general strikes

In 1983 Bolivia elected a left wing president supported by a coalition of leftist parties and union…

Frustrations over racism and low wages lead to a series of strikes from 1919-21, involving every sector and most ethnic groups on the islands.

A general strike successfully defeated the ruling military Junta and temporarily halted a campaign of discrimination against the countries…

In 1944 El Salvadoran Dictator General Maximiliano Hernández Martínez had successfully crushed…

In 1947 the city of Mombasa was paralysed by a general strike by its black African workforce in an attempt to end pay disparities, especially…

During the instability of the Constitutional Revolution of 1907 Iranian workers launched a series of strikes to achieve reforms, particularly…

In 1974 the regime of Emperor Selassie was badly shaken, the student protests shut down the education system and there were mutinies in the army…

In 1905 the Union between Sweden and Norway unravelled. In response the Swedish right pushed war…

In post war Austria the rivalry between the Communist party and the Social Democrats came to ahead in 1950 with the Communist party initiated…

The General Strike of 1920 in the city of Turin lead to workers occupying and running the factories themselves as part of an attempt to build a…

In the aftermath of the assassination of the Dictator Trujillo a general strike was initiated to oust his remaining cronies.

Union busting at the Brisbane Tramway led to a municipal general strike and the setting up of an alt