On This Day in Working Class History
Daily briefings of On This Day people's history anniversaries every day of the year. From the Working Class History team.
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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 1 minutes
- Episodes
- 576
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
14 June 1994: Wallis and Futuna general strike
Mini-podcast about a general strike by workers in the French colony of Wallis and Futuna in 1994.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our St…
00:01:24 |
Fri 14 Jun 2024
13 June 1992: Burnsall strike
Mini-podcast about a strike by Asian women workers in Smethwick, UK, in 1992.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.w…
00:01:18 |
Thu 13 Jun 2024
12 June 2011: Botswana general strike
Mini-podcast about a general strike by public sector workers in Botswana in 2011.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stori…
00:00:57 |
Wed 12 Jun 2024
11 June 1925: Davis day
Mini-podcast about the killing of miner, William Davies, during a strike in Nova Scotia in 1925.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Sto…
00:01:45 |
Tue 11 Jun 2024
10 June 1973: Gravediggers strike expands
Mini-podcast about a successful strike by gravediggers in New York in 1973.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.wor…
00:01:29 |
Mon 10 Jun 2024
9 June 1963: Fannie Lou Hamer arrested
Mini-podcast about the arrest and violent beating of Black civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer in 1963.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section …
00:01:45 |
Sun 09 Jun 2024
8 June 1861: Queensland miners strike
Mini-podcast about a strike by miners in Queensland, Australia, in 1861.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workin…
00:01:11 |
Sat 08 Jun 2024
7 June 1948: Nauru miners strike
Mini-podcast about a strike by indentured Chinese phosphate miners in Nauru, 1948.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stor…
00:01:54 |
Fri 07 Jun 2024
6 June 1988: South Africa general strike
Mini-podcast about a general strike by Black workers in South Africa in protest against apartheid in 1988.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section …
00:01:02 |
Thu 06 Jun 2024
5 June 2001: Harehills riot
Mini-podcast about a riot against police in Leeds, England, in 2001.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingcla…
00:01:02 |
Wed 05 Jun 2024
4 June 2003: Faroe Islands strikers win
Mini-podcast about a victorious strike by workers in the Faroe Islands in 2003.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories…
00:01:20 |
Tue 04 Jun 2024
3 June 1977: Bhilai steelworkers massacre
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.workingcl…
00:01:06 |
Mon 03 Jun 2024
2 June 1975: St Nizier church occupation
Mini-podcast about the occupation of a church by sex workers in Lyon, France in 1975.
00:01:06 |
Sun 02 Jun 2024
1 June 1981 Schlitz: workers strike
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.w…
00:01:12 |
Sat 01 Jun 2024
31 May 1989: CLR James dies
Mini-podcast about the death of Trinidadian socialist, writer and journalist, CLR James, in London in 1989.
00:01:27 |
Fri 31 May 2024
30 May 1968: Senegal general strike
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.workingc…
00:00:59 |
Thu 30 May 2024
29 May 1941: Disney animators strike
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: stori…
00:02:03 |
Wed 29 May 2024
28 May 1936: Popular Front strike wave
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…
00:01:11 |
Tue 28 May 2024
27 May 1935: Ballantyne lockout begins
Mini-podcast about a lockout of dockworkers in Vancouver, Canada in 1935.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.worki…
00:01:09 |
Mon 27 May 2024
26 May 1824: Pawtucket Mill strike
Mini-podcast about the strike by women and girls working at the Slater Mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, in 1824.
- Learn more about the dispute in episode 32 of the Working Class History podcast: https:…
00:02:27 |
Sun 26 May 2024
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