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November 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Just ONE WEEK left to back our latest Kickstarter: a first-hand account of football and politics around the 2001 uprising in Argentina!
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7 days left to back this book's Kickstarter. A project I wish desperately were less timely. You can also use the Kickstarter to support La Cultura del Barrio-antifascist social & sporting club in the heart of Bs. As.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
7 days left to back this book's Kickstarter. A project I wish desperately were less timely. You can also use the Kickstarter to support La Cultura del Barrio-antifascist social & sporting club in the heart of Bs. As.
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#OtD 11 Nov 1919 the Centralia incident took place, during which @IWW member and war veteran, Wesley Everest, was lynched. A mob had attacked the union hall, and some were killed in self defence. Everest was murdered, and his killers went unpunished stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8343...
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
#OtD 11 Nov 1919 the Centralia incident took place, during which @IWW member and war veteran, Wesley Everest, was lynched. A mob had attacked the union hall, and some were killed in self defence. Everest was murdered, and his killers went unpunished stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8343...
#OtD 11 Nov 1975 Angola declared independence from Portugal after almost 500 years of colonial rule. The proclamation by the MPLA came after 15 years of war, which was a major contributor to the revolution in Portugal in April 1974. Learn more in our pod: workingclasshistory.com/2020/08/13/e...
November 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
#OtD 11 Nov 1975 Angola declared independence from Portugal after almost 500 years of colonial rule. The proclamation by the MPLA came after 15 years of war, which was a major contributor to the revolution in Portugal in April 1974. Learn more in our pod: workingclasshistory.com/2020/08/13/e...
#OtD 11 Nov 1948 wildcat striking brewery workers in New York City won their month-long walkout. A mass meeting of the remaining 3000 strikers (5 small breweries had already agreed to the demands) agreed to end their strike at midnight that night stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8345...
November 11, 2025 at 9:10 AM
#OtD 11 Nov 1948 wildcat striking brewery workers in New York City won their month-long walkout. A mass meeting of the remaining 3000 strikers (5 small breweries had already agreed to the demands) agreed to end their strike at midnight that night stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8345...
#OtD 11 Nov 1933 perhaps the first recorded sitdown strike in US history occurred in the Hormel meatpacking plant in Austin, MN. Workers drove out scabs and violent private guards, and occupied it. Within two days, bosses caved to their demands stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8344...
November 11, 2025 at 7:40 AM
#OtD 11 Nov 1933 perhaps the first recorded sitdown strike in US history occurred in the Hormel meatpacking plant in Austin, MN. Workers drove out scabs and violent private guards, and occupied it. Within two days, bosses caved to their demands stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8344...
#OtD 11 Nov 1918 250k men and women began a general strike across Switzerland demanding women's suffrage, pensions and a 48-hour week. 95k troops were brought in to break the strike. Women only got the right to vote in 1971 stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8342...
November 11, 2025 at 6:10 AM
#OtD 11 Nov 1918 250k men and women began a general strike across Switzerland demanding women's suffrage, pensions and a 48-hour week. 95k troops were brought in to break the strike. Women only got the right to vote in 1971 stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8342...
#OtD 11 Nov 1913 1300 lumber workers - white, Black and Native American - in the @IWW union struck together in Louisiana. The strike was only broken the next year by mass mob violence and illegal deportations by police. Learn more in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/2018/05/23/w...
November 11, 2025 at 5:55 AM
#OtD 11 Nov 1913 1300 lumber workers - white, Black and Native American - in the @IWW union struck together in Louisiana. The strike was only broken the next year by mass mob violence and illegal deportations by police. Learn more in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/2018/05/23/w...
#OtD 11 Nov 1887 4 of the Haymarket martyrs were executed in Chicago. They were anarchist labour organisers framed for a bombing because of their role in the fight for the 8-hour day. Learn more in this history of May Day, which commemorates them: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/the...
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 AM
#OtD 11 Nov 1887 4 of the Haymarket martyrs were executed in Chicago. They were anarchist labour organisers framed for a bombing because of their role in the fight for the 8-hour day. Learn more in this history of May Day, which commemorates them: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/the...
📣 New Podcast! "11 November 1918: Switzerland general strike" on @Spreaker #history #switzerland #workers
11 November 1918: Switzerland general strike
Mini podcast of radical history on this day.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:05 AM
📣 New Podcast! "11 November 1918: Switzerland general strike" on @Spreaker #history #switzerland #workers
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An excellent way to keep your head toasty, or help keep your favorite be-hawked quality manager toasty
It's getting cold again! Help support our work publicising people's history, and keep your head warm on this winter's protests and pickets, with a beanie from our online store!
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Check them out here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
November 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
An excellent way to keep your head toasty, or help keep your favorite be-hawked quality manager toasty
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For my Spokane Shitpost + Doomscroll homies.
New! We've mapped a bunch of stories about the radical history of Spokane, Washington, check them out on our map: map.workingclasshistory.com#map=13.18/47...
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
For my Spokane Shitpost + Doomscroll homies.
New! We've mapped a bunch of stories about the radical history of Spokane, Washington, check them out on our map: map.workingclasshistory.com#map=13.18/47...
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
New! We've mapped a bunch of stories about the radical history of Spokane, Washington, check them out on our map: map.workingclasshistory.com#map=13.18/47...
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There is even one for the Weather Underground!
It's getting cold again! Help support our work publicising people's history, and keep your head warm on this winter's protests and pickets, with a beanie from our online store!
Check them out here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
Check them out here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
November 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
There is even one for the Weather Underground!
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It's getting cold again! Help support our work publicising people's history, and keep your head warm on this winter's protests and pickets, with a beanie from our online store!
Check them out here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
Check them out here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 AM
It's getting cold again! Help support our work publicising people's history, and keep your head warm on this winter's protests and pickets, with a beanie from our online store!
Check them out here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
Check them out here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
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As with all our Kickstarters, one of the best ways to support the book is the 'Buy One, Donate One' option. So as well as getting a copy for yourself, you ensure one is given to a related organisation for educational purposes!
More info: www.kickstarter.com/projects/wrk...
More info: www.kickstarter.com/projects/wrk...
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
As with all our Kickstarters, one of the best ways to support the book is the 'Buy One, Donate One' option. So as well as getting a copy for yourself, you ensure one is given to a related organisation for educational purposes!
More info: www.kickstarter.com/projects/wrk...
More info: www.kickstarter.com/projects/wrk...
#OtD 10 Nov 1891 Jewish Ukrainian anarchist, Simón Radowitzky, was born. At 15, he took part in the 1905 Russian Revolution, killed a police chief in Argentina at 18, endured 20 years of prison, fought fascism during the Spanish Civil War, and more stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1264...
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
#OtD 10 Nov 1891 Jewish Ukrainian anarchist, Simón Radowitzky, was born. At 15, he took part in the 1905 Russian Revolution, killed a police chief in Argentina at 18, endured 20 years of prison, fought fascism during the Spanish Civil War, and more stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1264...
New! We have mapped a number of stories about struggles against the imposition of capitalist social relations on the communalist island society of Tristan da Cunha. Browse them and thousands of other stories on our map: map.workingclasshistory.com#map=9.81/-37...
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
New! We have mapped a number of stories about struggles against the imposition of capitalist social relations on the communalist island society of Tristan da Cunha. Browse them and thousands of other stories on our map: map.workingclasshistory.com#map=9.81/-37...
#OtD 10 Nov 1984 1000 people protested in Rugby, England, against the local council removing LGBT+ people from their equal opportunities policy. The Sun tabloid supported the "brave" Tory council for confronting the "sick nonsense" of LGBT+ rights stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8236...
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
#OtD 10 Nov 1984 1000 people protested in Rugby, England, against the local council removing LGBT+ people from their equal opportunities policy. The Sun tabloid supported the "brave" Tory council for confronting the "sick nonsense" of LGBT+ rights stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8236...
#OtD 10 Nov 1944 13 members of the Ehrenfeld anti-Nazi resistance group were hanged in the street in Cologne by the Gestapo. Six of them were members of the Edelweiss Pirates: anti-Nazi working-class youth. This is our podcast ep about them: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/72-e...
November 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
#OtD 10 Nov 1944 13 members of the Ehrenfeld anti-Nazi resistance group were hanged in the street in Cologne by the Gestapo. Six of them were members of the Edelweiss Pirates: anti-Nazi working-class youth. This is our podcast ep about them: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/72-e...
#OtD 10 Nov 1937 Brazilian President Getúlio Vargas announced his "Estado Novo" (new state) constitution based on corporatist and fascist ideas. Union activity was banned to make Brazil more attractive for US investment stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8233...
November 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
#OtD 10 Nov 1937 Brazilian President Getúlio Vargas announced his "Estado Novo" (new state) constitution based on corporatist and fascist ideas. Union activity was banned to make Brazil more attractive for US investment stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8233...
#OtD 10 Nov 1970 Puerto Rican radicals from the Young Lords took over Lincoln Hospital in the South Bronx. Over 600 people, including health workers, joined them to publicise the flagrant disregard for human life in NYC hospitals stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8235...
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
#OtD 10 Nov 1970 Puerto Rican radicals from the Young Lords took over Lincoln Hospital in the South Bronx. Over 600 people, including health workers, joined them to publicise the flagrant disregard for human life in NYC hospitals stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8235...
#OtD 10 Nov 1995 Ken Saro-Wiwa, Ogoni indigenous author and activist, was hanged by the Nigerian state for resisting Royal Dutch Shell, alongside eight other Ogoni people. They had organised nonviolent resistance to destruction of Indigenous lands stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8237...
November 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
#OtD 10 Nov 1995 Ken Saro-Wiwa, Ogoni indigenous author and activist, was hanged by the Nigerian state for resisting Royal Dutch Shell, alongside eight other Ogoni people. They had organised nonviolent resistance to destruction of Indigenous lands stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8237...
As with all our Kickstarters, one of the best ways to support the book is the 'Buy One, Donate One' option. So as well as getting a copy for yourself, you ensure one is given to a related organisation for educational purposes!
More info: www.kickstarter.com/projects/wrk...
More info: www.kickstarter.com/projects/wrk...
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
As with all our Kickstarters, one of the best ways to support the book is the 'Buy One, Donate One' option. So as well as getting a copy for yourself, you ensure one is given to a related organisation for educational purposes!
More info: www.kickstarter.com/projects/wrk...
More info: www.kickstarter.com/projects/wrk...
#OtD 10 Nov 1933 workers at the Hormel meatpacking plant in Austin, Minnesota began a wildcat strike for more pay and union recognition. Next day they occupied their plant, and within three days they had won stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8232...
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
#OtD 10 Nov 1933 workers at the Hormel meatpacking plant in Austin, Minnesota began a wildcat strike for more pay and union recognition. Next day they occupied their plant, and within three days they had won stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8232...