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
- 575
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
14 April 1913: Belgium general strike
Mini-podcast about a general strike in Belgium demanding universal male suffrage in 1913.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories ap…
00:01:06 |
Sun 14 Apr 2024
13 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-…
00:02:06 |
Sat 13 Apr 2024
12 April 1920: Ireland general strike
Mini-podcast about a successful general strike in Ireland against British colonial authorities in 1920.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of …
00:00:57 |
Fri 12 Apr 2024
11 April 1960: April revolution
Mini-podcast about the events which precipitated the 1960 April revolution in South Korea.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories a…
00:01:24 |
Thu 11 Apr 2024
10 April 1910: Lima general strike
Mini-podcast about a successful general strike in Lima, Peru, in 1910.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingc…
00:01:03 |
Wed 10 Apr 2024
9 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.workingc…
00:02:02 |
Mon 08 Apr 2024
7 April 2010: Carlsberg beer strike
Mini-podcast about the strike by Carlsberg workers in Denmark against an attack on their right to free beer at work.
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- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongs…
00:01:29 |
Sat 06 Apr 2024
6 April 1712: New York enslaved uprising
Mini-podcast about the uprising by enslaved people in New York in 1712.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.working…
00:01:25 |
Fri 05 Apr 2024
5 April 1977: 504 sit-ins
Mini-podcast about the sit-ins by disabled activists in the US in 1977.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.working…
00:02:21 |
Thu 04 Apr 2024
4 April 1886: New Haven Pastor condemns strikes
Mini-podcast about a Christian pastor in New Haven, Connecticut, who condemned strikes which were sweeping the city in 1886.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On…
00:01:40 |
Wed 03 Apr 2024
3 April 1967: Barbican strike
Mini-podcast about an attempt to get scab workers across a picket line during a strike by builders at the Barbican in London in 1967.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps …
00:01:20 |
Tue 02 Apr 2024
2 April 1863: Richmond food riot
Mini-podcast about the food riot by women in Richmond, VA, in 1863.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingclas…
00:01:19 |
Tue 02 Apr 2024
1 April 1949: NYC Brewery strike
Mini-podcast about the strike by New York brewery workers in 1949.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingclass…
00:01:13 |
Mon 01 Apr 2024
31 March 2009: Caterpillar bossnapping
Mini-podcast about the bossnapping by Caterpillar workers in France demanding better severance pay in 2009.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section…
00:01:05 |
Sun 31 Mar 2024
30 March 1976: Palestine Land Day
Mini-podcast about the general strike in Palestine and Israel in 1976 against land seizures.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories…
00:01:37 |
Sat 30 Mar 2024
29 March 1963: Eswatini mill strike
Mini-podcast about a strike by mill workers in Eswatini in 1963.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingclasshi…
00:01:08 |
Fri 29 Mar 2024
28 March 1919: Arkansas anti-anarchist law
Mini-podcast about the ban on anarchism and communism in Arkansas in 1919.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.work…
00:01:14 |
Thu 28 Mar 2024
27 March 1974: Christmas Island strike
Mini-podcast about a strike by Asian workers against racism on Christmas Island in 1974.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app…
00:01:26 |
Wed 27 Mar 2024
26 March 1915: Sioux City free-speech fight
Mini-podcast about a successful free-speech fight by the Industrial Workers of the World union in Sioux City, Iowa, 1915.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On Th…
00:01:26 |
Tue 26 Mar 2024
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