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: 574
Years Active: 2024 - 2025

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13 February 1913: Mother Jones arrested

Mini-podcast about the arrest of legendary labour organiser Mother Jones in West Virginia in 1913.

See more information, sources, and maps on our Stories app: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/a…

00:01:23 | Tue 13 Feb 2024

12 February 1920: Colombia women strike

Mini-podcast about the first strike organised by women in Colombia, in 1920.
See more information, sources, and maps on our Stories app: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8384/first-wome…

00:01:36 | Mon 12 Feb 2024

11 February 1967: Black Cat Tavern protest

Mini-podcast about a protest outside the LGBT+ Black Cat Tavern in Los Angeles in 1967.
See more information, sources, and maps on our Stories app: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8292…

00:01:19 | Sun 11 Feb 2024

10 February 1930: TIGR attack

Mini-podcast about the bombing of an Italian fascist newspaper by the anti-fascist group, TIGR, in 1930.
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00:01:33 | Sat 10 Feb 2024

9 February 2007: Alejandro Finisterre dies

Mini-podcast about the death of the inventor of the Spanish version of table football, Alejandro Finisterre.
See more information, sources, and maps on our Stories app: https://stories.workingclasshis…

00:01:33 | Fri 09 Feb 2024

8 February 1840: Eight-hour day

Mini-podcast about the fight for the maximum eight hour working day in a tower rower/New Zealand.
See more information, sources, and maps on our Stories app: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/ar…

00:01:58 | Thu 08 Feb 2024

7 February 1919: No Beer No Work

Mini-podcast about the planned strike against alcohol prohibition by workers in the US in 1919.
See more information, sources, and maps our Stories app: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article…

00:01:45 | Wed 07 Feb 2024

6 February 2006: Liberia Firestone strike

Mini-podcast about the Liberia strike of Firestone/Bridgestone workers in 2006.
See more information, sources, and maps our Stories app: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7971/liberia-fi…

00:02:00 | Tue 06 Feb 2024

5 February 1919: La Canadiense strike

Mini-podcast about the La Canadiense strike in Catalonia, 1919.
See more information, sources, and maps our Stories app: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10507/la-canadiense-strike-in-b…

00:02:08 | Mon 05 Feb 2024

4 February 2022: British Virgin Islands sick-out

Mini-podcast about the sick-out by health workers in the British Virgin Islands, 2022.
See more information, sources, and maps our Stories app: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7954/bri…

00:01:51 | Sun 04 Feb 2024

3 February 1953: Batepá massacre

Mini-podcast about the Batepá massacre in São Tomé and Príncipe by Portuguese colonial authorities in 1953.
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00:02:31 | Sat 03 Feb 2024

2 February 1932: Bronx fights evictions

Mini-podcast about resistance to evictions in the Bronx, New York during the great depression.
See more information, sources, and maps our Stories app: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/…

00:01:47 | Fri 02 Feb 2024

1 February 1960: Greensboro sit-in

Mini-podcast about the Greensboro civil rights sit-ins which began on 1 February 1960.
See more information, sources, and maps our Stories app: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10962/gr…

00:02:12 | Thu 01 Feb 2024

An Introduction to On This Day in Working Class History

A short introduction to a brand-new daily podcast from the team at WCH. On This Day in Working Class History will be a brief reminder each morning of our collective struggles for a better world which…

00:02:10 | Wed 24 Jan 2024

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