regional del Perú (Regional Workers' Federation of Peru), which had been formed earlier that year in October, held its second assembly and adopted the demand for the eight-hour day libcom.org/article/anarch…
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15 Dec 1890 Hunkpapa Lakota leader Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake (Sitting Bull) was killed by Indian police in the Standing Rock Reservation in South Dakota when he refused to cooperate with arrest. Learn more about Indigenous genocide & resistance in this book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/500-y…

#OtD 15 Dec 1890 Hunkpapa Lakota leader Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake (Sitting Bull) was killed by Indian police in the Standing Rock Reservation in South Dakota when he refused to cooperate with arrest. Learn more about Indigenous genocide & resistance in this book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/500-y…
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14 Dec 1951 bagel bakers in New York City went on strike, shutting 32 out of 34 bakeries causing what the New York Times described as a 'bagel famine'. Bakers won concessions in January, and drivers who joined the strike won later

#OtD 14 Dec 1951 bagel bakers in New York City went on strike, shutting 32 out of 34 bakeries causing what the New York Times described as a 'bagel famine'. Bakers won concessions in January, and drivers who joined the strike won later
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