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
5 May 1886: Bay View massacre
Mini-podcast about the massacre of striking workers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during the May strike for a maximum eight-hour working day in 1886.
00:01:36 |
Sun 05 May 2024
4 May 1970: Kent State massacre
Mini-podcast about the massacre of students protesting against the bombing of Cambodia during the Vietnam war by National Guard troops in Ohio in 1970.
00:01:28 |
Sat 04 May 2024
3 May 1926: Striking furriers arrested
Mini-podcast about the mass arrest of striking furriers in New York in 1926.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.wo…
00:01:07 |
Fri 03 May 2024
2 May 2022: Eswatini textile strike
Mini-podcast about a strike by textile and garment workers in Eswatini in 2022. If you know the outcome of this dispute please email us to let us know on [email protected]
- See all of our an…
00:01:54 |
Thu 02 May 2024
1 May 1886: International Workers' Day
Mini-podcast about the origins of May Day, International Workers' Day, in Chicago In 1886.
- The May Day history podcast with Upstream will be available for listening for our patreon supporters from 11:…
00:01:53 |
Wed 01 May 2024
30 April 2022: Dubai Deliveroo strike
Mini-podcast about a strike by Deliveroo food app delivery drivers in Dubai in 2022.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: st…
00:01:19 |
Tue 30 Apr 2024
29 April 1982: Supreme Quilting strike
Mini-podcast about the strike by Asian workers at Supreme Quilting in Smethwick, UK, in 1982.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Storie…
00:01:05 |
Mon 29 Apr 2024
28 April 1789: Mutiny on the Bounty
Mini-podcast about the mutiny on the HMS Bounty in 1789.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingclasshistory.co…
00:01:10 |
Sun 28 Apr 2024
27 April 2007: Liberia Firestone strike
Mini-podcast about a strike by Firestone rubber workers in Liberia in 2007.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.wor…
00:01:27 |
Sat 27 Apr 2024
26 April 2020: Minnesota Amazon strike
Mini-podcast about a strike by Amazon workers in Minnesota in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Sto…
00:01:27 |
Fri 26 Apr 2024
25 April 1945: Italy Liberation Day
Mini-podcast about the liberation of Milan and Genoa by the Italian resistance from Nazi occupation in 1945.
- Learn more about the Italian resistance in our podcast episodes 77-80: https://workingclass…
00:01:51 |
Thu 25 Apr 2024
24 April 1980: Sabuk miners win strike
Mini-podcast about a strike by miners in Sabuk, South Korea, in 1980.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingc…
00:01:12 |
Wed 24 Apr 2024
23 April 1938: Jamaicans demand minimum wage
Mini-podcast about rural Jamaicans in 1938 demanding a minimum wage from British colonial authorities.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of …
00:01:25 |
Tue 23 Apr 2024
22 April 1944: Thompsons cafeteria sit-in
Mini-podcast about a sit-in against segregation at a restaurant in Washington DC in 1944.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories ap…
00:01:21 |
Mon 22 Apr 2024
21 April 1894: US miners strike
Mini-podcast about a nationwide strike by US coal miners in 1894.
00:01:14 |
Sun 21 Apr 2024
20 April 1920: Ludlow massacre
Mini-podcast about a massacre of striking miners in Ludlow, Colorado, in 1920.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.…
00:02:28 |
Sat 20 Apr 2024
19 April 1968: Valdagno textile strike
Mini-podcast about a strike by textile workers in Valdagno, Italy, in 1968.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.wo…
00:01:13 |
Fri 19 Apr 2024
18 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/…
00:01:56 |
Thu 18 Apr 2024
17 April 2016: Kuwait oil workers strike
Mini-podcast about a strike by oil workers in Kuwait in 2016.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingclasshisto…
00:01:18 |
Wed 17 Apr 2024
16 April 1970: Chrysler workers strike
Mini-podcast about a strike by Chrysler workers against the sacking of a Black worker in Detroit in 1970.
00:01:10 |
Tue 16 Apr 2024
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