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Now out free for everyone! A preview teaser of our latest Fireside Chat, about the radical history of the weekend, and how the working class created this much loved holiday.
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#OtD 4 October 1945 US President Harry S. Truman ordered the Navy to seize half of the US's oil refining capacity in order to break a three-week strike of the nation's oil workers. More info in this excellent book: https://t.co/9koA7M3tWO

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#OtD 4 Oct 1901 anarchist militant and historian Renée Lamberet was born in Paris. She helped refugee children during the Spanish Civil War, and was in close contact with Spanish fighters in the French resistance during the Nazi occupation https://t.co/zCu9DWy7Cd

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New daily podcast: 4 October 1945: Navy breaks oil strike www.​spreaker.​com/episode/4-october-1945-navy-breaks-oil-strike--75508517

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#OtD 3 Oct 2023 dozens of Israeli settlers raided the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem while troops blocked entry to Palestinians. In a few days over 4500 illegal settlers took part in raids. Settlers also spat at Palestinian Christians & nuns in the city. https://t.co/GSQEZSoK3Z

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#OtD 3 Oct 1993 Katerina Gogou, Greek anarchist poet, author and actor died by suicide aged just 53. After the fall of the dictatorship, she was a key figure in the early Athens anarchist scene, and a vigourous proponent of trans and gay rights https://t.co/Zm2DpvCMYl

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#OtD 3 Oct 1983 over 20,000 Filipino workers at US military bases in the country went on an indefinite strike in support of a 10% pay increase, as they earned only a fraction of what American staff at the same locations work paid https://t.co/vh4QhYbTZi

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#OtD 3 Oct 1952 the UK conducted its first-ever atomic bomb test on the Monte Bello Islands off the coast of Western Australia. The government later admitted they gave no thought for the health of Aboriginal people living nearby https://t.co/UQt144ZoJk

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#OtD 3 Oct 1937 almost a year after their defeat at Cable St, Mosley's Blackshirts attempted to march through Bermondsey, South London. Met with strong local opposition and barricades in the streets, the march never arrived at its intended destination https://t.co/sjZGhcn5hE

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#OtD 3 Oct 1952 the Mau Mau campaign against British colonialism in Kenya escalated when they killed the first white European victim of the uprising. Despite only 32 white casualties, tens of thousands of Kenyans were butchered https://t.co/4iU94aVsCE

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#OtD 3 Oct 1896 designer, artist and libertarian socialist William Morris died of tuberculosis at age 62. We have used some of his iconic artwork in merch to help fund our work: https://t.co/rjqjSLcUAA

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#OtD 3 Oct 1935 Ethiopia was invaded by Mussolini's Italy, who committed countless atrocities, including the using poison gas and concentration camps. Many Black men and women came to the country to fight https://t.co/ocCS36wUSW

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#OtD 3 Oct 1932 thousands of workers in Belfast, both Catholic and Protestant, went on strike together while over 30,000 took to the streets and rioted in protest against an exploitative state workfare scheme https://t.co/vtEUKyxtci

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#OtD 3 Oct 1973 the trial began of famous actor Ricky Tomlinson, then a plasterer, with five other building workers for their role in a national builders' strike the previous year. Tomlinson was unjustly jailed for two years. Learn more in our podcast: https://t.co/ohPYTpTbtB

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#OtD 3 Oct 2019 Indigenous peoples in Ecuador protested an austerity package by the IMF that increased fuel costs by ~30%. Over 2 weeks protesters disrupted the economy by drastically reducing oil production before the gov't caved and scrapped the bill https://t.co/Cx7NFkGma5

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#OtD 3 Oct 1965 revolutionary nurse, Beatriz González Ortega, died in Mexico City aged 91. During the Mexican Revolution, Ortega was part of Pancho Villa's peasant army, caring for the militia and nursing the wounded. More on the Mexican Revolution: https://t.co/hn1WcNN9FU

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#OtD 3 Oct 1932 Iraq became independent after 17 years of British rule. After independence, the Iraqi government maintained close military and economic ties with Britain, and several anti-British revolts subsequently took place https://t.co/piFbCjcJN9

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New daily podcast: 3 October 2019: Ecuador Indigenous protests www.​spreaker.​com/episode/3-october-2019-ecuador-indigenous-protests--75508514

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#OtD 2 Oct 2019 workers at the Bootle and Seaforth Royal Mail depot walked out on wildcat strike in solidarity with a Muslim colleague after a manager made Islamophobic comments to them https://t.co/qXJjmryNQm

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#OtD 2 Oct 1766 the Nottingham Great Cheese Riot began. Angry at the excessive price of cheese, a mob formed who seized it and began wheeling or carrying the cheeses away, bowling over the mayor with a cheese. The army put down rioting 2 days later https://t.co/VwDGoy3jfo

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#OtD 2 Oct 1992 the Carandiru massacre took place when military police in São Paulo, Brazil repressed a prison revolt at the Carandiru Penitentiary. 111 prisoners were killed https://t.co/AsEYUxjYUG