#OtD 10 May 1920 dock workers in England refused to load armaments for use by Allies against the Russian Revolution. Sylvia Pankhurst played a key role in organising this, as did a woman known only as 'Mrs Walker from Poplar' stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8226/s…

Somebody I met, the unforgettable Joe Jacobs. I recall after a Solidarity conference in Sheffield, in a pub, a local mouthed off about 'homos', Joe, around 65 then, went over and gently kissed him in the cheek.

#OtD 10 May 1894 the Pullman Company fired three railway workers for being on the grievance committee. That evening, workers voted to strike and the next day shut Pullman down. Brecher's excellent book tells the story of what became a historic dispute: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/bo…

🚨 UPDATE:

📍 Residents inside Driscoll House Hotel are being told the removal is happening. We’re staying here until we know their removal has been cancelled.

🔔 If you’re not here, please be on standby for when they attempt the removal.

Hands off our neighbours ❤️

Another day, another delay!! Happening now -- pipeline fighter Sal has locked himself to a side boom at a Mountain Valley Pipeline worksite on Poor Mountain in Montgomery County, VA, preventing work at the site. #NoMVP

#OtD 10 May 1968 the 'night of the barricades' took place in Paris. It saw some of the most severe street fighting of the May '68 rebellion. Books, reproduction posters and more from May 68 available here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/ma…

UVW cleaner members at Department for Education are tired of being treated like 2nd-class citizens & will walk out of their jobs on June 11 & 12. Watch their powerful message in this video & get ready to stand with them on the picket line! 💪🔥 #UVWstrikes ✊🏽 youtu.be/AZWRsEI-eY8?si…

Solidarity to comrades in Birmingham who have just started their encampment! Let the student resistance in the UK continue to grow ❤️🇵🇸

The good folks of #elt4Palestine are running an antisemitism workshop for #TEFL workers.

This is important stuff. We encourage our members & friends to go along.

Online 13.06.24, 5pm (UK). Register ➡️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Vijay Ramjattan EAP for Social Justice 🧡 Women of Color in ELT Dr. JPB Gerald

Today's action in Montgomery County, VA stopped Mountain Valley Pipeline work for 11 hours! Finn was locked to a side boom all day that otherwise would have been moving pipe up Poor Mountain.

#OtD 9 May 1913 Jewish garment worker, Joe Jacobs, was born in London's East End. A participant at Cable Street, he was active in the Communist Party in the 1930s, was expelled (twice!) and later co-founded the libertarian socialist group, Solidarity stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10928/…

#OtD 9 May 1911 during the Mexican revolution, Tijuana was liberated from the Diaz dictatorship by the anarchist Mexican Liberal Party (PLM) who called on people to 'make a free and happy life without masters or tyrants' stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10927/…

#OtD 9 May 1970 100,000 people marched in Washington, DC, protesting against the Vietnam War, five days after Kent State killings workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e43-46…

#OtD 9 May 1921 Sophie Scholl was born in Germany. Scholl became an anti-fascist activist, helping form the peaceful White Rose resistance group and was executed by the Nazis in 1943. Learn more about German youth resistance to Nazism in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/72-ede…

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The IDF in a nutshell: depraved yet pathetic

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📣🇵🇸UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA PASSES MOTION TO CUT TIES WITH ISRAEL📣🇵🇸

Protesters have stormed into the University of Sheffield education awards demanding the uni 'cuts ties with the arms trade', universities in Israel and redirects resources away from arms related research.

They are chanting 'free, free Palestine'

Students at one of the largest higher education institutions in Latin America, the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, join the worldwide student movement to demand an end to the genocide in the Gaza Strip. Solidarity!❤️🖤🤍💚 📸:Palestina Hoy

View from on top of the lorry which has been smashed into Leicester’s Israeli drone maker #ShutElbitDown