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New episode out for all! A teaser of our most recent Radical Reads discussion, Beverly Silver's fantastic Forces of Labor: an epic history of the global labour movement since 1870 told from the bottom up.
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e113...
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e113...
#OtD 26 Dec 1966 the first Kwanzaa was held in the US. Invented by Maulana Karenga, leader of the Black nationalist US Organisation as an alternative to Christmas. The group murdered four communist Black Panthers inc. Bunchy Carter and John Huggins stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9811...
December 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
#OtD 26 Dec 1966 the first Kwanzaa was held in the US. Invented by Maulana Karenga, leader of the Black nationalist US Organisation as an alternative to Christmas. The group murdered four communist Black Panthers inc. Bunchy Carter and John Huggins stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9811...
#OtD 26 Dec 1862 the largest mass execution in US history took place when 38 Native American Dakota people were hanged. Some trials lasted less than five minutes, and Pres Lincoln personally reviewed the trial paperwork and approved the death penalty stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9808...
December 26, 2025 at 9:55 AM
#OtD 26 Dec 1862 the largest mass execution in US history took place when 38 Native American Dakota people were hanged. Some trials lasted less than five minutes, and Pres Lincoln personally reviewed the trial paperwork and approved the death penalty stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9808...
#OtD 26 Dec 1936 George Orwell checked into the Hotel Continental in Barcelona. His room would be raided in June 1937 during the persecution of the POUM. The first transcript of his book 'Homage to Catalonia' was taken and never seen again stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9810...
December 26, 2025 at 9:15 AM
#OtD 26 Dec 1936 George Orwell checked into the Hotel Continental in Barcelona. His room would be raided in June 1937 during the persecution of the POUM. The first transcript of his book 'Homage to Catalonia' was taken and never seen again stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9810...
#OtD 26 Dec 1904 metalworkers in Baku walked out on strike. Within a few days, the city's crucial oil export was shut down. Workers held out until Jan and successfully reached the first collective agreement in the history of the Russian Empire stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9809...
December 26, 2025 at 8:50 AM
#OtD 26 Dec 1904 metalworkers in Baku walked out on strike. Within a few days, the city's crucial oil export was shut down. Workers held out until Jan and successfully reached the first collective agreement in the history of the Russian Empire stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9809...
#OtD 26 Dec 1992 Spanish anti-fascist and feminist, María Bruguera Pérez, died aged 77. Joining the fight against fascissm during the Spanish Civil War, she was jailed for life in 1937 but released in 1945, and then joined the underground resistance workingclasshistory.com/2020/06/17/e...
December 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
#OtD 26 Dec 1992 Spanish anti-fascist and feminist, María Bruguera Pérez, died aged 77. Joining the fight against fascissm during the Spanish Civil War, she was jailed for life in 1937 but released in 1945, and then joined the underground resistance workingclasshistory.com/2020/06/17/e...
#OtD 25 Dec 1889 Octave Garnier (aka: 'Le Terrassier') was born in France. As a 13-year old he became a member of the anarchist Bonnot Gang, stealing cars and robbing banks. More on the Bonnot Gang in this book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/the...
December 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
#OtD 25 Dec 1889 Octave Garnier (aka: 'Le Terrassier') was born in France. As a 13-year old he became a member of the anarchist Bonnot Gang, stealing cars and robbing banks. More on the Bonnot Gang in this book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/the...
#OtD 25 Dec 1522 a Muslim-led revolt of enslaved people occured in Santo Domingo against Columbus' son on his plantation. Armed with machetes, the rebels succeeded in killing a number of colonial settlers before the insurrection was quelled stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9720...
December 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
#OtD 25 Dec 1522 a Muslim-led revolt of enslaved people occured in Santo Domingo against Columbus' son on his plantation. Armed with machetes, the rebels succeeded in killing a number of colonial settlers before the insurrection was quelled stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9720...
#OtD 25 Dec 1831 enslaved people in Jamaica went on strike to demand emancipation. They would start an armed revolt that eventually forced the British Empire to outlaw slavery in its territory. Learn more in CLR James' great book on global Black struggle: shop.workingclasshistory.com/en-gb/collec...
December 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
#OtD 25 Dec 1831 enslaved people in Jamaica went on strike to demand emancipation. They would start an armed revolt that eventually forced the British Empire to outlaw slavery in its territory. Learn more in CLR James' great book on global Black struggle: shop.workingclasshistory.com/en-gb/collec...
#OtD 25 Dec 1906 nine people in Lodz, Poland were found guilty of belonging to an anarchist organisation and received sentences ranging from 8 to 15 years' exiled to Siberia stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9723...
December 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
#OtD 25 Dec 1906 nine people in Lodz, Poland were found guilty of belonging to an anarchist organisation and received sentences ranging from 8 to 15 years' exiled to Siberia stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9723...
#OtD 25 Dec 336 was the 1st recorded celebration of Jesus' birth on Dec 25. His early followers practised an 'informal communism', following Acts 4:32: "No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own but they shared everything they had" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9728...
December 25, 2025 at 8:50 AM
#OtD 25 Dec 336 was the 1st recorded celebration of Jesus' birth on Dec 25. His early followers practised an 'informal communism', following Acts 4:32: "No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own but they shared everything they had" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9728...
#OtD 25 Dec 1914 100,000 troops during World War I held an unofficial truce and refused to fight one another. German soldiers began singing Silent Night, and were joined by British troops who then met up and exchanged gifts. Learn more in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/2020/05/26/e...
December 25, 2025 at 8:40 AM
#OtD 25 Dec 1914 100,000 troops during World War I held an unofficial truce and refused to fight one another. German soldiers began singing Silent Night, and were joined by British troops who then met up and exchanged gifts. Learn more in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/2020/05/26/e...
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If you, like me searched for "David Graeber Christmas" (someone on the internet somewhere must have), this 1.5 minute mini-podcast is for you.
📣 New Podcast! "25 December 1522: Santo Domingo enslaved revolt" on @Spreaker #black #christmas #history
25 December 1522: Santo Domingo enslaved revolt
Mini podcast of radical history on this date from the Working Class History team.
www.spreaker.com
December 25, 2025 at 5:07 AM
If you, like me searched for "David Graeber Christmas" (someone on the internet somewhere must have), this 1.5 minute mini-podcast is for you.
#OtD 25 Dec 1951 Harry T. Moore and Harriette Moore, teachers and civil rights activists, were killed on Christmas Day when their house was bombed by racist terrorists in Florida stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9726...
December 25, 2025 at 8:11 AM
#OtD 25 Dec 1951 Harry T. Moore and Harriette Moore, teachers and civil rights activists, were killed on Christmas Day when their house was bombed by racist terrorists in Florida stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9726...
#OtD 25 Dec 1922 the anarcho-syndicalist International Workers Association (@IWAAIT) was founded on the initiative of Rudolf Rocker. Formed by unions from around the world, the organisation remains active to this day stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9725...
December 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
#OtD 25 Dec 1922 the anarcho-syndicalist International Workers Association (@IWAAIT) was founded on the initiative of Rudolf Rocker. Formed by unions from around the world, the organisation remains active to this day stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9725...
#OtD 25 Dec 1837 the Africans and Native Americans who formed Florida's Seminole nation defeated a vastly superior US invading army bent on cracking this early rainbow coalition and returning the Africans to slavery stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9721...
December 25, 2025 at 6:40 AM
#OtD 25 Dec 1837 the Africans and Native Americans who formed Florida's Seminole nation defeated a vastly superior US invading army bent on cracking this early rainbow coalition and returning the Africans to slavery stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9721...
📣 New Podcast! "25 December 1522: Santo Domingo enslaved revolt" on @Spreaker #black #christmas #history
25 December 1522: Santo Domingo enslaved revolt
Mini podcast of radical history on this date from the Working Class History team.
www.spreaker.com
December 25, 2025 at 5:05 AM
📣 New Podcast! "25 December 1522: Santo Domingo enslaved revolt" on @Spreaker #black #christmas #history
#OtD 24 Dec 1988 anti-African racist protests took place in Nanjing, China, orchestrated by racist students, 3000 of whom marched chanting "Down with Black Devils!" The next day, Chinese students attacked and set fire to African student dormitories stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1265...
December 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
#OtD 24 Dec 1988 anti-African racist protests took place in Nanjing, China, orchestrated by racist students, 3000 of whom marched chanting "Down with Black Devils!" The next day, Chinese students attacked and set fire to African student dormitories stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1265...
#OtD 24 Dec 1915 politician David Lloyd George sought an emergency meeting with Glasgow shop stewards, who told him they would accept government terms if he accepted workers' control of production, and heckled him relentlessly stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9638...
December 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
#OtD 24 Dec 1915 politician David Lloyd George sought an emergency meeting with Glasgow shop stewards, who told him they would accept government terms if he accepted workers' control of production, and heckled him relentlessly stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9638...
#OtD 24 Dec 1920 biracial LGBT+ rights icon, Stormé DeLarverie, was born in New Orleans. Credited by some as sparking the Stonewall riots as the lesbian who fought back after being arrested and called on the crowd to "do something". More in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/2019/05/13/e...
December 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
#OtD 24 Dec 1920 biracial LGBT+ rights icon, Stormé DeLarverie, was born in New Orleans. Credited by some as sparking the Stonewall riots as the lesbian who fought back after being arrested and called on the crowd to "do something". More in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/2019/05/13/e...
New Fireside Chat podcast! We discuss 2025, sick leave, full kit wankers, the rise of the far right and social democratic responses to it in the US, UK and elsewhere, and more. Available exclusively for our supporters on Patreon make our work possible: www.patreon.com/posts/146576...
December 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
New Fireside Chat podcast! We discuss 2025, sick leave, full kit wankers, the rise of the far right and social democratic responses to it in the US, UK and elsewhere, and more. Available exclusively for our supporters on Patreon make our work possible: www.patreon.com/posts/146576...
#OtD 24 Dec 1913 73 people (59 of whom were children) were killed at a Christmas party of striking miners' families. Witnesses said they saw bosses' thugs shouting "fire", and some claimed they held doors shut, causing a crush on the stairway stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9637...
December 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
#OtD 24 Dec 1913 73 people (59 of whom were children) were killed at a Christmas party of striking miners' families. Witnesses said they saw bosses' thugs shouting "fire", and some claimed they held doors shut, causing a crush on the stairway stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9637...
#OtD 24 Dec 1983 pop group, The Flying Pickets, made up of people who had supported the British miners' strikes in 1972 and 1974, had the UK Christmas number 1 single with their a cappella cover of Yazoo's (Yaz in the US) Only You www.tiktok.com/@workingclas...
December 24, 2025 at 9:25 AM
#OtD 24 Dec 1983 pop group, The Flying Pickets, made up of people who had supported the British miners' strikes in 1972 and 1974, had the UK Christmas number 1 single with their a cappella cover of Yazoo's (Yaz in the US) Only You www.tiktok.com/@workingclas...
#OtD 24 Dec 1783 simultaneous mutinies occurred on two Dutch East India Company ships. On the Java, 25 Chinese sailors rebelled after cruel treatment by Europeans, while 20 enslaved Javanese sailors murdered several officers on the Slot ter Hoge stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9636...
December 24, 2025 at 9:05 AM
#OtD 24 Dec 1783 simultaneous mutinies occurred on two Dutch East India Company ships. On the Java, 25 Chinese sailors rebelled after cruel treatment by Europeans, while 20 enslaved Javanese sailors murdered several officers on the Slot ter Hoge stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9636...
#OtD 24 Dec 2019 striking ballerinas performed Swan Lake in front of the Palais Garnier in Paris to protest govt plans to raise the retirement age for dancers from 42 to 64, despite the job's physical toll. We made this t-shirt to celebrate the strike: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/t-s...
December 24, 2025 at 8:56 AM
#OtD 24 Dec 2019 striking ballerinas performed Swan Lake in front of the Palais Garnier in Paris to protest govt plans to raise the retirement age for dancers from 42 to 64, despite the job's physical toll. We made this t-shirt to celebrate the strike: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/t-s...