On this day in 1919, in Catalonia, Spain a general strike broke out when thousands of workers across multiple industries went out on strike, causing widespread power outages and the government to declare a state of war. The strike was initiated after an energy company, La Canadenca, reduced wages and fired over one hundred striking workers who were protesting the pay cuts. This and the curbing of labor rights prompted the rest of the workers at La Canadenca to go on strike and demand the readmission of those sacked and wage increases.

The strike soon spread to other companies in the sector via the CNT's union for water, gas and electricity workers. The lack of electricity in the city affected transport, hampering the provision of supplies and paralyzing 70% of factories in the province of Barcelona.

A state of war was declared by the government and over 3,000 workers were detained. Despite this, the strike ended after two days on the conditions of no repercussions for participating workers, a wage increase, and an 8 hour work day.


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  • CommieMisha [she/her,they/them]
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    4 years ago

    This poem has been on my mind lately:

    What happens to a dream deferred?

    By: Langston Hughes

      Does it dry up
      like a raisin in the sun?
      Or fester like a sore—
      And then run?
      Does it stink like rotten meat?
      Or crust and sugar over—
      like a syrupy sweet?
    
      Maybe it just sags
      like a heavy load.
    
      Or does it explode?
    
    • Woly [any]
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      4 years ago

      Can't understate how good Langston Hughes is. Just the title itself is poetry.

      • crispyhexagon [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        what happens to a dream deferred?

        by langston hughes

        does it dry up

        like a raisin in the sun?

        or fester like a sore-

        and then run?

        does it stink like rotten meat?

        or crust and sugar over-

        like a syrupy sweat?

        maybe it just sags

        like a heavy load.

        or does it explode?

  • MelaniaTrump [undecided]
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    4 years ago

    where were u before chapo.chat blew up on the news and made 150k new subs in a day

    to da moon

    • TheCaconym [any]
      ·
      4 years ago

      And where were you when CTH sub die ?

      I was at home petting cat when phone ring

      "CTH is kill"

      no

    • yin [they/them]
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      edit-2
      4 years ago

      There aren'rt even 150k people in Australia

    • acealeam [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      it would be funny if our userbase went 90% Australian in a day

  • PartyMonster [they/them,any]
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    edit-2
    3 years ago

    My manager got covid and my work isn't paying for tests. I have to go to work in 30 minutes. We should go on strike again.

    edit: I am going to make my coworkers wildcat. send me your energy. I need to get on the bus now.

    :sicko-yes:

  • RedLeg [he/him,any]
    ·
    4 years ago

    Every time I buy a pillow I think to myself 'what values does this company hold' and 'I sure do wish there was LGBTQ+ education included'.

    • vertexarray [any]
      ·
      4 years ago

      contemplates Najimi Osana body pillow for educational purposes

  • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I just imagined a rich guy who might get an extra $1000, and it made me so mad that I made a giant expensive bureaucracy to bully poor people out of receiving welfare benefits.

  • acealeam [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    do you own a kettle? my mom was telling me that Americans microwave their water...

  • Woly [any]
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    4 years ago

    I radicalized my sister over the summer, and my proudest moment today was watching her gag at her college professor's lib take on politics. ❤️

  • PurrLure [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    Are we really gonna show up on basic cable?

    Thanks a lot, now I'm gonna have to put on actual clothes tomorrow morning! :hahaha:

      • PurrLure [she/her]
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        4 years ago

        I hope the front page on Sunday morning is nothing but pigpoopballs.jpg titled "TERFs aren't real feminists".

      • ElGosso [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        I am absolutely gonna post about my poops in the megathread

  • MidnightInTheDesert [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    Every day that passes without a $2k check my oubliette becomes one foot deeper. Joe, send out the checks before my pit to the underworld is complete. If you fail to heed this warning the workers of the underworld will rise up from the mud and usher in the age of necro-communism.

    I wonder if there's a zombie film where in the end it turns out the "zombies" weren't mindless monsters after all. They only appeared to be monsters because you've been watching the events unfold from the perspective of the "survivors" who just happen to be apart of the bourgeoisie and as a result view the lower classes as subhuman. There's no way this is an original idea so there's gotta be an example of it out there somewhere.