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    1 Feb in the US on the anniversary of civil rights sit ins beginning in Greensboro NC at the segregated lunch counter of Woolworths in 1960. So we have made available a number of Black history books here:

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  2. 4 Feb 1968 a boat from Hull, England, sank, killing all but one of its 19 crew. It sparked a powerful direct action campaign by fishermen's wives which rapidly won health and safety improvements in the industry

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  3. 3 Feb 2006 Al Lewis, lifelong socialist and actor who portrayed grandpa Munster in the popular TV show The Munsters died in NYC. During the Depression he would break into evicted tenants' houses and move their furniture back in, and protested for relief

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  4. 3 Feb 2003 Washington Post published this article saying that it was "irrefutable" had weapons of mass destruction & was working with Al Qaeda to acquire chemical weapons & attack Europe. Worth remembering with furore about

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  5. 3 Feb 1994 workers in held a national general in at the economic policies of the conservative government of President Sixto Durán-Ballén, and particularly a 71% increase in the price of gasoline

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  6. 3 Feb 1988 2500 across the UK against a low pay offer. Some Vauxhall workers and miners joined them on sympathy strikes. Despite press attacks, most people supported them, and they won some concessions

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  7. 3 Feb 1956, 250 workers in New York City Bagel Bakers Local 338 agreed to call off a strike when they were given pay increases of 4-9%, as well as an additional 11th day paid holiday and bigger employer pension contributions.

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  8. 3 Feb 1931 American Michael Schirru was arrested in his hotel room in Rome for coming to with the intention to kill its dictator Benito Mussolini. He was imprisoned and later executed by firing squad

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    This morning's listening on the walk to work is the first part of the excellent podcast on Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners - close to my heart as someone who grew up on the west Yorkshire coalfields.

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    Absolutely pathetic that Unison, which always hampers its members' ability to take strike action, is trying to claim this victory which was won by the much smaller but more militant

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    3 Feb 1972 striking miner Freddie Matthews was crushed under the wheels of a scab lorry while he was picketing a power station in Lincolnshire, England. His brother blamed for his death. Thousands attended his funeral

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    2 Feb 1932 an inquiry began in Adelaide, Australia, investigating the causes of a strike of schoolkids at the Roseworthy Agricultural College. Kids complained that authorities abused and insulted pupils, gave them unfair punishments and unfit food

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    2 Feb 2016, Pakistani paramilitary forces opened fire on an anti-privatisation rally by Pakistan International Airlines workers outside Jinnah Int'l Airport, killing 2 and injuring 8. This is our archive of content about airport workers' struggles:

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    2 Feb 1994 students in launched a nationwide general in protest at a 71% increase in the price of gasoline. Protests took place in several cities, and there were clashes with security forces in Quito

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    2 Feb 1988 4 lesbians abseiled into the UK House of Lords in protest at the homophobic section 28. In 2017, 4 other lesbians climbed onto the Houses of Parliament in order to put up a blue plaque commemorating the 1988 action

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    2 Feb 1932 1000 residents in the , New York resisted bailiffs and police who were trying to evict 3 families. Resistance to evictions in the city restored around 77,000 evicted families to their homes in that time

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    2 Feb 1902 the first workers' federation in the , the Unión Obrera Democrática Filipina was set up by Isabelo de los Reyes, based on ideas of Karl Marx and Errico Malatesta. Had 20,000 members by 1903

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    2 Feb 1821, more than 500 miners gathered in Dawley and marched to protest pay cuts and increasing poverty. The march escalated, culminating in a pitched battle with the local Yeomanry that left two miners dead. Read more about the conflict here:

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    1 Feb in the US on the anniversary of civil rights sit ins beginning in Greensboro NC at the segregated lunch counter of Woolworths in 1960. So we have made available a number of Black history books here:

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    في مثل هذا اليوم، 1 فبراير 2012، قُتل 72 شخصاً من مشجي فريق الأهلي عقب مباراة كرة قدم بين فريقي المصري والأهلي فيما عُرِف بـ"مذبحة بورسعيد". (1/2)

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