History isn't made by kings or politicians, it's made by us: billions of ordinary people. https://patreon.com/workingclasshistoryhttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mr7re2zbyf2a#OtD 22 Jul 1913 after German parliament approved a huge military bill, Rosa Luxemburg gave a speech saying that parliamentarianism wasn't enough to defend workers and that political mass strikes were a vital weapon in our arsenal. More by and about Rosa: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/all/rosa-luxemburg22 Jul 2026 07:10 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr7re2zbyf2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mr7licjvea2d#OtD 22 Jul 1920 government forces raided the Santiago, Chile, headquarters of the revolutionary Industrial Workers of the World union. It was trying to break a 3-month-long @IWW strike aimed at preventing the export of cereals during a domestic famine https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9483/chilean-government-raids-iww22 Jul 2026 05:25 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr7licjvea2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mr7h3hmhgu2aNew daily podcast: 22 July 2005: Tonga civil servants strike https://www.spreaker.com/episode/22-july-2005-tonga-civil-servants-strike--72834141?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky22 Jul 2026 04:06 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr7h3hmhgu2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mr6uu7xxn52g#OtD 21 Jul 1915 Herbert Burden of the Northumberland Fusiliers was executed at 17 years old for desertion. He had lied about his age to enlist, and was the youngest soldier executed by the British Army. He was granted a parliamentary pardon in 2006 https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9384/herbert-burden-executed21 Jul 2026 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6uu7xxn52ghttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mr6uu7rngp2m#OtD 21 Jul 1936 this iconic photo of 17-year-old socialist Marina Ginestà was taken by Hans Gutmann after the start of the Spanish civil war. She was a journalist and translator who was given the rifle to pose with. She survived the war. More in our pod: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e39-the-spanish-civil-war-an-introduction/21 Jul 2026 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6uu7rngp2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mr6ptbq6zs22#OtD 21 Jul 1972 women shoemakers in Fakenham, Norfolk, England, who had been occupying their factory against redundancy, launched a workers' cooperative in a new plant https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9389/sexton's-shoe-workers'-co-op21 Jul 2026 21:10 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6ptbq6zs22https://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mr6mhzd4sy2y#OtD 21 Jul 2001 Italian police in Genoa raided the Armando Diaz school and brutally beat the protesters staying there. The victims were then arrested and tortured by officers, who were never punished https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9391/italian-police-raid-diaz-school21 Jul 2026 20:10 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6mhzd4sy2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mr6jxjk6xl2b#OtD 21 Jul 1905 Polish socialist and independence activist Stefan Alexander Okrzeja was executed for carrying out a bomb attack on Russian imperial police in Praga, Warsaw, which killed one and injured three https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9383/stefan-alexanderokrzeja-okrzeja-executed21 Jul 2026 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6jxjk6xl2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mr6ewl2vap27#OtD 21 Jul 1978 a wildcat strike of thousands of US postal workers in several cities broke out for improvements to their contracts, lasting four days. Management fired 125 workers in revenge, though many were reinstated after years of campaigning https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9390/us-postal-service-wildcat-strike21 Jul 2026 17:55 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6ewl2vap27https://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mr6ewl32xx2b#OtD 21 Jul 1945 Irish Women Worker's Union staged a laundry strike affecting many of Dublin's hotels. Hospital laundry workers were exempt from the strike action. The strike lasted 14 weeks and ended in victory for the workers https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9387/laundry-women-strike21 Jul 2026 17:55 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6ewl32xx2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mr62uqxs3z2g#OtD 21 Jul 1919 workers in Arequipa, Peru, formed a committee to fight against the rapidly rising cost of living. When their demands were not met, they launched a massive general strike in early October. After eight days, workers won pay increases https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9385/arequipa-workers-organise-against-price-rises21 Jul 2026 14:55 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr62uqxs3z2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mr5v2oj3sn2y#OtD 21 Jul 1921 anti-fascists in Sarzana, Italy, fought back against a gathering of 600 fascists. The fascists opened fire and then fled. Locals, many part of the Arditi del Popolo, pursued the fascists into the countryside, killing 18 and wounding 30 https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9386/sarzana-anti-fascist-battle21 Jul 2026 13:11 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5v2oj3sn2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mr5sigvccl2z#OtD 21 Jul 2007 Ilya Borodaenko, a Russian anarchist and member of Autonomous Action, died from head injuries sustained during a neo-Nazi attack on an anti-nuclear protest camp at Angarsk, Siberia https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9392/ilya-borodaenko-killed-by-neo-nazis21 Jul 2026 12:25 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5sigvccl2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mr5lruty462m#OtD 21 Jul 1972 five union shop stewards were jailed for picketing a container depot in East London. The next day strikes broke out, with 250,000 taking industrial action and 90,000 on all-out strike. The "Pentonville Five" were released on the 26th https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9388/pentonville-five-arrested21 Jul 2026 10:25 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5lruty462mhttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mr4woefwob2tNew daily podcast: 21 July 1945: Dublin laundry strike https://www.spreaker.com/episode/21-july-1945-dublin-laundry-strike--72834155?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky21 Jul 2026 04:07 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr4woefwob2thttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mr4cqel34w2b#OtD 20 Jul 1936 Los Solidarios action group member, Francisco Ascaso, died during the struggle for Barcelona's Atarazanas Barracks in the early fighting of the Spanish civil war. A column of anarchist militia was later named after him https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9277/death-of-francisco-ascaso20 Jul 2026 22:10 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr4cqel34w2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mr2bxhaq5z2oNew in our shop: From Riot to Insurrection: The G8 Summit of 2001 & The Battle of Genoa – Tomas Rothaus https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/from-riot-to-insurrection-the-g8-summit-of-2001-the-battle-of-genoa-tomas-rothaus?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky20 Jul 2026 02:51 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr2bxhaq5z2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mr3ssotyoh2t#OtD 20 Jul 1953 a mass strike movement began in the Soviet gulags system following the death of Stalin. At its height, it involved 1000s of prisoners in gulag strike committees before it was repressed https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9279/gulag-strike-wave20 Jul 2026 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3ssotyoh2thttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mr3phhxiz427#OtD 20 Jul 1923 Francisco 'Pancho' Villa, Mexican revolutionary guerrilla leader, was ambushed and killed in Parral, México. He was 45 https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9274/pancho-villa-killed20 Jul 2026 16:25 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3phhxiz427https://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mr3nrsblrs2z#OtD 20 Jul 1979 Native American political prisoner Leonard Peltier escaped from Lompoc Federal Correctional Institution in California. Peltier was a leader in the American Indian Movement and was convicted in 1977 of killing two FBI agents https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9281/leonard-peltier-escapes-custody20 Jul 2026 15:55 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3nrsblrs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mr2znxqel527#OtD 20 Jul 1925 Frantz Fanon, revolutionary psychiatrist and pioneering anti-colonial theorist was born in Martinique. He served in the Free French Army, experiencing racism and joined the Algerian independence movement. Learn more in this biography: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/books/products/frantz-fanon-a-biography-david-macey20 Jul 2026 09:55 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr2znxqel527https://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mr2yt6xcs52b#OtD 20 Jul 1972 Salvadora Botana, Argentine Jewish author, anarchist and feminist died in Buenos Aires aged 78. A fascinating life, she campaigned for the release of an anarchist assassin, supported Spanish Civil War refugees and married into wealth https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9280/salvadora-carmen-medina-onrubia-dies20 Jul 2026 09:40 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr2yt6xcs52bhttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mr2jqcxh252m#OtD 20 Jul 2001 Carlo Giuliani, a 23-year-old Italian history student and activist, was shot in the face and run over by police during protests against the G8 summit. The European Court of Human Rights absolved Italy of Giuliani's death in 2009 https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9282/carlo-giuliani-killed-by-police20 Jul 2026 05:10 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr2jqcxh252mhttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mr2ivij7642m#OtD 20 Jul 1943 two Jewish members of the Waldkommando, a special work unit that supplied wood for the crematorium, at the Sobibor extermination camp attacked their guard and encouraged other members of the unit to escape – several were able to do so https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9278/waldkommando-escape20 Jul 2026 04:55 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr2ivij7642mhttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mr2g2y6sgf2pNew daily podcast: 20 July 1979: Leonard Peltier escapes https://www.spreaker.com/episode/20-july-1979-leonard-peltier-escapes--72834138?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky20 Jul 2026 04:04 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr2g2y6sgf2phttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mr2bxhaq5z2oNew in our shop: From Riot to Insurrection: The G8 Summit of 2001 & The Battle of Genoa – Tomas Rothaus https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/from-riot-to-insurrection-the-g8-summit-of-2001-the-battle-of-genoa-tomas-rothaus?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky20 Jul 2026 02:51 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr2bxhaq5z2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mqzt45aovr2m#OtD 19 Jul 1871 Marie Goldsmith, Russian Jewish Socialist-Revolutionary, anarchist militant, and biologist, was born. In addition to an illustrious scientific career, she contributed prolifically to the radical and working class press. More info here: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9098/marie-goldsmith-born19 Jul 2026 22:25 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzt45aovr2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mqzsbgfa5x2g#OtD 19 Jul 1921 anti-fascist militia the Arditi del Popolo took their first official action in Piombino, Italy. They attacked a fascist meeting place, rounded up the fascists, then held the streets for several days before being forced to withdraw https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9103/arditi-del-popolo-piombino-action19 Jul 2026 22:10 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzsbgfa5x2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mqzqlojn7i27#OtD 19 Jul 1883 thousands of telegraphers working for Western Union across the US walked out on strike demanding equal pay for equal work for men and women, along with other demands, like a pay increase and an eight-hour day https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9099/western-union-telegraphers-strike19 Jul 2026 21:40 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzqlojn7i27