On This Day in Working Class History

Mini-podcast about a general strike by Black workers in South Africa in protest against apartheid in 1988.

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• Theme music by Ricardo Araya. Check out his YouTube channel at youtube.com/@peptoattack

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• See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingclasshistory.com/date/today
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Mini-podcast about a riot against police in Leeds, England, in 2001.

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If you enjoy this podcast, make sure to check out our flagship longform podcast, Working Class History. 

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• Theme music by Ricardo Araya. Check out his YouTube channel at youtube.com/@peptoattack

Our work is only possible because of support from you, our listeners on patreon. If you appreciate our work, please join us and access exclusive content and benefits at patreon.com/workingclasshistory.

• See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingclasshistory.com/date/today
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Mini-podcast about a victorious strike by workers in the Faroe Islands in 2003.

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• Theme music by Ricardo Araya. Check out his YouTube channel at youtube.com/@peptoattack

Our work is only possible because of support from you, our listeners on patreon. If you appreciate our work, please join us and access exclusive content and benefits at patreon.com/workingclasshistory.

• See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingclasshistory.com/date/today
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Mini-podcast about a massacre of striking steelworkers in India 1977.

• See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingclasshistory.com/date/today
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If you enjoy this podcast, make sure to check out our flagship longform podcast, Working Class History. 

Acknowledgements

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• Theme music by Ricardo Araya. Check out his YouTube channel at youtube.com/@peptoattack

Our work is only possible because of support from you, our listeners on patreon. If you appreciate our work, please join us and access exclusive content and benefits at patreon.com/workingclasshistory.

• See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingclasshistory.com/date/today
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• If you enjoy this podcast, make sure to check out our flagship longform podcast, Working Class History

Mini-podcast about the occupation of a church by sex workers in Lyon, France in 1975.

• Books and more on sex workers and their struggles here: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/all/sex-workers
• See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingclasshistory.com/date/today
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If you enjoy this podcast, make sure to check out our flagship longform podcast, Working Class History. 
And for radical history books, posters, and more, check out our online store, here.

Acknowledgements

• Written and edited by Working Class History.
• Theme music by Ricardo Araya. Check out his YouTube channel at youtube.com/@peptoattack

Our work is only possible because of support from you, our listeners on patreon. If you appreciate our work, please join us and access exclusive content and benefits at patreon.com/workingclasshistory.

• See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingclasshistory.com/date/today
• Browse all Stories by Date here on the Date index: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/date
• Check out our Map of historical Stories: https://map.workingclasshistory.com
• Check out books, posters, clothing and more in our online store, here: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com
• If you enjoy this podcast, make sure to check out our flagship longform podcast, Working Class History

Mini-podcast about a strike by Schlitz brewery workers in the walkie in 1981.

• See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingclasshistory.com/date/today
• And browse all Stories by Date here on the Date index: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/date

Our work is only possible because of support from you, our listeners on patreon. If you appreciate our work, please join us and access exclusive content and benefits at patreon.com/workingclasshistory.
If you enjoy this podcast, make sure to check out our flagship longform podcast, Working Class History. 
And for radical history books, posters, and more, check out our online store, here.

Acknowledgements

• Written and edited by Working Class History.
• Theme music by Ricardo Araya. Check out his YouTube channel at youtube.com/@peptoattack

Our work is only possible because of support from you, our listeners on patreon. If you appreciate our work, please join us and access exclusive content and benefits at patreon.com/workingclasshistory.

• See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingclasshistory.com/date/today
• Browse all Stories by Date here on the Date index: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/date
• Check out our Map of historical Stories: https://map.workingclasshistory.com
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• If you enjoy this podcast, make sure to check out our flagship longform podcast, Working Class History

Mini-podcast about the death of Trinidadian socialist, writer and journalist, CLR James, in London in 1989.

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• See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingclasshistory.com/date/today
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Acknowledgements

• Written and edited by Working Class History.
• Theme music by Ricardo Araya. Check out his YouTube channel at youtube.com/@peptoattack

Our work is only possible because of support from you, our listeners on patreon. If you appreciate our work, please join us and access exclusive content and benefits at patreon.com/workingclasshistory.

• See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingclasshistory.com/date/today
• Browse all Stories by Date here on the Date index: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/date
• Check out our Map of historical Stories: https://map.workingclasshistory.com
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• If you enjoy this podcast, make sure to check out our flagship longform podcast, Working Class History

Mini-podcast about a general strike of workers in Senegal in May 1968.

• See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingclasshistory.com/date/today
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Acknowledgements

• Written and edited by Working Class History.
• Theme music by Ricardo Araya. Check out his YouTube channel at youtube.com/@peptoattack

Our work is only possible because of support from you, our listeners on patreon. If you appreciate our work, please join us and access exclusive content and benefits at patreon.com/workingclasshistory.

• See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingclasshistory.com/date/today
• Browse all Stories by Date here on the Date index: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/date
• Check out our Map of historical Stories: https://map.workingclasshistory.com
• Check out books, posters, clothing and more in our online store, here: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com
• If you enjoy this podcast, make sure to check out our flagship longform podcast, Working Class History

Mini-podcast about a strike by animators working for Disney in Los Angeles, 1941.

• See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingclasshistory.com/date/today
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Acknowledgements

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• Theme music by Ricardo Araya. Check out his YouTube channel at youtube.com/@peptoattack

Our work is only possible because of support from you, our listeners on patreon. If you appreciate our work, please join us and access exclusive content and benefits at patreon.com/workingclasshistory.

• See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingclasshistory.com/date/today
• Browse all Stories by Date here on the Date index: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/date
• Check out our Map of historical Stories: https://map.workingclasshistory.com
• Check out books, posters, clothing and more in our online store, here: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com
• If you enjoy this podcast, make sure to check out our flagship longform podcast, Working Class History

Mini-podcast about a hugely successful mass strike of workers in France under the Popular Front government in 1936.

• See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingclasshistory.com/date/today
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Acknowledgements

• Written and edited by Working Class History.
• Theme music by Ricardo Araya. Check out his YouTube channel at youtube.com/@peptoattack

Our work is only possible because of support from you, our listeners on patreon. If you appreciate our work, please join us and access exclusive content and benefits at patreon.com/workingclasshistory.

• See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingclasshistory.com/date/today
• Browse all Stories by Date here on the Date index: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/date
• Check out our Map of historical Stories: https://map.workingclasshistory.com
• Check out books, posters, clothing and more in our online store, here: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com
• If you enjoy this podcast, make sure to check out our flagship longform podcast, Working Class History