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7 November 1988: Brazil CSN strike

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6 November 1912: Grabow mill arson

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5 November 1811: Saint-Leu enslaved revolt

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4 November 1910: Champagne tax strike

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3 November 2017: Marshall Islands fish strike

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2 November 1917: Balfour declaration

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1 November 2008: Boeing workers win strike

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31 October 1979: Iran oil workers strike

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30 October 1919: Pennsylvania blind workers strike

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29 October 1831: Bristol reform riots

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28 October 1916: Conscription defeated in Australia

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27 October 1948: NYC brewery strike grows

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26 October 1983: Northwood and Pinner occupation

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25 October 1983: Hayes Cottage Hospital occupied

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24 October 1975: La Tondeña strike

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23 October 1913: Bristol University Suffragette arson

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22 October 1921: Castleconnell fisheries strike

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21 October 1935: St Vincent Labour rebellion

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20 October 1901: Rosario sugar strike

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19 October 1945: Chinese seamen deported

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18 October 1931: Braunschweig strike

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17 October 1950: Salt of the Earth strike

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16 October 1951: Spit and polish action

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15 October 1913: Indian miners protest indenture tax

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14 October 1976: One million strike in Canada

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13 October 1948: Ruppert brewery strike

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12 October 1919: Port Edgar mutiny

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11 October 1884: New Straitsville mine fire

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10 October 1947: West Africa railway strike

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9 October 1912: Little Falls textile strike

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8 October 1916: Standard Oil workers strike

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7 October 1988: Montenegro mass strike

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6 October 1995: Boeing machinists strike

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5 October 2001: Malawi health workers strike

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4 October 1945: Navy breaks oil strike

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3 October 2019: Ecuador Indigenous protests

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2 October 1915: Morozov mill strike

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1 October 2012: Estonia health workers strike

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30 September 1919: Daily Sketch workers censorship

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29 September 1909: Missoula free-speech fight

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28 September 1991: Shankar Guha Niyogi assassinated

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27 September 1973: UFW wins strike

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26 September 1939: Ricky Tomlinson born

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25 September 2005: South Korea sex workers union

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24 September 1945: NYC elevator workers strike

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23 September 2017: Video game voice actors strike ends

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22 September 1912: Casa del Obrero Mundial founded

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21 September 1945: US coal supervisors strike

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20 September 1979: Aotearoa/New Zealand general strike

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19 September 1795: Curaçao slave revolt crushed

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18 September 1809: Old price riots

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17 September 1941: Canada bans strikes

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16 September 1937: Kirkintilloch tragedy

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15 September 1978: Inco strike

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14 September 1889: Navassa miners' rebellion

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13 September 1943: Belle Vue Harel strike

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12 September 2012: Georgia prison protests

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11 September 2017: Kenya taxi strike

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10 September 1979: McDonald's strikers win

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9 September 1739: Stono rebellion

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8 September 1941: Norwegian milk strike

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7 September 1977: Mohan Nagar clashes

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6 September 2008: Boeing workers strike

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5 September 2013: Saint Helena Airport strike

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4 September 1936: Trocadero Grill strike

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3 September 1940: Eduardo Hughes Galeano born

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2 September 1963: Philippines Airlines strike

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1 September 1974: Newark Labour Day riots

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31 August 1972: Shrewsbury Builders strike meeting

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30 August 1908: Birmingham coal strike ends

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29 August 2016: Curaçao oil workers strike

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28 August 1968: Chicago Black bus drivers strike

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27 August 1889: Jewish tailors strike

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26 August 1972: Falkirk FC strike

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25 August 1921: Battle of Blair Mountain

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24 August 1922: Howard Zinn born

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23 August 1966: Wave Hill walk-off

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22 August 2005: Air Vanuatu strike

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21 August 1971: Angry Brigade raid

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20 August 1976: Grunwick strike begins

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19 August 1909: Little Red Song Book published

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18 August 1812: Leeds food riots

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17 August 1987: Hyundai occupation

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15 August 1911: Liverpool strikers shot

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14 August 1886: New Haven rubber workers strike

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13 August 1937: Mauritius strike massacre

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12 August 1887: Maria Cano born

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11 August 1958: Dockums drugstore sit-in

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10 August 2005: Gate Gourmet dispute

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9 August 1979: YH wig workers occupation

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8 August 1883: MSG strike benefit

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7 August 1842: Chartist mass meeting

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6 August 1970: Yippies invade Disneyland

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5 August 1981: Air-traffic controllers fired

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4 August 1941: Moengo miners strike

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3 August 1945: Wagglen family squat

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2 August 1917: Rio de Janeiro strike ends

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1 August 1938: Hilo massacre

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31 July 1945: London dockers go-slow

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30 July 1766: Real Del Monte miners strike