In 2021, Zohran Mamdani went on a 15-day hunger strike aimed at pushing politicians to provide debt relief for New York City cab drivers. This act of resistance would show us exactly the kind of mayoral campaign he'd run years later.

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#OtD 16 Sep 1945 43,000 oil workers in 20 states across the USA walked out on strike. Learn more in this incredible book about US mass strikes: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/str...

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#OtD 16 Sep 1920 Dutch communist resistance fighter Hannie Schaft was born. Under Nazi occupation, she stole ID cards for Jewish locals, and sabotaged and assassinated fascists. She was eventually captured, tortured and murdered by Dutch fascists stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8840...

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#OtD 16 Sep 1917 Eva Lynch, a member of the @IWW union in Australia was arrested while addressing a meeting in Sydney where she was training women public speakers to try to keep the union alive while so many of the men were in prison. Learn more: workingclasshistory.com/2019/01/28/e...

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#OtD 11 Sep 2017 in Nairobi, Kenya, drivers for rideshare services Taxify, Little and Mondo-Ride joined Uber drivers on an indefinite strike demanding a cut in commission rates stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8362...

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