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#OtD 22 May 1974 Canek Sanchez Guevara, Che Guevara's grandson, was born in Havana. He became a revolutionary himself, and a vocal critic of the Castro government and its persecution of gay people and trade unionists stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9509/c…

#OtD 22 May 1920 antisemitic hoax, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, was printed by Henry Ford in the Dearborn Independent and sold at all Ford outlets. He was later given Nazi Germany's highest award by Hitler stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9506/f…

#OtD 22 May 1918 Spanish Civil War fighter, Dolores Jiménez Alvarez, was born. Fought in the Durruti column until she was arrested by Communists. She then escaped and joined the French resistance and underground resistance to Franco stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9505/d…

#OtD 22 May 2006 teachers in Oaxaca, Mexico, walked out on strike for the 25th consecutive year. They set up a camp and encouraged students/families to join, which tens of thousands did in an uprising that lasted 5 months stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9510/o…

The 1992 lockout of miners at the Royal Oak mine in Canada is the focus of the latest episode of @WrkClassHistory's On This Day in Working Class History #podcast at

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#OtD 22 May 1816 the Littleport riots broke out in England when 100 poor people armed themselves and began robbing their wealthy neighbours. They spread to nearby towns until the army arrived and repressed them stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9503/l…

#OtD 22 May 1963 antifascist and former resistance activist, Grigoris Lambrakis, was assassinated by fascists in Greece, sparking protests of over 500,000, the resignation of the right-wing prime minister and the formation of new student organisations

#OtD 22 May 1968 footballers in Paris occupied the French Football Association headquarters declaring 'Football to the Footballers.' They issued a statement demanding the immediate dismissal of football 'profiteers' and for football without profits shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/bo…

In particular, one of the events we cover in this episode is the 1946 general strike in which Jewish and Palestinian workers went on strike together. And won.
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#OtD 22 May 1623 English military forces met with Powhatan leaders for a peace parley. A rich doctor, John Pott, poisoned their wine, killing 200 Powhatan, then troops opened fire on survivors killing 50 more. Pott later became governor of Virginia stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9502/p…

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#OtD 22 May 1895 Rail union leader Eugene Debs was imprisoned for 6 months for his role in the Pullman strike. The repression backfired on the state somewhat as Debs emerged a militant socialist. This is a history of the strike: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9504/e…