Labour revolt
A labour revolt or worker's uprising is a period of
Labour revolts in France
The
The Paris Commune in France (1871) is hailed by both anarchists and Socialists as the first assumption of power by the working class,[citation needed] but controversy of the policies implemented in the Commune helped the split between the two groups.
Labour revolts in the United States
The earliest revolts in the United States include the pockets of rebellion by slaves and servants acting together in actual uprisings or planned revolts throughout its colonial period.
The
The Battle of Blair Mountain in Logan County, West Virginia, U.S. (1921), was the largest organised armed uprising in American Labour History since the Civil War,[6] and had a major impact on labour legislation in the United States.[citation needed] The confrontation was so violent that the then President Warren Harding ordered the aerial bombing of entrenched miner positions.[6]
Labour revolts in Russia, Germany and Eastern Europe
The
Some revolutionary activity within the Eastern Bloc resembled Labour Revolts, such as the
Labour revolts in Great Britain
A Red Clydeside was a period of labour and political militancy in the city of Glasgow, Scotland, between the 1910s and the 1930s. Most famously, this resulted in raising the red flag in the Battle of George Square.[citation needed]
Labour revolts in Spain
Labour revolts elsewhere
Some observers claimed that the protests of 1968 were part of a "revolutionary wave",[citation needed] with much of the activity motivated by students.
- Gwangju massacrein South Korea, 1980
- The Nghe-Tinh Revolt1930–31 French Indochina
- Brazilian Anarchist Uprising 1917–18
- Saigon Commune, Vietnam 1945
See also
References
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