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New #GeneralStrike100 podcast! We discuss the literature that came out of the general strike: from established writers like Virginia Woolf and DH Lawrence to the working-class authors who broke out later. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/wcl1...
#OtD 14 Oct 1894 Sail Mohamed Ameriane ben Amerzaine, an Algerian anarchist, WWI deserter, anti-colonialist, staunch anti-Stalinist, and anti-fascist fighter in the Spanish Civil War, was born in Kabylie in northern Algeria stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8616...
October 14, 2026 at 5:25 PM
#OtD 14 Oct 1894 Sail Mohamed Ameriane ben Amerzaine, an Algerian anarchist, WWI deserter, anti-colonialist, staunch anti-Stalinist, and anti-fascist fighter in the Spanish Civil War, was born in Kabylie in northern Algeria stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8616...
#OtD 14 Oct 1976 over million workers in Canada staged a one-day strike against wage and price controls considered the worst attack on labour since the 1930s. The wage controls were eventually reversed. The PM had previously campaigned against controls stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8623...
October 14, 2026 at 3:25 PM
#OtD 14 Oct 1976 over million workers in Canada staged a one-day strike against wage and price controls considered the worst attack on labour since the 1930s. The wage controls were eventually reversed. The PM had previously campaigned against controls stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8623...
#OtD 14 Oct 1973 a mass uprising involving student demonstrations and workers' strikes took place in Thailand, overthrowing the military dictatorship and demanding more democratic freedoms stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8622...
October 14, 2026 at 3:10 PM
#OtD 14 Oct 1973 a mass uprising involving student demonstrations and workers' strikes took place in Thailand, overthrowing the military dictatorship and demanding more democratic freedoms stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8622...
#OtD 14 Oct 1859 anarchist François Claudius Koenigstein, aka Ravachol, perhaps the most famous practitioner of "propaganda by deed" (armed attacks on state officials and capitalists), was born in St-Chamond, France. Learn more in this excellent book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/en-gb/collec...
October 14, 2026 at 2:55 PM
#OtD 14 Oct 1859 anarchist François Claudius Koenigstein, aka Ravachol, perhaps the most famous practitioner of "propaganda by deed" (armed attacks on state officials and capitalists), was born in St-Chamond, France. Learn more in this excellent book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/en-gb/collec...
#OtD 14 Oct 1968 27 GI inmates at the Presidio military stockade in San Francisco held a sitdown protest demanding an investigation of the shooting of a prisoner, an end to the Vietnam war, for better conditions and against racism. More in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/2018/08/06/e...
October 14, 2026 at 12:55 PM
#OtD 14 Oct 1968 27 GI inmates at the Presidio military stockade in San Francisco held a sitdown protest demanding an investigation of the shooting of a prisoner, an end to the Vietnam war, for better conditions and against racism. More in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/2018/08/06/e...
#OtD 14 Oct 1943 400 prisoners at the Sobibór death camp staged a mass breakout. They killed several guards before being discovered and having to dash for freedom under fire. 150 escaped, many joining partisan units or the Red Army stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8620...
October 14, 2026 at 12:40 PM
#OtD 14 Oct 1943 400 prisoners at the Sobibór death camp staged a mass breakout. They killed several guards before being discovered and having to dash for freedom under fire. 150 escaped, many joining partisan units or the Red Army stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8620...
#OtD 14 Oct 1977 anti-gay crusader Anita Bryant was "pied" by Thom Higgins, a gay rights activist. She then began praying and burst into tears. Following a boycott, she lost her job as brand ambassador for Florida orange juice. More LGBT+ history here: workingclasshistory.com/tag/lgbtq/
October 14, 2026 at 8:40 AM
#OtD 14 Oct 1977 anti-gay crusader Anita Bryant was "pied" by Thom Higgins, a gay rights activist. She then began praying and burst into tears. Following a boycott, she lost her job as brand ambassador for Florida orange juice. More LGBT+ history here: workingclasshistory.com/tag/lgbtq/
#OtD 14 Oct 1913 the Senghenydd Colliery Disaster occured. The explosion killed 439 miners and a rescuer. It is still the worst mining accident to have occurred in the United Kingdom stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8619...
October 14, 2026 at 5:25 AM
#OtD 14 Oct 1913 the Senghenydd Colliery Disaster occured. The explosion killed 439 miners and a rescuer. It is still the worst mining accident to have occurred in the United Kingdom stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8619...
#OtD 14 Oct 1889 Max Hoelz, a German communist known as the "Red Robin Hood", was born. He frequently robbed banks and requisitioned food and fuel for the unemployed and poor stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8615...
October 14, 2026 at 5:10 AM
#OtD 14 Oct 1889 Max Hoelz, a German communist known as the "Red Robin Hood", was born. He frequently robbed banks and requisitioned food and fuel for the unemployed and poor stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8615...
New daily podcast: 14 October 1976: One million strike in Canada
14 October 1976: One million strike in Canada
On this day, 14 October 1976, over a million Canadian workers stage a one-day strike to protest wage and price controls. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau had actually campaigned against wage controls during the 1974 elections but his measures were considered to be the worst attack on labour since the 1930s. In response to the walk out, wage controls were reversed eight months before they were initially supposed to end, and the strike strengthened the labour movement as a whole.
More information, sources and map: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8623/1-million-canadians-strike
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October 14, 2026 at 5:06 AM
New daily podcast: 14 October 1976: One million strike in Canada
#OtD 13 Oct 1909 at the same hour radical educationalist Francesc Ferrer was executed in Barcelona, over 10k workers protested in Montevideo, Uruguay. Among the speakers was Virginia Bolten, a working-class revolutionary and feminist
October 13, 2026 at 10:10 PM
#OtD 13 Oct 1909 at the same hour radical educationalist Francesc Ferrer was executed in Barcelona, over 10k workers protested in Montevideo, Uruguay. Among the speakers was Virginia Bolten, a working-class revolutionary and feminist
#OtD which most likely translates to 13 Oct c1157 BC, the first recorded strike in history was first reported. In ancient Egypt, gangs of construction workers building for Ramses III launched sit-down strikes in protest at insufficient food rations shop.workingclasshistory.com/search
October 13, 2026 at 9:40 PM
#OtD which most likely translates to 13 Oct c1157 BC, the first recorded strike in history was first reported. In ancient Egypt, gangs of construction workers building for Ramses III launched sit-down strikes in protest at insufficient food rations shop.workingclasshistory.com/search
#OtD 13 Oct 2004 a rare recent mutiny of the US Army took place in Iraq when 19 soldiers of the 343 Company refused to carry out a supply mission, believing it too dangerous. Learn more about mutinies in this podcast with @SrslyWrong: workingclasshistory.com/2020/05/26/e...
October 13, 2026 at 6:40 PM
#OtD 13 Oct 2004 a rare recent mutiny of the US Army took place in Iraq when 19 soldiers of the 343 Company refused to carry out a supply mission, believing it too dangerous. Learn more about mutinies in this podcast with @SrslyWrong: workingclasshistory.com/2020/05/26/e...
#OtD 13 Oct 1990 the first South African pride parade was held near the end of the apartheid era in Johannesburg, considered the first LGBT+ pride event in Africa stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8528...
October 13, 2026 at 5:10 PM
#OtD 13 Oct 1990 the first South African pride parade was held near the end of the apartheid era in Johannesburg, considered the first LGBT+ pride event in Africa stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8528...
#OtD 13 Oct 1827 Italian anarchist Giuseppe Fanelli was born. He was best known for touring Spain in 1868, introducing the anarchist ideas of Mikhail Bakunin which would have a huge impact on the country and the revolution in 1936
October 13, 2026 at 4:55 PM
#OtD 13 Oct 1827 Italian anarchist Giuseppe Fanelli was born. He was best known for touring Spain in 1868, introducing the anarchist ideas of Mikhail Bakunin which would have a huge impact on the country and the revolution in 1936
#OtD 13 Oct 1947 the Soviet military govt in East Germany introduced measures to fight "slackers", including piecework pay and bigger wage differentials. But workers resisted: they shared food and goods, and did slowdowns and sabotage stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8524...
October 13, 2026 at 12:55 PM
#OtD 13 Oct 1947 the Soviet military govt in East Germany introduced measures to fight "slackers", including piecework pay and bigger wage differentials. But workers resisted: they shared food and goods, and did slowdowns and sabotage stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8524...
#OtD 13 Oct 1999 to prevent a strike by Guatemalan workers at a Del Monte subsidiary after a mass firing, 200 hired thugs forced union leaders at gunpoint to resign and say on the radio the action was called off stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8529...
October 13, 2026 at 12:25 PM
#OtD 13 Oct 1999 to prevent a strike by Guatemalan workers at a Del Monte subsidiary after a mass firing, 200 hired thugs forced union leaders at gunpoint to resign and say on the radio the action was called off stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8529...
#OtD 13 Oct 1948 181 drivers at Ruppert brewery in NYC went on wildcat strike in support of 21 drivers who had failed to keep up with excessively quick delivery schedules. The union agreed the sackings. Soon, 3500 were out and after a month they won stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8525...
October 13, 2026 at 12:10 PM
#OtD 13 Oct 1948 181 drivers at Ruppert brewery in NYC went on wildcat strike in support of 21 drivers who had failed to keep up with excessively quick delivery schedules. The union agreed the sackings. Soon, 3500 were out and after a month they won stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8525...
#OtD 13 Oct 1970 Aubrey Walter and Bob Mellor founded the Gay Liberation Front in London, after meeting their US counterparts and Black Panthers earlier that year stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8526...
October 13, 2026 at 11:25 AM
#OtD 13 Oct 1970 Aubrey Walter and Bob Mellor founded the Gay Liberation Front in London, after meeting their US counterparts and Black Panthers earlier that year stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8526...
#OtD 13 Oct 1970 famous Black activist Angela Davis was arrested by the FBI in NYC. She had fled California after a warrant for her arrest was issued in connection with an attempted jailbreak. Davis was later acquitted. Learn more in this book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
October 13, 2026 at 10:55 AM
#OtD 13 Oct 1970 famous Black activist Angela Davis was arrested by the FBI in NYC. She had fled California after a warrant for her arrest was issued in connection with an attempted jailbreak. Davis was later acquitted. Learn more in this book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
#OtD 13 Oct 1909 radical educator, Francesc Ferrer, was executed in Barcelona. Sentenced to death by a military tribunal despite no solid evidence being brought against him, his murder caused protests across the world. This is a collection of his work: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/ana...
October 13, 2026 at 9:25 AM
#OtD 13 Oct 1909 radical educator, Francesc Ferrer, was executed in Barcelona. Sentenced to death by a military tribunal despite no solid evidence being brought against him, his murder caused protests across the world. This is a collection of his work: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/ana...
#OtD 12 Oct 1919 150 Royal Navy sailors mutinied and broke out of their ships at Port Edgar upon hearing they were being sent to the Baltic to fight against the Russian Revolution. The desertion prevented the First Destroyer Flotilla from departing stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8435...
October 12, 2026 at 8:10 PM
#OtD 12 Oct 1919 150 Royal Navy sailors mutinied and broke out of their ships at Port Edgar upon hearing they were being sent to the Baltic to fight against the Russian Revolution. The desertion prevented the First Destroyer Flotilla from departing stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8435...
#OtD 12 Oct 1860 French anarchist-communist Émile Pouget was born. He was a militant trade unionist, founder of multiple libertarian newspapers, deputy secretary of @lacgtcommunique from 1901-1908, and participant in drafting the 1906 Charter of Amiens stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1262...
October 12, 2026 at 7:10 PM
#OtD 12 Oct 1860 French anarchist-communist Émile Pouget was born. He was a militant trade unionist, founder of multiple libertarian newspapers, deputy secretary of @lacgtcommunique from 1901-1908, and participant in drafting the 1906 Charter of Amiens stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1262...
#OtD 12 Oct 1896 Portuguese anarchist union leader and rail worker, Mário Castelhano, died in the Tarrafal concentration camp, Cape Verde. Sent there by the far-right dictatorship for his role in a general strike, he died during an epidemic in the camp stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7738...
October 12, 2026 at 3:30 PM
#OtD 12 Oct 1896 Portuguese anarchist union leader and rail worker, Mário Castelhano, died in the Tarrafal concentration camp, Cape Verde. Sent there by the far-right dictatorship for his role in a general strike, he died during an epidemic in the camp stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7738...