#OtD 14 May 1913 4000 Philadelphia longshoremen went on strike, half of whom were African-American.
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#OtD 14 May 1913 4000 Philadelphia longshoremen went on strike, half of whom were African-American. Strikers joined the @iww, an early example of effective multiracial unionism in the US. More in our podcast on Ben Fletcher, one of the organisers: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e73-ben-fletcher/
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#OtD 14 May 1913 4000 Philadelphia longshoremen went on strike, half of whom were African-American. Strikers joined the @iww, an early example of effective multiracial unionism in the US. More in our podcast on Ben Fletcher, one of the organisers: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e73-ben-fletcher/
Also 14th May
1985 MOVE #Philadelphia : six adults and five children dead, 60 homes in ruins
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/history-black-radical-group-move-infamous-bombing-by-police
