#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 stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9282...

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#OtD 19 July 1936 the People's Olympiad was due to start in Barcelona in opposition to the Olympics in Nazi Germany. The event was cancelled, however, due to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. Some athletes remained to fight the fascists shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/oli...

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#onthisday, 19 July 1936, the rebel Spanish military rose in Barcelona against the elected government. An unusual combination of anarchist and other workers with the loyal police, often fighting side by side, defeated them. By the next day. 450 lay dead. Photo Pérez de Rozas

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#OtD 19 Jul 1936 after a right-wing coup by General Franco, workers across Spain took up arms and launched a social revolution. The ensuing civil war pitted the working class against Spanish capitalists, German Nazis and Italian fascists. More in our pod: workingclasshistory.com/2020/06/17/e...

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#OtD 1 May 1926 the TUC voted for a UK-wide general strike in solidarity with locked out miners. 1.75 million workers walked out but the strike was called off by leaders (many who opposed the strike from start) despite reaching no agreement on a settlement workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e119...

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