Ok, so we’ve now reached No 15 of my recommended texts on the background, dynamics and politics of the 1926 General Strike in Britain in this 100th anniversary year - one book per day Mon-Fr @strikemap.org @redhen90.bsky.social @sslh.bsky.social @keithbeard.bsky.social @nwlh.bsky.social

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#OtD 5 Feb 1913 17-year-old Jewish migrant garment worker, Ida Breiman, was murdered by a sweatshop owner while on strike in Rochester, NY. She and 200 others had struck for better pay and 8-hour day when boss opened fire killing her and wounding three stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1050...

#OtD 5 Feb 1885 King Leopold of Belgium declared his new colony the Congo Free State. What followed was one of the most horrific examples of European colonialism, with 8 to 10 million killed. More on colonialism in the Congo here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...

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#OtD 6 Feb 1919 workers in Butte, Montana responded to a dollar per day wage cut by launching a general strike. To prevent disunity, workers formed a Workers and Soldiers Council to conduct the strike stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1060...

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#OtD 4 Feb 1913 Rosa Parks was born. Often wrongly described as "quiet", she was actually a lifelong activist who supported Black power, Malcolm X and worked alongside the League of Revolutionary Black Workers in Detroit. More about the LRBW in our pod: workingclasshistory.com/2018/08/28/e...

📣 New Podcast! "5 February 1919: La Canadiense strike" on @Spreaker #barcelona #catalonia #history

Today is my Book No 14 of recommended texts on the background, dynamics and politics of the 1926 General Strike in Britain in this 100th anniversary year - one book per day Mon-Fri @strikemap.org @redhen90.bsky.social @keithbeard.bsky.social @sslh.bsky.social @buiraonline.bsky.social

Latest issue of the North West Labour History Journal. 50th issue: www.nwlh.org.uk/Issue%2050

This is brilliant news, and also shows why the Labour Party wants to abolish most trials by jury, and how important it is they don't get away with it:

Birmingham City Council seeking injunction to stop protests outside depots

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Latest issue of the North West Labour History Journal. 50th issue: www.nwlh.org.uk/Issue%2050