Working Class History
Working Class History#OtD 25 Nov 1941 three Schlurfs were arrested by Gestapo in Austria for destroying a Hitler Youth noticeboard. Schlurfs were working-class youth who rejected Nazism, militarism and the work ethic, and listened to jazz music. More on WWII anti-Nazi youth: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/72-edelweiss-pirates-swing-kids/
Working Class History#OtD 23 Nov 1912 anarcho-syndicalist union, Unione Sindacale Italiana, was founded in Modena mainly by radical metal workers, builders, farm workers and miners. It played a key role in both the factory occupation movement and anti-fascist resistance https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9595/unione-sindacale-italiana-founded
Working Class History#OtD 19 Nov 1900 German communist and anti-Nazi activist Anna Seghers was born in Mainz. She wrote a novel in 1932 warning of the dangers of fascism, Die Gefährten, which led her to be arrested by the Gestapo, but she survived https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9133/anna-seghers
Working Class History#OtD 18 Nov 1953 the British Royal Air Force began aerial bombing of Kenya in an effort to crush the "Mau Mau" anti-colonial insurgency. Over the next year and a half they dropped nearly 6 million bombs on the country https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9039/raf-bombing-of-kenya
Working Class History#OtD 18 Nov 1965 the term 'sexism' was probably coined by Pauline M. Leet during a "Student-Faculty Forum" at Franklin and Marshall College, defined by comparing it to racism https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9040/%22sexism%22-probably-coined
Working Class History#OtD 17 Nov 1973 the Athens Polytechnic uprising began against the Greek military junta, after an army tank rolled over the gates of the University to evict protesting students who occupied it 3 days previously https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8927/athens-polytechnic-uprising
Working Class HistoryOnly 1 day left to support our Kickstarter. Help publish a vital first person account of Argentina’s 2001 uprising against IMF driven austerity. Grab a discounted copy and other rewards before it closes tomorrow. Join us and help bring this book to life:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wrkclasshistory/argentina-a-tale-of-two-utopias
Working Class History#OtD 17 Nov 1866 American anarchist Voltairine de Cleyre was born. As well as advocating for workers' control of production, she attacked female beauty ideals, gender roles for children & marriage laws which allowed men to rape their wives. Posters here: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/working-class-heroes/voltairine-de-cleyre
Working Class History#OtD 16 Nov 1989 six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her daughter were killed by the US-backed military in El Salvador for being "subversive". Troops then tried to make the murders look like the work of left-wing guerrillas https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8824/jesuits-murdered-in-el-salvador
Working Class History#OtD 13 Aug 1937 four striking Indian sugar workers were massacred at the Union Flacq Sugar Estate, Mauritius. In response, protests escalated. The British colonial government was then forced to legalise unions and set up collective bargaining https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7741/mauritius-strike-massacre