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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  • 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.

    • thethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them]
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      4 years ago

      Sounds like the book ending/alternative movie ending of I Am Legend, where all the "zombies" are actually just trying to live a chill life and are hunted by Will Smith instead.

        • thethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them]
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          4 years ago

          It's one of those movies that was really big but also entirely forgettable, and from the lost time period of post-9/11 pre-Recession culture that feels almost entirely alien to me now.

    • adfsadfsadfsadf [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      I wonder if there’s a zombie film... weren’t mindless monsters... perspective of the “survivors”

      There certainly must be at least one shitty b-movie with that theme. Shitty b-movies have mined a gigantic number of POVs. The problem is - they aren't worth watching other than for the novelty factor.