#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 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

"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".

#internet #TheWeb #OTD #OnThisDay #history

#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

#OtD 8 Dec 1949 dock workers in France agreed to prevent cargo destined for Indochina from being transported from multiple ports in solidarity with the anti-colonial war in Vietnam, which had spilled over into Cambodia and Laos https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10779/dockers-block-arms-to-indochina

#OtD 5 Dec 1955 the Montgomery bus boycott began, four days after arrest of Rosa Parks for refusing to vacate her seat in the "coloured" section of a segregated bus to a white passenger. The successful campaign helped spur the civil rights movement https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10500/montgomery-bus-boycott

#OtD 7 Dec 1938 the last of the International Brigades' British Battalion arrived by boat back in Newhaven, UK, after surviving the Spanish Civil War. The 300 brigaders were welcomed by a huge crowd before marching to a special train to London https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/13078/British-volunteers-return-from-Spanish-Civil-War

#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