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Anybody wanna know about a 1960s adventure play-park in the Gorbals, run by Glaswegian folk singer Matt McGinn, which the council tried to shut down but failed cause like all the kids in the Gorbals marched on City Chambers?
Aye aye. 
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The Merthyr Rising June 1831
https://iww.org.uk/news/the-merthyr-rising/
History of IWW in Iceland
Interview - Late Night Live Program:- “The Australian workers the union movement left behind” Wed 21 May 2025
Book “No Power Greater” https://www.mup.com.au/books/no-power-greater-paperback-softback
ABC listen · The Australian workers the union movement left behind - ABC listenA new history of the union movement in Australia says marginalised groups like migrants, women, Indigenous Australia and LGBTIQA+ people were often left to run their own grass roots campaigns, and were only embraced by the broader union movement once their campaigns had gained momentum. But the approach of unions reflected the broader attitudes of the Australia of the day.
GUEST: Dr Liam Byrne, author of ‘No Power Greater - A History of Union Action in Australia’ published by Melbourne University Press.
May 28th 2025
Now:
Altona North in Naarm/Melbourne community picket supporting food workers at one of the largest bakery companies operating in Australia began stop work action on May 14 for a 15% wage increases over three years.
Then:
1998 #MUA dispute with Patrick’s; some mind blowing facts about the extent Government and Employers went to crush worker rights
https://www.3cr.org.au/sticktogether/episode/getting-boot-neck
#3CR #community Radio
#labormovement #organize #solidarity #unions #workingclasshistory
3CR Community Radio · Getting the Boot Off the NeckTwo reports today. The first takes us to Altona North in Melbourne to a community picket supporting food workers at one of the largest bakery companies operating in Australia who began stop work action on May 14 for a 15% wage increases over three years.Our second story takes us back to the historic 1998 Waterfront dispute with Patrick’s with some mind blowing facts about the extent Government and Employers will go to to crush worker rights at work.
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May 2025 Union News & talk about the 1917 General Strike https://www.3cr.org.au/sticktogether/episode/1917-general-strike
#3CR #communityradio #stickTogether
#directaction #generalstrike #labormovement #organize #solidarity #unions #workingclasshistory
3CR Community Radio · 1917 General StrikeThis week's episode of Stick Together brings you stories from the frontline with union news followed by a talk from the Marxism conference on the 1917 General Strike in Australia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917_Australian_general_strike
Remembering and Learning
https://www.labourhistory.org.au/hummer/hummer-vol-12-no-2-2017/remembering/
Documentary (National Film and Sound Archive) https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/australias-great-strike-100-years
Also on YT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zTcFOH9hdc
#directaction #generalstrike
#labormovement #organize #solidarity #unions
#workingclasshistory
en.wikipedia.org1917 Australian general strike - Wikipedia
Finally After 200 years old-growth Tree-logging ( Tree-mend-us) ends
#djarraly / #Jarrah #firstnations #Noongar #workingclasshistory
ABC News · WA jarrah axemen led back-breaking life as native forest logging peaked
International Solidarity https://jacobin.com/2025/05/south-african-unionists-international-solidarity
jacobin.comWhen South African Unionists Struck for US WorkersIn 1986, black workers in apartheid South Africa walked off the job in support of unionists in New Jersey. Their strike marked a rare moment of international labor solidarity at the height of deindustrialization and apartheid.
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May 20th 1873
On 20 May 1873, 16 women from Ascott-under-Wychwood in Oxfordshire, England, were sent to prison for their role in forming the Agricultural Workers' Union and became known as the Ascott martyrs. Local farm workers had joined the union, so the landowner sacked them and instead hired workers from the nearby village of Ramsden.
https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9301/ascott-martyrs-sentenced
#agriculturalworkers #AscottMartyrs #labormovement #organize #solidarity #unions
#workingclasshistory
stories.workingclasshistory.comWorking Class History
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“Only the poor break laws—the rich evade them.” - Matti Valentine Huhta (T-Bone Slim)
https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/wcl-e01-t-bone-slim-the-laureate-of-the-logging-camps/
#Finland
#iww #migrantworkers #TBoneSlim #workingclasshistory
Working Class History · WCL E1: T-Bone Slim – the laureate of the logging campsFirst episode of the Working Class Literature podcast, about the life and work of radical hobo author T-Bone Slim. A prolific columnist for the revolutionary Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) u…
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poor working conditions drove increasing numbers of Finns to the Industrial Workers of the World (#IWW). In the 1920s, Finns formed the largest individual ethnic group within the organisation. The IWW’s catch phrases were #directaction, #sabotage and #generalstrike. Music was used in the battle against capitalism by the IWW: “The Singing Union”.
www.fmq.fiFMQ - There is Power in the Union - Music in the Finnish American immigrant communityThe recent immigration wave into Europe has proved that where there is no common language, music and art can provide an important communication avenue between immigrants and locals. Through art, immigrants are able to express their own culture but also to give a voice even to their most harrowing experiences. Likewise, music played a pivotal role for Finnish immigrants in America in the turn of the 20th century. It enabled them to maintain their Finnish identity in the new environment and to integrate into American society.
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Book (April 2025) “Strangers in the Land.”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strangers_in_the_Land_(book)
Articles by ML
https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/michael-luo
en.wikipedia.orgStrangers in the Land (book) - Wikipedia
Despite the efforts of corporations, U.S. government & private detective agencies the IWW did not die; the delegates to the 1924 convention worked together to keep the IWW afloat. They corresponded with and took orders from their respective branches, and they kept organizing, seldom recognised they are the heroes of this story.
https://wobblyhistorycom.wordpress.com/2024/05/15/tin-jesus-and-the-two-detectives-by-k-king/
WOBBLY HISTORY · Tin Jesus and the Two Detectives by K. KingFor the first time, Wobbly History has some original writing to present! This piece was written by K.King and is about a few of the characters that were involved in the conflicts surrounding the 19…