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Our latest Radical Read is a really important book to us at WCH: Beverly Silver's Forces of Labor. A look at labour unrest around the world since 1870 and capitalist strategies in response, it's essential reading for all radicals.
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#OtD 25 Nov 1865 Mississippi passed a Black Code to reintroduce slavery post-civil war. They prevented Black people from renting land, required them to work for whites and barred them from changing jobs. Violators could be jailed & enslaved legally stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9774...
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
#OtD 25 Nov 1865 Mississippi passed a Black Code to reintroduce slavery post-civil war. They prevented Black people from renting land, required them to work for whites and barred them from changing jobs. Violators could be jailed & enslaved legally stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9774...
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Centenary of the 1926 British General Strike Map
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November 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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#OtD 25 Nov 1915 thousands in Chicago attended the funeral of martyred @IWW union organiser and songwriter Joe Hill. He had been fitted up for a crime he did not commit and was executed. Learn more about his life and works in this book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/joe...
November 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
#OtD 25 Nov 1915 thousands in Chicago attended the funeral of martyred @IWW union organiser and songwriter Joe Hill. He had been fitted up for a crime he did not commit and was executed. Learn more about his life and works in this book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/joe...
#OtD 25 Nov 1941 three Schlurfs were arrested by Gestapo in Austria for destroying a Hitler Youth noticeboard. Schlurfs were working-class youth who rejected Nazism, militarism and the work ethic, and listened to jazz music. More on WWII anti-Nazi youth: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/72-e...
November 25, 2025 at 9:10 AM
#OtD 25 Nov 1941 three Schlurfs were arrested by Gestapo in Austria for destroying a Hitler Youth noticeboard. Schlurfs were working-class youth who rejected Nazism, militarism and the work ethic, and listened to jazz music. More on WWII anti-Nazi youth: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/72-e...
It is with sadness that we learned that Viola Fletcher, the oldest survivor of the Tulsa racist massacre, has died at the age of 111. Learn more about this event here: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1038...
November 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
It is with sadness that we learned that Viola Fletcher, the oldest survivor of the Tulsa racist massacre, has died at the age of 111. Learn more about this event here: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1038...
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Next year is the 100th anniversary of the General Strike 1926. #GeneralStrike100 is about workers making history, not reliving it.
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Share the website: generalstrike100.com
Donate: bit.ly/GeneralStrike100
Read my blog for @balhnews.bsky.social : bit.ly/GS100BALHblog
🚨 We're marking the 1926 General Strike centenary.
Read the latest article by our Assistant GS, @redhen90.bsky.social - https://www.balh.org.uk/blog-making-history-not-reliving-it-the-national-partnership-to-celebrate-100-anniversary-of-the-general-strike-1926-2025-10-05
#GeneralStrike100 #GFTU
Read the latest article by our Assistant GS, @redhen90.bsky.social - https://www.balh.org.uk/blog-making-history-not-reliving-it-the-national-partnership-to-celebrate-100-anniversary-of-the-general-strike-1926-2025-10-05
#GeneralStrike100 #GFTU
October 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Next year is the 100th anniversary of the General Strike 1926. #GeneralStrike100 is about workers making history, not reliving it.
Share the website: generalstrike100.com
Donate: bit.ly/GeneralStrike100
Read my blog for @balhnews.bsky.social : bit.ly/GS100BALHblog
Share the website: generalstrike100.com
Donate: bit.ly/GeneralStrike100
Read my blog for @balhnews.bsky.social : bit.ly/GS100BALHblog
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We're proud to be a member of the #GeneralStrike100 national partnership
Explore our interactive map & sign up to visit your nearest partner & #GeneralStrike100 history sites at actionnetwork.org/forms/visit-...
Looking forward to sharing our collections through onsite events & digitised sources!
Explore our interactive map & sign up to visit your nearest partner & #GeneralStrike100 history sites at actionnetwork.org/forms/visit-...
Looking forward to sharing our collections through onsite events & digitised sources!
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We're proud to be a member of the #GeneralStrike100 national partnership
Explore our interactive map & sign up to visit your nearest partner & #GeneralStrike100 history sites at actionnetwork.org/forms/visit-...
Looking forward to sharing our collections through onsite events & digitised sources!
Explore our interactive map & sign up to visit your nearest partner & #GeneralStrike100 history sites at actionnetwork.org/forms/visit-...
Looking forward to sharing our collections through onsite events & digitised sources!
#OtD 24 Nov 2010 much of Portugal ground to a halt in the country's first general strike in more than 20 years against austerity cuts. Transport, manufacturing and public services were particularly hard hit stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9687...
November 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
#OtD 24 Nov 2010 much of Portugal ground to a halt in the country's first general strike in more than 20 years against austerity cuts. Transport, manufacturing and public services were particularly hard hit stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9687...
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We're proud to be a member of the #GeneralStrike100 national partnership.
Explore our interactive map and sign up to visit your nearest partner and #GeneralStrike100 history sites via actionnetwork.org/forms/visit-...
Explore our interactive map and sign up to visit your nearest partner and #GeneralStrike100 history sites via actionnetwork.org/forms/visit-...
November 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
We're proud to be a member of the #GeneralStrike100 national partnership.
Explore our interactive map and sign up to visit your nearest partner and #GeneralStrike100 history sites via actionnetwork.org/forms/visit-...
Explore our interactive map and sign up to visit your nearest partner and #GeneralStrike100 history sites via actionnetwork.org/forms/visit-...
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We're proud to be a member of the #GeneralStrike100 national partnership .
Explore our interactive map and sign up to visit your nearest partner and #GeneralStrike100 history sites via https://bit.ly/VisitaGS100site
#StrikeMap
Explore our interactive map and sign up to visit your nearest partner and #GeneralStrike100 history sites via https://bit.ly/VisitaGS100site
#StrikeMap
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
We're proud to be a member of the #GeneralStrike100 national partnership .
Explore our interactive map and sign up to visit your nearest partner and #GeneralStrike100 history sites via https://bit.ly/VisitaGS100site
#StrikeMap
Explore our interactive map and sign up to visit your nearest partner and #GeneralStrike100 history sites via https://bit.ly/VisitaGS100site
#StrikeMap
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We're proud to be a member of the #GeneralStrike100 national partnership .
Explore our interactive map and sign up to visit your nearest partner and #GeneralStrike100 history sites via https://bit.ly/VisitaGS100site
#GFTU
Explore our interactive map and sign up to visit your nearest partner and #GeneralStrike100 history sites via https://bit.ly/VisitaGS100site
#GFTU
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
We're proud to be a member of the #GeneralStrike100 national partnership .
Explore our interactive map and sign up to visit your nearest partner and #GeneralStrike100 history sites via https://bit.ly/VisitaGS100site
#GFTU
Explore our interactive map and sign up to visit your nearest partner and #GeneralStrike100 history sites via https://bit.ly/VisitaGS100site
#GFTU
We're proud to be part of the #generalstrike100 collaboration, commemorating the centenary of the 1926 general strike in Britain. So explore our interactive map and sign up to visit your nearest #GeneralStrike100 event via generalstrike100.com/
November 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
We're proud to be part of the #generalstrike100 collaboration, commemorating the centenary of the 1926 general strike in Britain. So explore our interactive map and sign up to visit your nearest #GeneralStrike100 event via generalstrike100.com/
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📣 We're not reliving history, we’re making it.
Join us and partners to mark #GeneralStrike100 with events, stories & celebrations.
👉 Support the project: https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/support-the-celebration-of-the100th-anniversary-of-the-general-strike-1926
#GFTU
Join us and partners to mark #GeneralStrike100 with events, stories & celebrations.
👉 Support the project: https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/support-the-celebration-of-the100th-anniversary-of-the-general-strike-1926
#GFTU
November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
📣 We're not reliving history, we’re making it.
Join us and partners to mark #GeneralStrike100 with events, stories & celebrations.
👉 Support the project: https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/support-the-celebration-of-the100th-anniversary-of-the-general-strike-1926
#GFTU
Join us and partners to mark #GeneralStrike100 with events, stories & celebrations.
👉 Support the project: https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/support-the-celebration-of-the100th-anniversary-of-the-general-strike-1926
#GFTU
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General Strike 100
National museums, libraries, archives, community groups, and individuals across the UK are marking the centenary of the 1926 General Strike.
All the details here: generalstrike100.com #GeneralStrike100
National museums, libraries, archives, community groups, and individuals across the UK are marking the centenary of the 1926 General Strike.
All the details here: generalstrike100.com #GeneralStrike100
November 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
General Strike 100
National museums, libraries, archives, community groups, and individuals across the UK are marking the centenary of the 1926 General Strike.
All the details here: generalstrike100.com #GeneralStrike100
National museums, libraries, archives, community groups, and individuals across the UK are marking the centenary of the 1926 General Strike.
All the details here: generalstrike100.com #GeneralStrike100
#OtD 24 Nov 1995 French workers took part in a massive general strike against welfare and pension reforms. Part of a movement which lasted from October to December, they were eventually able to force the government to scrap its pension plans stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9686...
November 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
#OtD 24 Nov 1995 French workers took part in a massive general strike against welfare and pension reforms. Part of a movement which lasted from October to December, they were eventually able to force the government to scrap its pension plans stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9686...
#OtD 24 Nov 1942 Scottish comedian and former shipyard apprentice, Billy Connolly, was born. He was involved in the Clyde shipyards apprentices strikes of the 1960s, striking alongside future Manchester United manager, Alex Ferguson, among others stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9685...
November 24, 2025 at 10:25 AM
#OtD 24 Nov 1942 Scottish comedian and former shipyard apprentice, Billy Connolly, was born. He was involved in the Clyde shipyards apprentices strikes of the 1960s, striking alongside future Manchester United manager, Alex Ferguson, among others stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9685...
#OtD 24 Nov 1866 Malvina Tavares, an anarchist pioneer of secular and radical working-class education in Brazil, was born in Encruzilhada do Sol. She helped to raise next generation of worker organisers stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9683...
November 24, 2025 at 10:10 AM
#OtD 24 Nov 1866 Malvina Tavares, an anarchist pioneer of secular and radical working-class education in Brazil, was born in Encruzilhada do Sol. She helped to raise next generation of worker organisers stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9683...
#OtD 24 Nov 1916 Concha Liaño, Spanish revolutionary feminist, was born in France. Concha played an active role in the Spanish revolution, then escaped a French concentration camp and supported the underground resistance stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9684...
November 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM
#OtD 24 Nov 1916 Concha Liaño, Spanish revolutionary feminist, was born in France. Concha played an active role in the Spanish revolution, then escaped a French concentration camp and supported the underground resistance stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9684...
Available again! T-shirt design commemorating the 1st recorded use of the word "scab". It references a famous Jack London quote: “After God had finished the rattlesnake, the toad, the vampire, He had some awful substance left with which He made a scab." shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/dot...
November 24, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Available again! T-shirt design commemorating the 1st recorded use of the word "scab". It references a famous Jack London quote: “After God had finished the rattlesnake, the toad, the vampire, He had some awful substance left with which He made a scab." shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/dot...
#OtD 23 Nov 1935 town councillor and shopkeeper, George McIntosh, was arrested by British authorities in Kingstown, St Vincent, on charges of treason for his role in a workers' uprising the previous month. The case collapsed stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9597...
November 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
#OtD 23 Nov 1935 town councillor and shopkeeper, George McIntosh, was arrested by British authorities in Kingstown, St Vincent, on charges of treason for his role in a workers' uprising the previous month. The case collapsed stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9597...
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#OtD 23 Nov 1969 160 car spray painters at the Peugeot plant in Sochaux, France, went on strike for better sickness benefits. The stoppage idled 21,000 other workers, and two weeks later management were forced to concede stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9599...
November 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
As a socialist, words cannot describe how grateful I feel everyday for the existence of outlets like @workingclasshistory.com
#OtD 23 Nov 1913 Margarita Ortega, a Mexican schoolteacher, sharpshooter and anarchist, was executed by the government of Victoriano Huerta. She had endured four days of torture, but refused to name any of her comrades stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9596...
November 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
#OtD 23 Nov 1913 Margarita Ortega, a Mexican schoolteacher, sharpshooter and anarchist, was executed by the government of Victoriano Huerta. She had endured four days of torture, but refused to name any of her comrades stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9596...
#OtD 23 Nov 1912 anarcho-syndicalist union, Unione Sindacale Italiana, was founded in Modena mainly by radical metal workers, builders, farm workers and miners. It played a key role in both the factory occupation movement and anti-fascist resistance stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9595...
November 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
#OtD 23 Nov 1912 anarcho-syndicalist union, Unione Sindacale Italiana, was founded in Modena mainly by radical metal workers, builders, farm workers and miners. It played a key role in both the factory occupation movement and anti-fascist resistance stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9595...