#OtD 31 Oct 1978 30k oil workers went on strike in Iran marking one of the early actions of the revolution. The workers' and women's movements would play a major role in the revolution until they were crushed by religious fundamentalists https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10395/iranian-oil-workers-strike

"Nettime has been widely recognized for its seminal role stimulating and disseminating ideas about Netzkritik or Net Critique, net.art, and tactical media and pioneered practices such as "collaborative filtering"."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nettime

The internet mailing list Nettime was created in 1995, 30 years ago.

https://nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-9510/msg00000.html

#internet #TheWeb #history #InternetHistory #OTD #OnThisDay #MailingList #NetArt #nettime

#OtD 31 Oct 1995 the largely Turkish and Kurdish workforce at a JJ Foods warehouse in Tottenham, UK, went on strike against appalling conditions and the sacking of their union rep. Attacked by Turkish fascists, they kept striking for four months https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10397/jj-foods-strike

#OtD 31 Oct 1926 15-year-old Anteo Zamboni was lynched by fascists, after they accused him of trying to shoot fascist dictator Mussolini during a parade in Bologna celebrating the March on Rome. Repression increased, and some of his relatives jailed https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10393/anteo-zamboni-murdered

#OtD 31 Oct 1926 15-year-old Anteo Zamboni was lynched by fascists, after they accused him of trying to shoot fascist dictator Mussolini during a parade in Bologna celebrating the March on Rome. Repression increased, and some of his relatives jailed https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10393/anteo-zamboni-murdered

#OtD 31 Oct 1881 German-Brazilian anarchist journalist and typesetter, Edgard Leuenroth, was born. Dedicating his life to anti-clericalism and anarcho-syndicalism, he founded numerous radical journals in Brazil

#OtD 31 Oct 1517 Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, setting in motion a chain of events which would change Europe forever https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10392/martin-luther-posts-95-theses

#OtD 31 Oct 1517 Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, setting in motion a chain of events which would change Europe forever https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10392/martin-luther-posts-95-theses

#OtD 31 Oct 1881 German-Brazilian anarchist journalist and typesetter, Edgard Leuenroth, was born. Dedicating his life to anti-clericalism and anarcho-syndicalism, he founded numerous radical journals in Brazil

#OtD 30 Oct 1831 enslaved rebel leader, Nat Turner, was captured in Virginia. Two months prior, Turner and six other enslaved men launched a revolt, killing enslavers. He was tried, hanged and skinned. 100s of other Black people were murdered in revenge https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/en-gb/collections/books/products/a-history-of-pan-african-revolt-c-l-r-james

#OtD 30 Oct 1944 the left-wing Greek People's Liberation Army liberated Thessaloniki from Nazi occupation. They stopped the Nazis from blowing up power plants and food factories and attacked retreating German units, then paraded through the streets https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10338/thessaloniki-liberated-from-nazis

#OtD 30 Oct 1919 residents of the Pennsylvania Working Home for Blind Men demanded higher wages for their work, threatening to strike the following week if they weren't granted. The workers made goods, and had their rent increased but not their pay https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10337/visually-impaired-strike-threat

#OtD 30 Oct 1961 Ford tried to cut tea breaks for British workers from 10 minutes to 5, which unions agreed. But workers protested by taking tea more slowly and kept it up until Mar 1962 when bosses caved. We've made mugs to celebrate tea break struggles: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/all/tea

#OtD 30 Oct 2003 postal workers at a Royal Mail centre and delivery office in Coventry walked off the job, joining around 20k other workers on a nationwide wildcat strike in support of a driver who was suspended. Within a few days they won https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10341/royal-mail-coventry-wildcat-strike

#OtD 30 Oct 1916 members of the radical @iww union in Everett, WA, who had gone to support a strike were forced to run a gauntlet and beaten: just one of many episodes of savage repression of the working class movt in the US in the early 20th century https://workingclasshistory.com/2018/05/23/wch-e6-the-industrial-workers-of-the-world-in-the-us-1905-1918/

#OtD 30 Oct 1986 5000 nurses in Victoria, Australia, stopped work, held a mass meeting and voted for an indefinite strike against pay cuts. The strike continued to grow causing the government finally to cave in on 19 December https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10396/victoria-nurses-strike

#OtD 30 Oct 1961 Ford tried to cut tea breaks for British workers from 10 minutes to 5, which unions agreed. But workers protested by taking tea more slowly and kept it up until Mar 1962 when bosses caved. We've made mugs to celebrate tea break struggles: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/all/tea

#OtD 30 Oct 1918 German admirals sent torpedo boats threatening to fire on mutinous sailors. In return, the rebels turned the cannons at the torpedo boats, until they backed off. Nearly 1000 mutineers were arrested, but the mutiny continued to grow https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10336/th%C3%BCringen-mutiny

#OtD 30 Oct 1911 while on mandatory military service, Italian anarchist Augusto Masetti shot his colonel in protest of being sent to fight in Libya. As he wounded the officer he shouted: 'Down with the war! Long live Anarchy!' https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10334/augusto-masetti-shoots-colonel

44 years ago
"Nazi Punks Fuck Off" is the fifth and most important single by the Dead Kennedys, released in late October/early November 1981 on Alternative Tentacles.

The single included a free armband with a crossed-out swastika on it.

#punk #punkrock #DeadKennedys #nazipunksfuckoff #otd