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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com
#OtD 18 Sep 1974 Flora Sanhueza Rebolledo, Chilean teacher, anarchist and Spanish Civil War refugee died as a result of the torture she suffered at the hands of the Pinochet regime, aged 63 stories…
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com
#OtD 17 Sep 1963 Raghbir Singh, a Sikh man, became the first person of colour to work on a bus in Bristol, England after a mass campaign forced the dropping of the "colour bar" by bosses and the TG…
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com
#OtD 17 Sep 1988 1000s of teachers in the Philippines went on strike in protest at unpaid allowances. The government responded by dismissing and suspending 3,000 teachers. Unfortunately the striker…
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com
#OtD 17 Sep 1939 troops of the USSR invaded Poland, jointly occupying it with German Nazis. This completed the terms of the non-aggression pact between Hitler and Stalin on 23 Aug stories.workingcl…
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com
#OtD 17 Sep 1849 abolitionist Harriet Tubman and her brothers escaped from slavery. Her brothers decided to go back, forcing Harriet to do the same. But shortly after, Harriet Tubman escaped again,…
180 likes · 66 reposts · 1 replies · 20h ago
Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com
#OtD 17 Sep 1922 soldiers of the new Irish Free State opened fire on striking postal workers, one man and three women. Olive Flood was hit, but fortunately the bullet deflected off her suspender be…
25 likes · 13 reposts · 0 replies · 20h ago
Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com
#OtD 17 Sep 1941 the Canadian government essentially made all strikes in "war industries" illegal. Any worker who struck or encouraged others to do so would be liable to a fine of $500, twelve mont…
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com
#OtD 17 Sep 2011 inspired by events in Egypt and Spain, Occupy Wall Street began as 1000 people gathered in New York City's financial centre to protest economic inequality and austerity amid a glob…
49 likes · 18 reposts · 2 replies · 22h ago
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