Working Class History
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#OtD 17 Jul 1999 nine guards at the Florida State Prison in Starke entered the cell of Latino prisoner Frank Valdes armed with stun-guns, pepper spray and mace and beat and stomped him to death. The guards filed false reports and none were convicted https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8895/frank-valdes-murdered
Working Class History
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#OtD 15 Jul 1954 the right-wing dictatorship of general Francisco Franco amended the 1933 vagrancy law to criminalise homosexuality. Over the next 25 years, around 5,000 LGBT+ people would be imprisoned and subjected to brutal sexual violence https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8682/franco-criminalises-homosexuality
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Punkrock History
@historyofpunkrock@sfba.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

In memory Ian Kevin Curtis, lead singer, lyricist and occasional guitarist of the post-punk band Joy Division, born on this day in 1956, Stretford, Lancashire, England.

Photo by Paul Slattery

#punkrock #postpunk #iancurtis #joydivision #history #punkrockhistory #otd

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Punkrock History
@historyofpunkrock@sfba.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

47 years ago today
Pete Shelley of English punk band the Buzzcocks at the Rock Against Racism Festival at Alexandra Park in Manchester, England on July 15, 1978

📸 by Kevin Cummins

#punk #punks #punkrock #peteshelley#buzzcocks#rockagainstracism #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Working Class History
@workingclasshistory@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago
#OtD 14 Jul 1896 Spanish anarchist, rail mechanic and Civil War fighter, Buenaventura Durruti, was born. Involved in strikes, uprisings and bank robberies across Europe and Latin America, he was killed during the civil war. 500k attended his funeral https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8575/buenaventura-durruti-born
Punkrock History
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In memory Sandy Sue Pesavento aka Sandy West one of the founding members of the Runaways and possibly the hardest rockin’ female drummer of all times, born on this day in 1959, Long Beach

📸 Jerry Venemann

#womenofpunk #sandywest #therunaways #history #punkrockhistory #otd

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Working Class History
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#OtD 8 Jul 1968, the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement, a new group of Black workers, picketed out thousands of workers at an auto plant against racial discrimination accommodated by the union at that plant. More info here: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e61-the-league-of-revolutionary-black-workers-in-detroit/