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…
1945: Black Rhodesian Rail Workers Strike Black workers on the Rhodesian Rail way (Zimbabwe and Zambia) struck against unfair working conditions and company racism.
1913: Barcelona Textile Strike A strike by women in the cities textile industry against discrimination and working conditions.
1944: El Salvador General Strike Brings Down Dictatorship In 1944 El Salvadoran Dictator General Maximiliano Hernández Martínez had successfully crushed…
1947: Mombasa General Strike 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…
1953: Prisoner Strikes at the Vorkuta Gulag In 1953 following news of Stalin's death inmates in gulag complex in Vorkuta struck in protest of their conditions. In response the Soviet…
1907: Iranian General Strike During the instability of the Constitutional Revolution of 1907 Iranian workers launched a series of strikes to achieve reforms, particularly…
1974: Ethiopian General Strike 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…
1967-74: Ethiopia's Student Movement The absolute regime of Emperor Haile Selassie was first challenged by university students.
1905: Swedish workers threaten general strike against war with Norway In 1905 the Union between Sweden and Norway unravelled. In response the Swedish right pushed war…
1919: Prison Strikes at Fort Leavenworth In 1919 the prison population for military prisons had swelled. In response to the pressure and arbitrary sentencing inmates at the Fort…
1950: Austrian General Strike In post war Austria the rivalry between the Communist party and the Social Democrats came to ahead in 1950 with the Communist party initiated…
