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On this day, 8 March 1926, the predominantly female members of the Fur & Leather Workers Union in New York City went on strike, and were beaten by police. However they were undeterred and remained out until they won a 10% pay increase and a five-day working week. https://ift.tt/2Cap8OD
On this day, 20 June 1967, boxing legend Muhammad Ali was convicted for refusing the draft for the Vietnam war in Houston, Texas. Ali had been a vocal opponent of the US war, saying “Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs?” To try to quell the escalating resistance to the war, Ali was given the maximum sentence of 5 years imprisonment and a $10,000 fine. But their efforts were unsuccessful, and the anti-war movement continued to grow. Despite the Nation of Islam beginning to distance themselves from Ali, demonstrations supporting him took place around the world, from Egypt to Guyana to London to Ghana. Four years later his conviction was overturned by the Supreme Court. But Ali had no regrets: “I wasn’t trying to be a leader. I just wanted to be free. And I made a stand all people, not just black people, should have thought about making, because it wasn’t just black people being drafted. The government had a system where the rich man’s son went to college, and the poor man’s son went to war. Then, after the rich man’s son got out of college, he did other things to keep him out of the Army until he was too old to be drafted.”
As well as draft resistance, resistance to the war developed within the armed services themselves. Learn more in our podcast episode with anti-war veterans: https://workingclasshistory.com/2018/08/06/e10-the-gi-resistance-in-vietnam-part-1/ https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1150454841806331/?type=3
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On this day, 26 May 1970, African American auto worker and Vietnam veteran Gary Thompson was killed at the Eldon Chrysler plant in Detroit. There had been a catalogue of safety failings in the plant which led to his death, which was sadly not unique in the factory. Many workers responded by walking out on a wildcat strike the next day, partly organised by the League of Revolutionary Black Workers. More info in this podcast about the group: https://workingclasshistory.com/2018/08/28/e12-the-league-of-revolutionary-black-workers-in-detroit/ https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1132374730281009/?type=3
Craft Beers Without The Buzz: Brewing New Options For The 'Sober Curious'
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