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/3mz6yom2be32o#OtD 31 Oct 1881 German-Brazilian anarchist journalist and typesetter, Edgard Leuenroth, was born. Dedicating his life to anti-clericalism and anarcho-syndicalism, he founded numerous radical journals in Brazil31 Oct 2026 19:10 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz6yom2be32ohttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mz6ssu5qca2i#OtD 31 Oct 1894 the Trial of the Thirty, a show trial aimed at repressing the French anarchist movt and restricting freedom of speech, ended in Paris. Starting in Aug, it tried 30 French and foreign anarchists on a charge of "criminal association" https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/12462/trial-of-the-thirty-ends31 Oct 2026 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz6ssu5qca2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mz6sstj24o2x#OtD 31 Oct 1995 the largely Turkish and Kurdish workforce at a JJ Foods warehouse in Tottenham, UK, went on strike against appalling conditions and the sacking of their union rep. Attacked by Turkish fascists, they kept striking for four months https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10397/jj-foods-strike31 Oct 2026 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz6sstj24o2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mz6mx2hmk72t#OtD 31 Oct 1517 Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, setting in motion a chain of events which would change Europe forever https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10392/martin-luther-posts-95-theses31 Oct 2026 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz6mx2hmk72thttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mz6m4acsa72o#OtD 31 Oct 1926 15-year-old Anteo Zamboni was lynched by fascists, after they accused him of trying to shoot fascist dictator Mussolini during a parade in Bologna celebrating the March on Rome. Repression increased, and some of his relatives jailed https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10393/anteo-zamboni-murdered31 Oct 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz6m4acsa72ohttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mz6jgwbpp42wNew in our shop: ELAS Sweatshirt https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/elas-sweatshirt?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky31 Oct 2026 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz6jgwbpp42whttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mz6h524nej2gToday is Halloween. On All Hallows' Eve in 1590, Scottish authorities claimed 200 witches tried to prevent King James from reaching his bride in Denmark. Dozens were arrested & tortured, and 1000s killed in an era of sexist witch-hunts. 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The workers' and women's movements would play a major role in the revolution until they were crushed by religious fundamentalists https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10395/iranian-oil-workers-strike31 Oct 2026 06:10 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz5n3sz5c32ehttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mz5mnvhg5z2iNew daily podcast: 31 October 1979: Iran oil workers strike https://www.spreaker.com/episode/31-october-1979-iran-oil-workers-strike--75508544?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky31 Oct 2026 06:02 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz5mnvhg5z2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mz4lkzdx7i2r#OtD 30 Oct 1986 5000 nurses in Victoria, Australia, stopped work, held a mass meeting and voted for an indefinite strike against pay cuts. The strike continued to grow causing the government finally to cave in on 19 December https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10396/victoria-nurses-strike30 Oct 2026 20:10 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz4lkzdx7i2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mz4gjyzwob2k#OtD 30 Oct 1950 popular Russian children's writer Ekaterina Boronina was arrested and charged with being a leader of an anarchist group. Despite having worked for the secret police and being a decorated war hero she was jailed for 10 years https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10339/ekaterina-boronina-arrested30 Oct 2026 18:40 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz4gjyzwob2khttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mz4aoa6isj2w#OtD 30 Oct 1961 Ford tried to cut tea breaks for British workers from 10 minutes to 5, which unions agreed. But workers protested by taking tea more slowly and kept it up until Mar 1962 when bosses caved. 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As he wounded the officer he shouted: 'Down with the war! Long live Anarchy!' https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10334/augusto-masetti-shoots-colonel30 Oct 2026 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz3uwrqefg2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mz3rlhgyeu2o#OtD 30 Oct 1944 the left-wing Greek People's Liberation Army liberated Thessaloniki from Nazi occupation. They stopped the Nazis from blowing up power plants and food factories and attacked retreating German units, then paraded through the streets https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10338/thessaloniki-liberated-from-nazis30 Oct 2026 12:25 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz3rlhgyeu2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mz3pvtgkc42x#OtD 30 Oct 1918 German admirals sent torpedo boats threatening to fire on mutinous sailors. In return, the rebels turned the cannons at the torpedo boats, until they backed off. Nearly 1000 mutineers were arrested, but the mutiny continued to grow https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10336/th%C3%BCringen-mutiny30 Oct 2026 11:55 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz3pvtgkc42xhttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mz3nfgos2724#OtD 30 Oct 1831 enslaved rebel leader, Nat Turner, was captured in Virginia. Two months prior, Turner and six other enslaved men launched a revolt, killing enslavers. He was tried, hanged and skinned. 100s of other Black people were murdered in revenge https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/en-gb/collections/books/products/a-history-of-pan-african-revolt-c-l-r-james30 Oct 2026 11:10 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz3nfgos2724https://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mz37yczoqj2k#OtD 30 Oct 1919 residents of the Pennsylvania Working Home for Blind Men demanded higher wages for their work, threatening to strike the following week if they weren't granted. 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He also helped up to 2000 Jews escape https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10135/abdol-hossein-sardari-helps-jews-escape-holocaust29 Oct 2026 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3myzyln7n3o2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3myzxqu3f6w2o#OtD 29 Oct 1918 after months of mass strikes organised through workers' councils, Hungary was declared a republic https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10133/hungarian-republic29 Oct 2026 19:10 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3myzxqu3f6w2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3myzm6i7pcr2e#OtD 29 Oct 2000 14-year-old Palestinian Faris Odeh stood alone in front of an Israeli tank in Gaza and threw a stone at it, during the second intifada, photographed by AP's Laurent Rebours. 10 days later Odeh was shot in the neck and killed by the IDF https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/12636/faris-odeh-photographed29 Oct 2026 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3myzm6i7pcr2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3myzb4n6cwy22#OtD 29 Oct 1974 after a ten month rent strike, students at the University of Sussex occupied both Sussex House (university management headquarters) and the university's telephone exchange in protest against rising campus rents https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10137/sussex-university-occupation29 Oct 2026 12:25 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3myzb4n6cwy22https://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3myz4wjn2sx2g#OtD 29 Oct 1956 Israeli armed forces massacred 48 Palestinian citizens of Israel in the village of Kafr Qasem, inc women (one of whom was pregnant) and children. 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