CIRCLE WITH A DOT

#OtD 9 Mar 1894 German radical artist, Franz Seiwert, was born. He was involved with Dada before helping to form the Cologne Progressives, a council communist artist circle. More: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10920/birth-of-franz-seiwert

#OtD 9 Mar 2020 tens of thousands of women across Mexico went on strike in protest at gender-based violence which kills thousands of women each year in the country. Transport, banking, education and retail were amongst the industries affected. https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10925/mexico-women's-strike

#OtD 8 Mar 1937 the Battle of Guadalajara during the Spanish Civil War began with an Italian and nationalist attack on Madrid. The attack and several following were repelled and the republicans launched a successful counter offensive. More in our podcast: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e39-the-spanish-civil-war-an-introduction/

#OtD 8 Mar 1926 mostly Jewish striking fur workers demonstrated outside the offices of The Jewish Daily Forward newspaper in NYC in protest at an anti-strike article it had published the previous day, booing the editor and burning copies of the paper. https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10831/jewish-daily-forward-protest

#OtD 8 Mar 2018 a monument to Mary Barbour was unveiled in Glasgow. Barbour was a peace campaigner and a pioneering advocate of family planning services, and a leader during the great Glasgow rent strike of 1915. https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10833/remembering-mary-barbour

#OtD 8 Mar 1922 seamen in Hong Kong and Canton (now Guangzhou) won pay rises of 15-30%, ending their seven-week strike. The British colonial govt tried to crush the strike but it spread, and armed strikers blockaded the island until victory https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10828/hong-kong-seamen's-strike-ends

#OtD 8 Mar 1926 hundreds of striking textile workers clashed with police in Clifton, NJ, as they attempted to picket the Forstmann and Huffmann Mills. Police blocked the strikers and punched them, so they yelled "shame!" and "scab!" at working mills. https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10830/textile-workers-clash-with-police

#OtD 8 Mar 1917 defying union leaderships, women workers and housewives took the streets of St Petersburg against high prices and hunger. They were joined the next day by 200,000 workers, sparking the February Revolution https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10826/st-petersburg-international-women's-day

#OtD 8 Mar 1918 women in Austria celebrated International Women's Day on this date for the first time as thousands took to the streets protesting WWI. The date commemorated women protesting in Russia the previous year (pic), beginning the revolution. https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10827/austrian-international-women's-day

#OtD 8 Mar 1963 the first Ford Anglia rolled off the production line at the UK Halewood plant. Around the same time, Ford made several deals with established business unions such as the GMWU, which were resisted by rank-and-file workers https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10832/first-car-made-at-ford-halewood

#OtD 8 Mar 1926 the largely female members of the Fur & Leather Workers' Union went on strike in New York City, enduring beatings by police. They won a 10% raise and a five-day week. Learn more about women's struggles throughout history: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/feminism/book

#OtD 8 Mar 1905 Dolors Prat Coll was born in Catalonia to a poor family. A prominent CNT militant, she helped organise worker-controlled industry during the Spanish Civil War. She remained active until her death in 2001. Learn more about the Civil War: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10825/dolors-prat

#OtD 7 Mar 1942 Lucy Parsons, African-American anarchist, founding member of the Industrial Workers of the World (@iww), and powerful orator for women, working people, and political prisoners died in a house fire. More about IWW women in our podcast: https://workingclasshistory.com/2018/12/02/e16-women-in-the-early-iww/

#OtD 7 Mar 1970 the Snake Pit gay bar in NYC was raided by police. Over 160 men were arrested, one of whom, Diego Viñales, an Argentinian fearing deportation, was severely injured as he leapt out of a second story window at the police station. More: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10731/snake-pit-raided

#OtD 7 Mar 1921 the repression of the Kronstadt Rebellion against the Bolsheviks, demanding worker self-governance and freedom for socialist prisoners began. It was brutally crushed by the Red Army led by Trotsky and hundreds were executed https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10726/first-assault-on-kronstadt

#OtD 7 Mar 1877 Jewish socialist and feminist, Ida Rauh, was born in New York City. She advocated for women's rights, including voting rights and birth control, organised women workers and worked as an actor at the pioneering Provincetown Playhouse https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7983/ida-rauh-born

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#OtD 7 Mar 1962 bagel bakers in NYC and Nassau country won a month-long strike for better conditions, winning more paid holidays and increased wages https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10729/bagel-bakers-win-strike

#OtD 7 Mar 1860 up to 1000 striking women shoe workers took part in a Great Ladies Procession during the Lynn shoe strike. Despite women's involvement, the men failed to support the their pay demands and for most workers the strike ended in defeat https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10724/women-shoemakers-march

#OtD 7 Mar 1932 the Ford Hunger March massacre took place in Detroit. Police and Ford security killed four unemployed workers and injured 60 when they opened fire on a demo organised by the Communist Party's Unemployed Council https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10727/Ford-Hunger-March-massacre