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Max Rennebohm

1989-90 - Beninese campaign for economic justice and democracy

In 1989 students, teachers and civil servants in Benin began strike actions in protest at the governments freezing of scholarships and the four month delay in wage payments in 1988. The government's stalling and repression dragged the campaign on into 1990 and escalated the conflict to the point where the regime crumbled.
Pinilla,  is escorted to a Senate hearing to answer charges of misco

1957: Colombian General Strike

A series of protest demonstration and a General Strike led to the downfall of the Dictator Gustavo Rojas Pinilla and the restoration of free…

1946: Haitian Student Strike

In 1946 a group of Marxist students opposed to the Dictatorship of Elie Lescot, started a student movement that grew into a general strike…

Don't Make A Wave: The Campaign Against Nuclear Testing on Amchitka Island

Article on the history of the campaign to stop nuclear weapons tests on the Alaskan Island on…
Demonstration against the Dictatorship in July 1931

1931: Chileans Overthrow Dictator Carlos Ibañez del Campo

In response to economic depression the Chilean state became a Dictatorship. In response Chilean…
Ovambo miners towards the end of the strike

Ovambo migrant workers general strike for rights, Namibia: 1971-72

In the winter of 1971-72 the economy of South West Africa (Namibia) was shutdown by a general strike…

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