The 1984 Los Angeles Olympics massively boosted the militarisation of the LAPD and the criminalisation of communities of colour in the city. Learn more: patreon.com/posts/e93-fire…

#OtD 11 Sep 1986 violent protests by some 1000 people in Oslo, Norway, delayed a banquet in honour of Conservative UK PM Margaret Thatcher. Protesters were angry about her support of apartheid South Africa, colonialism in Ireland and pollution stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8361/p…

📣 New Podcast! "12 September 2012: Georgia prison protests" on @Spreaker #georgia #history #tbilisi spreaker.com/episode/12-sep…

#OtD 12 Sep 2001 anarchist textile worker, Dolors Prat, died aged 96. A lifelong revolutionary, she fought for the eight-hour day, participated in the Spanish revolution and following its defeat escaped to France, where she remained active stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8442/d…

New Working Class Literature podcast! First of three episodes on migrant worker poetry in China. In Part 1, we discuss the precarious conditions migrant workers live under, and the poems of two migrant worker poets. Available now for our Patreon supporters: patreon.com/posts/wcl7-chi…

The other episodes will be released shortly, but in the meantime we have sources, further reading, images, videos and eventually a transcript on the webpage for this series. Check it out here: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/wcl-7-…

#OtD 12 Sep 1992 Anti-Fascist Action fought neo-Nazis heading to a Blood & Honour gig in the "Battle of Waterloo" in London. By occupying the redirection point for the gig, anti-fascists were able to ambush small groups of Nazis as they arrived stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8441/t…

#OtD 12 Sep 1948 two Spanish anarchists from the underground resistance movement flew a small plane with the intention of dropping bombs on dictator Francisco Franco as he attended a fishing boat regatta in San Sebastian. However they had to turn back stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8440/a…

#OtD 12 Sep 1969 the recently-founded Gay Liberation Front protested in New York City against the Village Voice newspaper's use of homophobic slurs and it's censorship of gay ads. Learn more about the GLF in our podcast featuring founders of the group: workingclasshistory.com/2019/05/13/e21…

#OtD 12 Sep 2012 video was broadcast showing systemic torture and sexual assault of inmates in Tbilisi, Georgia, resulting in mass protests. The government was then forced to make reforms and dismiss and arrest prison guards and officials stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8443/g…

📣 New Podcast! "13 September 1943: Belle Vue Harel strike" on @Spreaker #history #mauritius #womens spreaker.com/episode/13-sep…

#OtD 13 Sep 1971 after negotiations for more humane treatment of prisoners broke down during the Attica uprising, heavily armed state troopers were sent in who killed 39, including 10 guards, and cheered "white power" afterwards stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8533/a…

#OtD 13 Sep 1879 Annie Kenney, cotton mill worker and pioneering direct action suffragette, was born. She and her friend and possible lover Christabel Pankhurst sparked the adoption of militant tactics across the movement stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8531/a…