#OtD 23 Oct 1956 a spontaneous nationwide revolt broke out across Hungary which saw thousands organise themselves into workers' councils and militias demanding not a transition to capitalism but rather a socialism controlled by the working class itself https://t.co/Ag0TZdfW6E

Olá! Estamos a recrutar pessoal com gosto pela história da classe trabalhadora para contribuir para a página! A História da Classe Trabalhadora, versão em português da @WorkingClassHistory, é um projeto para recordar datas importantes da história da nossa classe.

History isn’t just about race—it’s about class too. The stories of the working class, their struggles and triumphs, deserve to be told. Let’s not just teach the history of the powerful, but the history of the people. #WorkingClassHistory #BenjaminZephaniah #TheOtherSideOfHistory

#OtD 27 Oct 1962 during the Cuban missile crisis, 2nd-in-command Vasili Arkhipov of the Soviet submarine B-59 refused his captain's order to launch nuclear torpedos against US warships. This avoided setting off a likely superpower nuclear war https://t.co/3OX6GINGGF

Did you know that you can browse thousands of our stories on our free, interactive, online Map? We've got stories of people's history of resistance and rebellion from over 200 countries and dependencies. Check them out at https://t.co/Q64aI3fAd2

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#OtD 22 Oct 1935 British colonial authorities declared a state of emergency on the Caribbean island of St Vincent to repress a rebellion against high prices to benefit sugar interests https://t.co/6z2YD2YW04

🇮🇪 12 mai 1916 🚩 Pour avoir été l'un des dirigeants de l'insurrection de Pâques, James Connolly, socialiste marxiste, syndicaliste, révolutionnaire patriote, était exécuté par l'armée britannique. #easterrising #workingclasshistory

Good fun to lead another ‘Workers Walk’ for some of my colleagues today! This time visiting #Mountsorrel Quarry where the @GMB_union is the trade union. #Leicestershire #WorkingClassHistory

#OtD 28 Oct 1879 Puerto Rican workers' and women's advocate Luisa Capetillo was born. Working in textile and tobacco factories, she also helped organise a farm workers' strike and fought for women's suffrage, free love and anarchism https://t.co/4agD5oihFr

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#OtD 17 Oct 1950 miners in New Mexico went on strike against the Empire Zinc Company for equal pay and treatment for whites and Mexicans. When strikers were banned from picketing, their wives took over and after 15 months they won https://t.co/waJlLyixWz

#OtD 16 Oct 1793 Marie Antoinette, the last Queen of France before the French revolution, widely but incorrectly believed to have said about the angry and hungry masses "let them eat cake", was beheaded. Learn more about working class radicals in the rev: https://t.co/eSuQsHdHHT

#OtD 18 Oct 1977 the Red Army Faction killed Martin Schleyer, former Nazi war criminal and SS officer who was also head of the German Employers Association known for his tough opposition to unions and strikes. Learn more about the RAF in these books: https://t.co/LXtEIisVr4

Can anyone remember #londisN16 before the late 70”s. The beautiful #HackneyAndNewhamHistorySocialCub podcast would love to hear from you . #EastLondon #Hackney #Newham #WorkingClassHistory #podcast #proudhost ⁦@Immediate_T⁩ ⁦@LondisN167DT⁩

#OtD 28 Oct 1916 conscription to the army in Australia during World War I was narrowly defeated 51% to 49% in a referendum. Labor PM Billy Hughes blamed the @IWW union for this, and responded by banning the group and jailing members. More in our podcast: https://t.co/vIiyYbif3Z

#OtD 21 Oct 1928 Giuseppe Pinelli, Italian anarchist and railway worker, was born. He would become famous as a result of his tragic murder in police custody following the Italian state's attempt to frame him for the 1969 Piazza Fontana bombing https://t.co/4ND0Z6dl0p

#OtD 28 Oct 1868 Russian anarchist Mikhail Bakunin founded the anarchist International Alliance of Socialist Democracy, a short lived faction within the International Workingmen's Association https://t.co/HgYCD4BJuE

Call for participants 📢 if you or someone you know fits the bill and is interested please send over an email #oralhistory #workingclasshistory #womenshistory #twentiethcenturyhistory #1960s