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#OtD 22 Jan 2018 legendary anarchist author Ursula K Le Guin died aged 88 in Portland, Oregon. An ardent feminist and advocate for diversity in literature and publishing, she won numerous awards for her work. We have made available some of her books here: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/all/ursula-k-le-guin

#OtD 11 Dec 1958 Alberto Meschi, a prominent anti-fascist fighter and anarchist died. He fought in the Spanish Civil War, then joined the partisan resistance in Italy in Carrara which successfully ousted the fascists and seized the town hall https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8279/alberto-meschi-died

#OtD 7 or 8 Dec 1970 the "Golpe Borghese" coup in Italy was attempted. The plot by 100s of neofascists, led by war criminal Junio Borghese (pictured) and assisted by some within the government, was suspended just hours before it was due to take place https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8024/golpe-borghese-coup-plot

#OtD 6 Dec 1994 Italian actor, Gian Maria Volonté, died. Most famous for his role in A Fistful of Dollars, he also starred in many politically radical films and was arrested while supporting striking workers (pictured). More about his life and films: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/12653/gian-maria-volont%C3%A9-dies

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📣 New Podcast! "15 November 2005: Tahiti social workers strike" on @Spreaker #history #tahiti #workers
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/15-november-2005-tahiti-social-workers-strike--68370907

New! We have mapped a number of stories about struggles against the imposition of capitalist social relations on the communalist island society of Tristan da Cunha. Browse them and thousands of other stories on our map: map.workingclasshistory.com#map=9.81/-37...

#OtD 7 Nov 1912 the @iww union's paper published the first Mr Block comic strip. The character is a man "devoid of class-consciousness" who blindly follows his bosses and believes that America is the land of opportunity. Learn more in this great book: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/mr-block-the-subversive-comics-and-writings-of-ernest-riebe

We are producing a detailed podcast series about this whole time period in Italy. This was part of a wider movement called self-reduction, whereby workers and local working class people would choose their own prices for many goods and services, and enforce them with strength in numbers.

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#OtD 21 Oct 1928 Giuseppe Pinelli, Italian anarchist and railway worker, was born. He would become famous as a result of his tragic murder in police custody following the Italian state's attempt to frame him for the 1969 Piazza Fontana bombing https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9428/giuseppe-pinelli-born

#OtD 4 Oct 1939 four Italian immigrant anarchists were arrested in Canada for possession of "subversive" anti-fascist literature and threatened with deportation to fascist Italy: effectively a death sentence. But Emma Goldman helped them get acquitted https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10475/canada-arrests-italian-antifa

#OtD 1 Oct 1915 30 women workers in Bogorodsk, Russia went to market to buy sugar. Seeing it had sold out they grew angry and accused merchants of engaging in speculation. So they began raiding stores until Cossacks arrived https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8146/raiding-stores-in-russia

#OtD 28 Sep 1846 British troops opened fire on starving food rioters in Dungarvan, Ireland, killing one. The Great Famine lasted until the 1850s, killing around a million people and forced even more to emigrate, while food was exported for profit https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10057/food-riots-in-dungarvan,-ireland

#OtD 27 Sep 1975 a conservative Italian newspaper wrote a review of a hoax report sent to the country's leaders proposing ways to end the working-class revolt. The hoax was written by Swiss-Italian Situationist, Gianfranco Sanguinetti (pictured) https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9968/veritable-report-hoax

#OtD 26 Sep 1940 German Jewish philosopher, cultural critic and essayist, Walter Benjamin died in Portbou at the French-Spanish border while attempting to escape from invading Nazi forces. The most likely cause of death was suicide https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9870/walter-benjamin-suicide

#OtD 17 Sep 1849 abolitionist Harriet Tubman and her brothers escaped from slavery. Her brothers decided to go back, forcing Harriet to do the same. But shortly after, Harriet Tubman escaped again, then helped rescue hundreds more enslaved people https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8941/harriet-tubman-escapes-slavery

#OtD 15 Sep 1897 an appeal to women workers written by Italian textile militant and anarchist-feminist, Maria Roda, was published in Paterson, NJ. She raised eight children (pictured) and helped organise textile, cigar and dockworkers https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8738/"to-women-workers"