On This Day in Working Class History
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24 July 2019: Alaska ferry strike
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23 July 1918: Japan rice riots
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22 July 2005: Tonga civil servants strike
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21 July 1945: Dublin laundry strike
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20 July 1979: Leonard Peltier escapes
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19 July 1984: Dunnes store strike
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18 July 1887: Argentina bakers union
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16 July 2015: Nunavut power strike
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15 July 1966: Colour bar scrapped
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14 July 1966: Fort Hood Three
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13 July 1917: São Paulo general strike
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12 July 1994: Bridgestone Firestone strike
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11 July 1989: Soviet miners strike
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10 July 1949: Ben Fletcher dies
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9 July 1919: Allentown bartenders strike
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8 July 1908: Birmingham coal strike
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7 July 1864: Isabelo de los Reyes born
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6 July 1934: Couva Plantation riot
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5 July 1777: Scab first used in print
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4 July 1998: Las Vegas anti-racists murdered
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3 July 1918: Isle of Man general strike
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2 July 1848: St Croix enslaved revolt
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1 July 1919: Prohibition strike planned
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30 June 1977: Faridabad mass strike
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29 June 1892: Homestead strike
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28 June 1969: Stonewall Rebellion
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27 June 1905: IWW founded
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26 June 1993: Decatur workers protest
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25 June 2021: Chad oil workers strike
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24 June 1980: El Salvador general strike
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23 June 2015: St Pierre strike
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22 June 1945: Nigeria general strike
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21 June 2018: Mongolia health strike
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20 June 1967: Muhammad Ali refuses draft
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19 June 1937: Trinidad general strike
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18 June 2022: Turks and Caicos airport strike
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17 June 1971: Kelly's Bush green ban
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16 June 1983: Chile miners strike
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15 June 1970: June workers resistance
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14 June 1994: Wallis and Futuna general strike
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13 June 1992: Burnsall strike
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12 June 2011: Botswana general strike
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11 June 2016: Mauritania miners strike
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10 June 1973: Gravediggers strike expands
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9 June 1963: Fannie Lou Hamer arrested
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8 June 1861: Queensland miners strike
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7 June 1948: Nauru miners strike
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6 June 1988: South Africa general strike
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5 June 2001: Harehills riot
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4 June 2003: Faroe islands strikers win
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