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“Hogg defied categorisation. A prolific poet, songwriter, playwright, novelist, short story writer & parodist, he wrote with equal skill in Scots & English”
James Hogg, AKA “the Ettrick Shepherd” (1770–1835, DOB unknown) was baptised #OTD, 9 Dec
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#Scottish #literature #JamesHogg #romanticism #gothic #18thcentury #19thcentury
#OtD 8 Dec 2008 two days after the killing of 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos by police, protests across Greece escalated into a full-blown revolt which was so powerful and widespread it resulted in the imprisonment of the killer https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10780/greece-anti-police-revolt
"Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge."
#OnThisDay, 7 Dec 1993, Toni Morrison gives her Nobel lecture, part of her acceptance of the Nobel prize in literature.
Watch her speech here: https://nobel-videocdn01.azureedge.net/video/lecture_1993_lit_morrison_98_496.mp4
#ReadMoreWomen #NobelWomen #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
#OtD 7 Dec 1959 oil workers in Fiji went on strike, for the first time uniting different ethnic groups, mainly Fijian and Indian. Both the British colonial government and traditional Fijian chiefs worked together to oppose the strike https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10694/fiji-oil-workers-strike
#OtD 9 Dec 1984 Mexican revolutionary, Amelio Robles Ávila, died aged 95. Assigned female at birth, he later lived as a man, joining Zapata's army, taking part in battles, extorting capitalists and threatening those who misgendered him. Learn more: https://www.tiktok.com/@workingclasshistory/video/7121709454348881158
#OtD 6 Dec 1928 the banana massacre took place in Ciénaga, Colombia, when soldiers killed up to 2000 striking workers of the United Fruit Co., and their wives and children, who were fighting for one day off per week and pay in money rather than coupons https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10599/banana-massacre
#OTD, 400 years ago, Ubbo Emmius passed away.
He was one of the founders of the @universityofgroningen and its first chancellor (rector magnificus).
Ubbo's most personal texts are his letters to friends and acquaintances. Browse through our digitized collection
and read more about Ubbo Emmius:
https://www.rug.nl/library/heritage/our-history/ubbo-emmius-in-memoriam
“Hogg defied categorisation. A prolific poet, songwriter, playwright, novelist, short story writer & parodist, he wrote with equal skill in Scots & English”
James Hogg, AKA “the Ettrick Shepherd” (1770–1835, DOB unknown) was baptised #OTD, 9 Dec
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#Scottish #literature #JamesHogg #romanticism #gothic #18thcentury #19thcentury
#OtD 9 Dec 1947 the Rawagede massacre was carried out by Dutch colonial troops in Indonesia, who executed 431 people: nearly every male aged over 15 in the village of Rawagede (now Balongsari). None of the killers were prosecuted https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10885/rawagede-massacre
#OtD 9 Dec 1987 the First Intifada of Palestinians against Israeli occupation began with a general strike, refusal to pay taxes, a boycott of Israeli institutions and riots which lasted until the early 1990s. Learn more in these books: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/all/palestine
#OtD 9 Dec 1842 one of the founders of contemporary anarchist-communism, Peter Kropotkin, was born. An activist, scientist, and philosopher, he abandoned his aristocratic background in favour of the revolutionary class struggle. Works available here: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/all/peter-kropotkin
"Most women think politics aren't lady-like. Well, I'm no lady. I'm a human being."
#OnThisDay, 6 Dec 1921, Agnes Macphail, wins a seat in the Canadian House of Commons. She was the first woman to be a Canadian MP.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #CanadianHistory #Histodons
#OnThisDay, 6 Dec 1934, the Turkish Parliament voted to allow all women over 22 the vote, and women over 30 the right to stand in elections.
The first women were elected the following year.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #TurkishHistory #VotesForWomen #Histodons
7 years ago today
In memory of Pete Shelley, founding member and later singer of the punk rock band Buzzcocks, who died on this day in 2018 at the age of 63 of a suspected heart attack
📸 Fin Costello
#punk #punks #punkrock #peteshelley #buzzcocks #history #punkrockhistory #otd
In memory of Pete Shelley
April 17, 1955 – December 6, 2018
Buzzcocks - What Do I Get? (Official Video)
#punk #punks #punkrock #peteshelley #buzzcocks #punklegend #history #punkrockhistory #otd
#OtD 8 Dec 1962 a revolt broke out against the Sultan of Brunei, a dictatorship which was propped up by the British Empire. Rebel units attacked police stations and other facilities. UK troops counter-attacked, and within ten days crush the uprising https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7351/brunei-revolt
Happy 25th anniversary to this Daily Mail article from the year 2000, proclaiming that internet "may be just a passing fad as millions give up on it".
#OtD 8 Dec 2008 two days after the killing of 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos by police, protests across Greece escalated into a full-blown revolt which was so powerful and widespread it resulted in the imprisonment of the killer https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10780/greece-anti-police-revolt
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