workingclasshistory

On this day, 18 November 1918, textile weavers in five cities across Brazil walked off the job and were soon followed by metal and construction workers in what quickly became a general strike, leading to serious clashes with government troops. This is a short history of the uprising: https://libcom.org/history/1918-brazilian-anarchist-uprising
Pictured: a general strike in Brazil the previous year https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1267176973467450/?type=3