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
25 May 1901: FORA founded
Mini-podcast about the founding of the Argentina Regional Workers' Federation union, FORA, in 1901.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our …
00:02:32 |
Sat 25 May 2024
24 May 1919: Drumheller miners strike
Mini-podcast about a strike by miners in Alberta, Canada, in 1919.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingclass…
00:01:16 |
Fri 24 May 2024
23 May 2020: Tenke Fungurume miners strike
Mini-podcast about a strike by miners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for a Covid-19 bonus in 2020.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section…
00:01:06 |
Thu 23 May 2024
22 May 1992: Great Mine lockout
Mini-podcast about the lockout of miners at the Royal Oak mine in Canada in 1992.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stori…
00:02:25 |
Wed 22 May 2024
21 May 1913: Royal Observatory bombing
Mini-podcast about the bombing of the Royal Observatory in Edinburgh by suffragettes in 1913.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Storie…
00:01:23 |
Tue 21 May 2024
20 May 1963: Eswatini miners strike
Mini-podcast about a strike by miners in Eswatini in 1963.
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00:01:51 |
Mon 20 May 2024
19 May 1920: Battle of Matewan
Mini-podcast about a shootout between striking miners and bosses' thugs in Matewan, West Virginia in 1920.
00:02:09 |
Sun 19 May 2024
18 May 1980: Gwangju uprising
Mini-podcast about an uprising against the US-backed dictatorship in Gwangju, South Korea in 1980.
00:01:35 |
Sat 18 May 2024
17 May 1968: Catonsville 9
Mini-podcast about the Catonsville 9 – Catholic activists against the Vietnam War in 1968.
00:01:11 |
Fri 17 May 2024
16 May 1967: Hong Kong riots committee formed
Mini-podcast about the forming of a key committee during a wave of riots and rebellions against British colonial rule in Hong Kong in 1967.
- Learn more in episodes 30-31 of the Working Class History po…
00:02:30 |
Thu 16 May 2024
15 May 1942: T-Bone Slim body found
Mini-podcast about the death of Industrial Workers of the World union songwriter and columnist, T-Bone Slim, in 1942.
00:01:23 |
Wed 15 May 2024
14 May 2021: Livorno dockers Gaza boycott
Mini-podcast about a boycott of a ship carrying military equipment for Israel for use in Gaza by dockers in Livorno, Italy.
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00:01:31 |
Tue 14 May 2024
13 May 1935: Jamaica banana loaders strike
Mini-podcast about a strike by banana-loaders in Jamaica in 1935.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingclassh…
00:00:59 |
Mon 13 May 2024
12 May 1978: Saab Scania strike
Mini-podcast about a strike by Saab Scania workers in Brazil under the military dictatorship in 1978.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of ou…
00:01:05 |
Sun 12 May 2024
11 May 1894: Pullman strike begins
Mini-podcast about the start of the insurrectionary Pullman strike in Chicago in 1894.
00:02:29 |
Sat 11 May 2024
10 May 1941: Strike of the 100,000
Mini-podcast about the Strike of the 100,000 in Nazi occupied Belgium in 1941.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.…
00:01:11 |
Fri 10 May 2024
9 May 1935: Kingston dock boycott
Mini-podcast about a boycott by dockworkers in Kingston, Jamaica 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…
00:01:03 |
Thu 09 May 2024
8 May 1978: Peru great education strike
Mini-podcast about a nationwide strike by education workers in Peru in 1978.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.wo…
00:01:19 |
Wed 08 May 2024
7 May 1912: NYC waiters strike
Mini-podcast about the general strike by waiters and hotel workers in New York City in 1912.
- Learn more about the IWW in our podcast series about the union: https://workingclasshistory.com/tag/iww/
- Lea…
00:01:51 |
Tue 07 May 2024
6 May 1937: IN Vaughan strike
Mini-podcast about a strike by Black women tobacco stemmers in Virginia in 1937.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: storie…
00:01:08 |
Mon 06 May 2024
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