#OtD 14 Jul 1912 influential populist US folk musician Woody Guthrie was born. Guthrie chronicled the difficult conditions faced by working class Oklahomans during the Dust Bowl and spoke out against class inequality and fascism https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8576/woody-guthrie-born

#OtD 14 Jul 1966 3 US GIs refused an order to deploy to Vietnam and became the Fort Hood Three, the highest-profile US refuseniks to date. They were court-martialled and jailed but they helped spark an anti-war GI movement. More info in our podcast: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e10-the-gi-resistance-in-vietnam-part-1/

#OtD 12 Jul 1921 the funeral of Tommaso Pesci, a farmer murdered by fascists, took place. His funeral procession was led by an armed column of the Arditi del Popolo, Italy's first militant anti-fascist group https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8404/tommaso-pesci-funeral

#OtD 11 Jul 1892 French anarchist François Claudius Koenigstein, better known as Ravachol, was guillotined at Montbrison for a series of bomb attacks on right-wing judges. More info here: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8306/ravachol-executed

#OtD 11 Jul 1974 a bomb went off in the boot of a car in Montbeliard, France. More bombs were found with anti-communist leaflets. They belonged to a mercenary hired by Peugeot bosses to infiltrate and destroy workers' organisation. More info: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8312/peugeot-mercenary-bomb

#OtD 10 Jul 1985 the French intelligence service blew up the @greenpeace ship, Rainbow Warrior, in a Aotearoa/NZ, killing Fernando Pereira, a photographer. The ship was headed to protest against French nuclear testing https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8208/rainbow-warrior-blown-up

#OtD 10 Jul 1981 rioting broke out in Brixton, London, an area known for police harassment of the Black population, following the arrest of a Rastafarian and a popular DJ who tried to intervene and was also arrested https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8207/brixton-riots

#OtD 8 Jul 1960 police in Palermo, Italy, shot and killed four people who were protesting other police murders. Those killed were Rosa La Barbera, 53, Giuseppe Malleo, 15, Andrea Gangitano, 19 & Francesco Vella, 45. In Catania police killed another https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10808/palermo-massacre

#OtD 7 Jul 1962 metalworkers in Turin, Italy, went on strike in support of Fiat workers. They confronted police and attacked the offices of a scab union. Despite over 1000 arrests and many injuries by police, clashes lasted for three days https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10713/piazza-statuto-riots

#OtD 6 Jul 1992 legendary Black trans activist and sex worker Marsha P Johnson's body was found in the Hudson River in a suspected murder. She was most famous for participating in the Stonewall riots, which participants talk about in our podcast: https://workingclasshistory.com/2019/05/13/e21-22-the-stonewall-riots-and-pride-at-50/