On this day, 9 January 1907 in Rio Blanco, Mexico, the army finished crushing a labour rebellion by striking textile workers demanding better pay, shorter working hours and improved working conditions. 200 workers were killed, 400 arrested and 1,500 were sacked.
Learn more in this short people’s history of Mexico: https://libcom.org/history/1867-2000-a-people-s-history-of-mexico https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1319034334948380/?type=3
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