#OtD 23 Sep 1893 feminist and Spanish Civil War fighter Libertad Rodenas was born in Valencia. She was involved in the @CNTsindicato textile workers' union, workers' armed defence groups, and Mujeres Libres (Free Women). She later moved to Mexico https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9609/libertad-rodenas?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
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#OtD 15 Sep 1954 Veterans of the Abraham @LincolnBrigade – US volunteers in the Spanish Civil War – were brought before the Subversive Activities Control Board as the government attempted to classify them as a subversive organisation https://stories.wo...#OtD 15 Sep 1954 Veterans of the Abraham @LincolnBrigade – US volunteers in the Spanish Civil War – were brought before the Subversive Activities Control Board as the government attempted to classify them as a subversive organisation https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8742/attempt-to-proscribe-veterans-of-the-abraham-lincoln-brigade?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
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#OtD 15 Sep 2005 the Guardian revealed that Britain's largest arms manufacturer, BAE Systems, had secretly paid more than £1 million to former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. The firm used a front company registered in the British Virgin Islands htt...#OtD 15 Sep 2005 the Guardian revealed that Britain's largest arms manufacturer, BAE Systems, had secretly paid more than £1 million to former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. The firm used a front company registered in the British Virgin Islands https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8747/bae-pinochet-bribes-uncovered?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
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E91: South Korea 1987, part 1 - New episode of the Working Class History podcast: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e91-92-south-korea-1987/E91: South Korea 1987, part 1 - New episode of the Working Class History podcast: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e91-92-south-korea-1987/
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#OtD 2 Sep 1933 the USSR signed a five-year friendship pact with fascist Italy, a precursor to the Hitler-Stalin pact. The USSR supplied oil to fascist Italy during its invasion of Ethiopia while fascists persecuted communists domestically https://stor...#OtD 2 Sep 1933 the USSR signed a five-year friendship pact with fascist Italy, a precursor to the Hitler-Stalin pact. The USSR supplied oil to fascist Italy during its invasion of Ethiopia while fascists persecuted communists domestically https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9241/ussr-signs-pact-w-fascist-italy?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon