On April 13, 1985, Danuta Danielsson - a Jewish-Polish woman whose mother was taken to a concentration camp in WWII - hit a local neonazi with her handbag in Växjö, Sweden.
Update: The neonazis were subsequently expelled from the city, and a statue was erected in her honor.
This week 34 years ago, Danuta Danielsson demonstrated how much respect fascists deserve.
not all heroes wear capes
I’ve seen the photo many times but never knew her name and I definitely didn’t know there was a statue in her honor!
On this day, 17 October 1915, Spanish machinist, anarchist and civil war fighter Concha Perez Collado was born in Barcelona. Prior to the civil war she took part in jail breaks, insurrectional strikes, learned how to use bombs and pistols and helped set up a rationalist free school. With the outbreak of the revolution she joined the fighting at the front, until shamefully women were prohibited from fighting. During the May Days of 1937 she was wounded in an ambush by Communist Party forces, but she survived the war and indeed Franco, taking part in rebuilding the anarchist CNT union after his death, remaining active till she died aged 99.
Learn more about the Spanish civil war in our podcast. Find it on every major podcast app or here on our website: https://workingclasshistory.com/2020/06/17/e39-the-spanish-civil-war-an-introduction/https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1556908927827585/?type=3
In 2004, the police discovered a secret underground cavern in Paris, with a fully equipped cinema and restaurant. The officers found the tunnel having a CCTV camera record images of passersby. The mechanism triggered a tape of barking dogs to frighten people off. Upon returning three days later, they found a note saying, “Do not try to find us.” [1, 2, 3, 4]
Repair Cafés are free meeting places and they’re all about repairing
things (together). In the place where a Repair Café is located, you’ll
find tools and materials to help you make any repairs you need. On
clothes, furniture, electrical appliances, bicycles, crockery,
appliances, toys, et cetera. You’ll also find expert volunteers, with
repair skills in all kinds of fields.
Visitors bring their broken
items from home. Together with the specialists they start making their
repairs in the Repair Café. It’s an ongoing learning process. If you
have nothing to repair, you can enjoy a cup of tea or coffee. Or you can
lend a hand with someone else’s repair job. You can also get inspired
at the reading table – by leafing through books on repairs and DIY.
There are over 1.500 Repair Cafés worldwide. Visit one in your area or start one yourself!
