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/3mtqruudxlo2t#OtD 23 Aug 1851 a violent riot broke out in Sydney, Australia, when police arrested a sailor wearing women's clothing. Hundreds attacked police officers and police stations, freeing all prisoners along the way. We've produced this poster in celebration: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/all/agustin-huarte?sort_by=created-ascending23 Aug 2026 12:25 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqruudxlo2thttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mtqcs2z46z2k#OtD 23 Aug 1958 a huge race riot in the St Ann's area of Nottingham, UK, began in which a mob of over 1000 white people attacked the local Black population, leaving dozens injured. It would be a prelude for more racial violence in London days later https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/the-making-of-the-black-working-class-in-britain-ron-ramdin23 Aug 2026 07:55 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqcs2z46z2khttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mtqable5n52d#OtD 23 Aug 1936 during the Spanish Civil War, 21-year-old anarchist Maria Silva Cruz was murdered by the fascist Guardia Civil. With the outbreak of civil war, her village fell into the hands of the fascists and she was arrested and shot. Learn more: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9545/maria-silva-cruz-murdered23 Aug 2026 07:10 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqable5n52dhttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mtpwq5e6he2sNew daily podcast: 23 August 1966: Wave Hill walk-off https://www.spreaker.com/episode/23-august-1966-wave-hill-walk-off--73530045?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky23 Aug 2026 04:19 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtpwq5e6he2shttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mtook5zwjg2k#OtD 22 Aug 1972 16 left-wing political prisoners were murdered and 3 injured in the Trelew army base in Argentina by the right-wing military dictatorship. One of the officers responsible was given refuge in the US, which refused extradition. More: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7862/trelew-massacre22 Aug 2026 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtook5zwjg2khttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mtoal536672z#OtD 22 Aug 1947 Kenyan labour leader Chege Kibachia was arrested amidst a series of strikes. Independence leader Jomo Kenyatta worked with the British Labour govt and Trades Union Congress to set up pliant unions to divide workers by trade https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9452/chege-kibachia-arrested22 Aug 2026 12:10 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtoal536672zhttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mto6vhzhks27#OtD 22 Aug 1917 police in Turin, Italy fired on an anti-war protest of mostly women and children calling for "peace and bread", killing and injuring members of the crowd. The following day, workers responded with a general strike, raids and barricades https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9449/turin-anti-war-protest-massacre22 Aug 2026 11:40 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mto6vhzhks27https://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mtnzuj2wes2y#OtD 22 Aug 1894 gay Dutch resistance fighter, Willem Arondeus, was born. Executed by Nazis for his part in an attack on the Amsterdam public records office, before his death, Arondeus told a friend to "let it be known that homosexuals are not cowards" https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9448/willem-arondeus-born22 Aug 2026 10:10 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtnzuj2wes2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mtnoxsuys22z#OtD 22 Aug 1893 Dorothy Parker, US writer and victim of Hollywood blacklisting, was born. Radicalised by the executions of the anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti, she later founded the Hollywood Anti-Nazi League and helped Spanish civil war orphans. https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9447/dorothy-parker-born22 Aug 2026 06:55 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtnoxsuys22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mtnlmjleld2z#OtD 22 Aug 2005 over 100 workers at Air Vanuatu walked out on strike in a dispute over a collective bargaining agreement, job security and severance pay, grounding all flights. Workers demanded arbitration of their complaints, which management agreed https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7863/air-vanuatu-strike22 Aug 2026 05:55 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtnlmjleld2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mtnipgafvc2oNew daily podcast: 22 August 2005: Air Vanuatu strike https://www.spreaker.com/episode/22-august-2005-air-vanuatu-strike--73530029?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky22 Aug 2026 05:02 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtnipgafvc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mtnibahc732t#OtD 22 Aug 1943 the Statesman published this photo of the Bengal famine, which killed up to 4 million after British authorities under Winston Churchill, who "hate[d]" "beastly" Indians, destroyed and diverted food from the area and restricted imports. https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9450/bengal-famine22 Aug 2026 04:55 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtnibahc732thttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mtnhggmsja2q#OtD 22 Aug 1862 Claude Debussy, French radical impressionist composer heavily influenced by the Symbolists, was born. The son of a Communard, Debussy was influenced by the Parisian anarchist milieu and contributed to its press https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9446/claude-debussy-born22 Aug 2026 04:40 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtnhggmsja2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mtnfqtfbim2t#OtD 22 Aug 2016 Mapuche Indigenous eco-activist Macarena Valdés was found dead by hanging in rural Chile by her 11-year-old son. Police ruled it a suicide, but forensic pathologists found that she was already dead by the time her body was hanged https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9453/macarena-vald%C3%A9s-died22 Aug 2026 04:10 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtnfqtfbim2thttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mtnfqsd5xh2k#OtD 22 Aug 1944 Polish revolutionary Maria Oneker died during the Warsaw uprising against Nazi occupation. She was the leader of the women's unit of the 104th Company of Syndicalists which fought under the red and black flag of anarcho-syndicalism https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9451/maria-ryszard%C4%99-oneker-killed22 Aug 2026 04:10 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtnfqsd5xh2khttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mtmp4nuic32k#OtD 21 Aug 1910 Mexican-American revolutionary teacher and feminist Sara Estela Ramírez died around the age of 29 after a long illness. Along with Juana Mendoza, Elisa Rosetti, Dolores Muro, she was one of the founders of Mexican feminism https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9347/sara-estela-ram%C3%ADrez-dies21 Aug 2026 21:25 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmp4nuic32khttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mtmobu5gex2f#OtD 15 Aug 1970 Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton delivered a speech in NYC criticisng homophobia and sexism in revolutionary movements and arguing for "full participation of the gay liberation movement and the women's liberation movement" https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8650/huey-newton-intersectional-speech21 Aug 2026 21:10 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmobu5gex2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mtmlrdkcni2k#OtD 21 Aug 1752 radical priest Jacques Roux was born in Pranzac, France. He was the leading figure during the French Revolution of the popular far-left political faction known as les Enragés ('the Enraged'), and elected to the Paris Commune in 1791 https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/all/french-revolution21 Aug 2026 20:25 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmlrdkcni2khttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mtm7zue5tw2t#OtD 21 Aug 1917 Antonia Ugeda Fuentes, a Spanish furniture worker, nurse, anarchist and civil war militant, was born. Imprisoned for years after Franco's victory, upon release she joined the underground struggle against his regime https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9348/antonia-ugeda-fuentes21 Aug 2026 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtm7zue5tw2thttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mtm6e6nr2d2z#OtD 21 Aug 1971 George Jackson, a member of the Black Panther Party, and five others were shot and killed by guards in the San Quentin State Prison in California, during a supposed escape attempt https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9352/george-jackson-killed21 Aug 2026 16:25 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtm6e6nr2d2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mtlthinjvo2o#OtD 21 August 1937 the USSR adopted the decree “On the eviction of the Korean population from the border regions of the Far Eastern Territory.” Over 170k Soviet Koreans were deported to Central Asia out of fear of Japanese spies infiltrating the USSR https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9349/korean-deportation-decree21 Aug 2026 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlthinjvo2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mtlq4dp2tc2q#OtD 21 Aug 1981 140 mostly women workers at the Lee Jeans factory in Greenock, Scotland returned to work after winning a seven-month occupation of the plant against closure, having won their jobs back. Learn more in our tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@workingclasshistory/video/7078027204436708614?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=737989939861110940821 Aug 2026 12:10 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlq4dp2tc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mtlq4dioso2t#OtD 21 Aug 1893 Jewish Lithuanian anarchist Emma Goldman led a march of 1000 people to Union Square in NYC, where, speaking in German and English, she told 3000 people that workers have a right to take bread if they are hungry. More about Goldman: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/all/emma-goldman21 Aug 2026 12:10 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlq4dioso2thttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mtlhpwsmej2d#OtD 21 Aug 1791 the Haitian revolution began as 100,000 enslaved people rose up and eventually overthrew both slavery and French rule, creating the world's first Black republic https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/a-history-of-pan-african-revolt-c-l-r-james21 Aug 2026 09:40 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlhpwsmej2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mtlf7hxitl2o#OtD 21 Aug 1971 police investigating the Angry Brigade urban guerrilla group raided 359 Amhurst Rd, London. Four were arrested, two of which were brutally beaten to try to get a confession. Learn more in our two-part podcast episode about the group: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e83-4-angry-brigade/21 Aug 2026 08:55 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlf7hxitl2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mtldjt6ghc24#OtD 21 Aug 1941 French communist, Pierre Georges, assassinated a Nazi officer as at Barbès metro station in Paris. "Titi is avenged," he said, refering to Samuel Tyszelman, a Polish Jewish communist who had been executed by the Nazis 8 days previously https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9350/pierre-georges-kills-nazi-officer21 Aug 2026 08:25 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtldjt6ghc24https://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mtlbu6pajk2t#OtD 21 Aug 1831 Nat Turner's rebellion of enslaved Africans began in Southampton County, Virginia. Over the next two days, his band of rebels travelled to multiple plantations, freeing enslaved people and killing the enslavers until being repressed https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9345/nat-turners-rebellion21 Aug 2026 07:55 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlbu6pajk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mtl35lmqrk2f#OtD 21 Aug 1944 the Maquis uprising took place in Paris where more than 4000 Spanish exiles took up arms against the occupying Nazi regime. Spanish civil war veterans were also the first external troops to enter the capital to liberate it https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9351/the-paris-insurrection21 Aug 2026 05:55 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtl35lmqrk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/workingclasshistory.com/post/3mtkydxxejf2kNew daily podcast: 21 August 1971: Angry Brigade raid https://www.spreaker.com/episode/21-august-1971-angry-brigade-raid--73530037?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky21 Aug 2026 05:04 +0000at://did:plc:4zzmrr3g3mqtxptcot5ep72c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtkydxxejf2k