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September 9, 2020January 11, 2021 Working Class History Blog

Working Class History: the book!

We are super happy to announce that we have just published our first book, Working Class History: Everyday Acts of Resistance & Rebellion.

Continue reading “Working Class History: the book!” →

October 5, 2019January 28, 2020 Working Class History Blog

Loukanikos, the most famous Greek “riot dog”

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Information about and merch celebrating Loukanikos, “sausage”, the most famous of the stray Greek “riot dogs” who joined demonstrations and strikes in Athens in the 2000-2010s. Continue reading “Loukanikos, the most famous Greek “riot dog”” →

September 3, 2019October 1, 2019 Working Class History Blog

More information about Working Class Literature

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One of the Working Class History team has started a new sister podcast to ours, taking a radical look at fiction and culture. Check out this short audio introduction. Continue reading “More information about Working Class Literature” →

August 26, 2019August 26, 2020 Working Class History Blog

Negro Matapacos: Chile’s “riot dog”

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Negro Matapacos (“Black Cop-Killer”) was a famous stray dog from thestreets of Santiago who joined student protests across the city from 2010, and in particular during the 2011 movement for free education. Continue reading “Negro Matapacos: Chile’s “riot dog”” →

July 30, 2019June 17, 2020 Working Class History Blog

Working Class History turns 5: fundraising appeal

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30 July was the 5th anniversary of the start of the Working Class History project. So we launched a birthday appeal to try to make WCH sustainable in the long-term. Now more than ever, we think it’s vitally important to learn the lessons of our history, so we can organise and win victories in the present. Continue reading “Working Class History turns 5: fundraising appeal” →

July 22, 2019July 22, 2019 Working Class History Blog

Introducing Working Class Literature

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Following on from the success of the Working Class History podcast and social media pages, we recently decided to start a new sister project: Working Class Literature. Continue reading “Introducing Working Class Literature” →

April 22, 2019 Working Class History Blog

Working Class History in Arabic

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We are very pleased to announce the launch of Arabic language WCH pages, run by our friends, to help promote radical and people’s history to the world’s 230 million Arabic speakers. Continue reading “Working Class History in Arabic” →

February 19, 2018February 17, 2018 Working Class History Blog

New ways to follow WCH

Thanks to the generous support of our patrons, we have been able to properly start Working Class History accounts on instagram, tumblr and Pinterest, so please give us a follow and share with your social networks. Continue reading “New ways to follow WCH” →

November 1, 2017January 9, 2018 Working Class History Blog

You can now support Working Class History on Patreon

We have loads of exciting projects in the pipeline, like a podcast, a WCH website with browsable timelines and maps of radical history, viral videos and even a phone app, but we need your support so please become a patron of us here on patreon!
patreon.com/workingclasshistory

July 30, 2014January 9, 2018 Working Class History Blog

Launch statement

Today, 30 July, anniversary of the first recorded strike in North American history, we are launching a new working class history page on Facebook to celebrate our history: people’s history. Continue reading “Launch statement” →

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On this day, 8 March 1917, thousands of housewives and women workers in St Petersburg, Russia defied union leaders' appeals for calm and took to the streets against high prices and hunger, thus igniting the February revolution (so-called because of the different calendar in use in Russia at the time). The following day, 200,000 workers joined them by striking, shouting slogans against the tsar and the war. Some military units began to join the workers, and by 15 March, tsar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate.
On this day, 7 March 1942, Lucy Parsons, anarchist, co-founder of the revolutionary Industrial Workers of the World union and lifelong advocate for working people, the homeless, women, and African-Americans, died in a house fire.
On this day, 7 March 1860, up to 1000 striking women shoe workers took part in a Great Ladies Procession in Lynn, Massachusetts, amidst a blizzard and thick snow drifts. They were accompanied by 5000 striking men, who had walked out 2 weeks before demanding pay increases, and were joined a few days later by the women. Despite women's involvement in a dispute garnering it national publicity, and the support of Abraham Lincoln, the men failed to support the women's pay demands. They feared that the employers might not listen to them if they added women's demands as well. So the women ended up returning to work, and while some men did end up winning a 10% pay increase, for most workers the strike petered out and ended in defeat.
On this day, 6 March 1922, a wave of rent strikes in Veracruz, Mexico, was triggered when sex workers barricaded a street with their rented mattresses, chairs and other furniture, with the intention of starting a giant bonfire. Police quelled the action at the last minute, but news of the plan spread and sparked tenant organisation across the city.
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