On this day, 10 January 1918, 200 housewives marched through working class districts of Barcelona calling textile workers – mostly women and girls – out on strike against the high cost of living. Strikes, demonstrations and attacks on shops and coal yards continued even until after a new military governor declared a state of siege and suspended civil rights.
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