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#OtD 3 Jan 1894 Italian government declared a state of siege and sent 40,000 troops to Sicily to crush a powerful movement of agricultural workers & peasants who were fighting for better wages & land redistribution, killing dozens and jailing 1000 https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10182/state-of-siege-in-italy