#OtD 21 Mar 1927 800,000 Shanghai workers began a general strike and a 5000-strong workers militia fought state forces.

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#OtD 21 Mar 1927 800,000 Shanghai workers began a general strike and a 5000-strong workers militia fought state forces. The working class controlled the city until the nationalist Kuomintang, who had been backed by the left, massacred many workers https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7858/shanghai-third-uprising