On This Day in Working Class History

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On This Day in Working Class History episodes

April 18, 202418 April 1945: Turin general strike
Mini-podcast about the general strike by Italian workers against Nazi occupation in Turin, 1945.
Learn more about the Italian resistance in our podcast episodes 77-80: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e77-80-italian-resistance/
This is the best book about the resistance: A Civil War: A History of the Italian Resistance by Claudio Pavone
Check out our Working Class History merch commemorating the Italian resistance
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2 min
April 17, 202417 April 2016: Kuwait oil workers strike
Mini-podcast about a strike by oil workers in Kuwait in 2016.
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2 min
April 16, 202416 April 1970: Chrysler workers strike
Mini-podcast about a strike by Chrysler workers against the sacking of a Black worker in Detroit in 1970.
Learn more about Black worker organising in Detroit in the 1960s and 70s in episodes 61-62 of the Working Class History podcast: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e61-the-league-of-revolutionary-black-workers-in-detroit/
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2 min
April 15, 202415 April 1916: Denver Domestic Workers Union
Mini-podcast about the formation of a union for domestic workers by the Industrial Workers of the World in Denver, Colorado, 1916.
Learn more about women in the IWW in episode 16 of the Working Class History podcast: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e16-women-in-the-early-iww/
Learn more about the IWW in these books: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/books/iww
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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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2 min
April 14, 202414 April 1913: Belgium general strike
Mini-podcast about a general strike in Belgium demanding universal male suffrage in 1913.
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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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2 min
April 13, 202413 April 1890: Ben Fletcher born
Mini-podcast about the birth of highly influential Industrial Workers of the World union organiser, Ben Fletcher, in Philadelphia in 1890.
Learn more about Fletcher's life and activism in episodes 73-74 of the Working Class History podcast: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e73-ben-fletcher/
And get hold of this book from our online store: Ben Fletcher: The Life And Times Of A Black Wobbly
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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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3 min
April 12, 202412 April 1920: Ireland general strike
Mini-podcast about a successful general strike in Ireland against British colonial authorities in 1920.
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1 min
April 11, 202411 April 1960: April revolution
Mini-podcast about the events which precipitated the 1960 April revolution in South Korea.
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2 min
April 10, 202410 April 1910: Lima general strike
Mini-podcast about a successful general strike in Lima, Peru, in 1910.
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2 min
April 08, 20249 April 1946: Palestine general strike
Mini-podcast about the general strike by workers in Palestine in 1946.
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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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
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