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Working Class History<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OtD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OtD</a> 8 Apr 2019 protests began in Gabon against cuts to student grants required by the IMF. Students walked out of class and took to the streets, scuffling with police. The govt shut down all schools, but protests continued for 3 days until they caved: <a href="https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7987/gabon-student-protests" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7987/gabon-student-protests</a>

Working Class History<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OtD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OtD</a> 8 Apr 2013 former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died. Street parties spontaneously broke out across the country. Pictured: Thatcher being welcomed to hell by one of her good friends and supporters, serial paedophile Jimmy Savile <a href="https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10766/margaret-thatcher-dies" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10766/margaret-thatcher-dies</a>

Working Class History<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OtD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OtD</a> 8 Apr 1970 thousands of US truckers went on wildcat strike against a union-management-agreed pay offer. Defying the police, the national guard, and their own union's orders, they lasted 12 weeks and won nearly 70% more than what the union had agreed <a href="https://workingclasshistory.com/2018/07/22/e8-the-vietnam-war-strike-wave/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://workingclasshistory.com/2018/07/22/e8-the-vietnam-war-strike-wave/</a>

Working Class History<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OtD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OtD</a> 8 Apr 1958 Barbados sugar cane workers kick-started wildcat strike in opposition to an insufficient pay rise. The wildcat strike then spread to dozens of plantations around the country <a href="https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10764/barbados-sugar-cane-wildcat" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10764/barbados-sugar-cane-wildcat</a>

Annie Hsh 👾🖖☕35 years today since the premiere of Twin Peaks, one of the most defining parts of David Lynch's legacy that made television history and set new standards for storytelling, influencing a significant number of fictional works, from films to novels and video games, over the decades.<a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/TwinPeaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TwinPeaks</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/DavidLynch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DavidLynch</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OTD</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/TV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TV</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Entertainment</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/PopCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PopCulture</a>

Working Class History<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OtD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OtD</a> 8 Apr 1950 anti-fascist guerrilla Josep Lluis Facerias aka 'Face', blew up the Lonja police station in Barcelona, Spain. He was part of the militant underground resistance to the right-wing dictatorship of General Franco <a href="https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10763/facerias-blows-up-police-station" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10763/facerias-blows-up-police-station</a>

Working Class History<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OtD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OtD</a> 8 Apr 1929 Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw two bombs into the Delhi Central Legislative Assembly in protest at two repressive bills. Though the bombs were thrown away from people to avoid injury, both were sentenced to life imprisonment <a href="https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10762/delhi-legislative-assembly-bombing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10762/delhi-legislative-assembly-bombing</a>

Working Class History<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OtD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OtD</a> 8 Apr 1877 French teacher and communist Jeanne Labourbe was born. Moving to Russia, she took part in the 1917 revolution and helped organise the mutiny of the French Black Sea fleet, for which she was shot by counterrevolutionaries <a href="https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10761/jeanne-marie-labourbe-born" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10761/jeanne-marie-labourbe-born</a>

Mina<a href="https://berlin.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OTD</a>, 50 years ago, the world lost the fabulous, audacious and smart <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/JosephineBaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JosephineBaker</a>.Instead of some sexy banana dance picture, here she is doing some gardening in her Paris home.Edit: Error correction (I believed the paper newspaper from today, but just learned better on the internet) - she did not die on the 8th of April, but on the 12th.

CarveHerName<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OnThisDay</a>, 8 Apr 1959, Mary K Hawes initiates a project to create the first universal programming language for computers used by businesses and government. Grace Hopper led the team that then created COBOL. Some mainframes are still using it.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WomenInHistory</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OTD</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomensHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WomensHistory</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WomenInSTEM</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Histodons</a>

Punkrock HistoryHappy Birthday to Donita Sparks, American singer, guitarist, songwriter and co-founder of the punkrock / grunge band L7, born on this day in 1963, Chicago, IllinoisPhoto by Dave Willis<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#punk</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#punks</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punkrock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#punkrock</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/womenofpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#womenofpunk</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/donitasparks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#donitasparks</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/l7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#l7</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punkrockhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#punkrockhistory</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#otd</a>

Punkrock History48 years ago today Released on this day in 1977, the eponymous debut studio album by English punk rock band The Clash.It is widely celebrated as one of the greatest punk albums of all time<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#punk</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#punks</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punkrock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#punkrock</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/theclash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theclash</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punklegends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#punklegends</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punkrockhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#punkrockhistory</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#otd</a>

Working Class History<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OtD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OtD</a> 7 Apr 1926 Violet Gibson attempted to assassinate Mussolini, shooting him through the nose. After being beaten & arrested, Gibson tried to be released by convincing doctors she was mad, and was deported to Britain where she died <a href="https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10683/violet-gibson-attentat" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10683/violet-gibson-attentat</a>

Working Class History<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OtD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OtD</a> 7 Apr 1920 police fired on a workers' protest in Modena, Italy, killing five and wounding 30. It had been called in protest against the murder of eight agricultural workers by police at a separate protest two days earlier in a nearby town <a href="https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10682/modena-massacre" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10682/modena-massacre</a>

Working Class History<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OtD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OtD</a> 7 Apr 1919 workers' councils declared the Bavarian Council Republic in Germany. However troops sent by the Social Democratic government crushed the rebellion at the end of the month, killing hundreds. More info here: <a href="https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/books/products/all-power-to-the-councils-a-documentary-history-of-the-german-revolution-of-1918-1919-gabriel-kuhn-ed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/books/products/all-power-to-the-councils-a-documentary-history-of-the-german-revolution-of-1918-1919-gabriel-kuhn-ed</a>

Working Class History<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OtD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OtD</a> 7 Apr 1882 Armando Borghi, the Italian anarchist and secretary of the Unione Sindacale Italiana, was born. He was involved in organising with quarry workers, anti-militarism in WW1 and the revival of the anarchist movement in post-fascist Italy <a href="https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10680/armando-borghi-born" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10680/armando-borghi-born</a>

Working Class History<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OtD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OtD</a> 7 Apr 1879 Indian anti-colonial activist Begum Hazrat Mahal died in exile in Nepal. She led a rebellion against the British East India Company and seized control of Lucknow, but was eventually forced to retreat and sought asylum in Nepal <a href="https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10679/begum-hazrat-mahal-dies" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10679/begum-hazrat-mahal-dies</a>

Working Class History<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OtD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OtD</a> 7 Apr 1872 radical doctor, feminist, anti-war activist, lesbian and IWW supporter Marie Diana Equi was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Later jailed for 3 years in San Quentin for opposing World War I <a href="https://workingclasshistory.com/2018/12/02/e16-women-in-the-early-iww/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://workingclasshistory.com/2018/12/02/e16-women-in-the-early-iww/</a>

Working Class History<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OtD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OtD</a> 7 Apr 1870, Gustav Landauer, Jewish <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anarchist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anarchist</a>, theorist, editor & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Munich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Munich</a> council republic leader, was born. This is a short biography: <a href="https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10677/gustav-landauer-born" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10677/gustav-landauer-born</a>

Working Class History<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OtD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OtD</a> 7 Apr 1712 over 20 enslaved Africans in NYC rebelled and set fire to the home of an enslaver, then attacked colonists, killing 9 and injuring 6. British colonial authorities sent in militia, executed rebels and implemented harsher laws. Learn more: <a href="https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10675/maiden-lane-revolt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10675/maiden-lane-revolt</a>

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