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