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We need your help to publish this thrilling 1st-person account of the 2001 uprising in Argentina, narrated by a participant in the siege to the presidential palace and forced the president to resign and flee by helicopter. Preorder a discount copy here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/wrk...
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!
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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/...
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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/...
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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...
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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...
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/...
#OtD 10 Nov 2010 50k students and supporters marched in London against the tripling of university fees and the abolition of EMA grants. Breaking away from the official demo, 1000s of people occupied and trashed the governing Tory HQ at Millbank stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8238...
November 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
#OtD 10 Nov 2010 50k students and supporters marched in London against the tripling of university fees and the abolition of EMA grants. Breaking away from the official demo, 1000s of people occupied and trashed the governing Tory HQ at Millbank stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8238...
10 November 1933: Hormel strike
Mini podcast of radical history on this day.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:05 AM
#OtD 9 Nov 1845 Gertrud Guillaume-Schack, a countess who became a revolutionary socialist, feminist and anarchist, was born in Uschütz in what is now Poland. She was active in Germany and Hackney, East London stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1093...
November 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
#OtD 9 Nov 1845 Gertrud Guillaume-Schack, a countess who became a revolutionary socialist, feminist and anarchist, was born in Uschütz in what is now Poland. She was active in Germany and Hackney, East London stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1093...
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#OtD 5 Nov 1975 300 youths fought police in protest at racist harassment in Leeds, UK. Police had used cars to circle groups of young Black people. After the battle, a plainclothes officers' car was destroyed while two other officers were hospitalised stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1056...
November 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
#OtD 5 Nov 1975 300 youths fought police in protest at racist harassment in Leeds, UK. Police had used cars to circle groups of young Black people. After the battle, a plainclothes officers' car was destroyed while two other officers were hospitalised stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1056...
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#OtD 5 Nov 1855 American socialist and labour leader Eugene Debs was born. He helped found both the American Railway Union and the @IWW, and was jailed in 1919 for his opposition to WWI. While in prison he ran for president, and received nearly 1m votes workingclasshistory.com/tag/iww
November 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
#OtD 5 Nov 1855 American socialist and labour leader Eugene Debs was born. He helped found both the American Railway Union and the @IWW, and was jailed in 1919 for his opposition to WWI. While in prison he ran for president, and received nearly 1m votes workingclasshistory.com/tag/iww
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#OtD 5 Nov 1916 at least five members of the revolutionary Industrial Workers of the World union were massacred by police and bosses' thugs in Everett, WA, after a ship carrying union members from Seattle was fired on. More in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/2018/12/02/e...
November 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
#OtD 5 Nov 1916 at least five members of the revolutionary Industrial Workers of the World union were massacred by police and bosses' thugs in Everett, WA, after a ship carrying union members from Seattle was fired on. More in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/2018/12/02/e...
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New book! Argentina a Tale of Two Utopias weaves together 2 simultaneous yet seemingly unrelated events in 2001: the popular uprising and the 1st championship in 35 years of football club Racing Club de Avellaneda. Preorder now: www.kickstarter.com/projects/wrk...
by @batallonbakunin.bsky.social
by @batallonbakunin.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
New book! Argentina a Tale of Two Utopias weaves together 2 simultaneous yet seemingly unrelated events in 2001: the popular uprising and the 1st championship in 35 years of football club Racing Club de Avellaneda. Preorder now: www.kickstarter.com/projects/wrk...
by @batallonbakunin.bsky.social
by @batallonbakunin.bsky.social
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#OtD 7 Nov 1912 the @iww union's paper published the first Mr Block comic strip. The character is a man "devoid of class-consciousness" who blindly follows his bosses and believes that America is the land of opportunity. Learn more in this great book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/mr-...
November 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
#OtD 7 Nov 1912 the @iww union's paper published the first Mr Block comic strip. The character is a man "devoid of class-consciousness" who blindly follows his bosses and believes that America is the land of opportunity. Learn more in this great book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/mr-...
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#OtD 8 Nov 1971 armed guards and police raided Norfolk prison, MA, and shipped out 16 men. They were trying to disrupt prisoner organising, as a prisoners' movement had spread across the country. Learn more about prison rebellions in this book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
November 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
#OtD 8 Nov 1971 armed guards and police raided Norfolk prison, MA, and shipped out 16 men. They were trying to disrupt prisoner organising, as a prisoners' movement had spread across the country. Learn more about prison rebellions in this book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
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New collab supporting grassroots unions in Asia! Monthly designs on premium eco-friendly materials, printed & shipped from the US. This month celebrating legendary organiser Mother Jones, described as "the most dangerous woman in America". Available here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
November 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
New collab supporting grassroots unions in Asia! Monthly designs on premium eco-friendly materials, printed & shipped from the US. This month celebrating legendary organiser Mother Jones, described as "the most dangerous woman in America". Available here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
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#OtD 9 Nov 1972 132 mostly Black sailors refused to reboard the USS Constellation ship in San Diego during the Vietnam war in protest against racist practices on the ship. More info in our podcast with a Vietnam Navy vet: workingclasshistory.com/2018/08/06/e...
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 AM
#OtD 9 Nov 1972 132 mostly Black sailors refused to reboard the USS Constellation ship in San Diego during the Vietnam war in protest against racist practices on the ship. More info in our podcast with a Vietnam Navy vet: workingclasshistory.com/2018/08/06/e...