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Day: 6 October 2017

History & Anniversaries

100th anniversary of Australia’s ‘Great Strike’

October 6, 2017 Anthony Main, Socialist Party (CWI Australia)

2017 marks the 100-year anniversary of what became known as the ‘Great Strike’ in Australia. Sometimes referred to as the ‘New South Wales General Strike’, this huge upheaval actually spread to all the eastern states […]

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Arak factory strikes signifies rise of workers’ militancy in Iran

October 6, 2017 P. Daryaban, CWI

On 19 and 20 September, Arak, an Iranian industrial city 170 miles from the capital, Tehran, was the scene of a strike, pickets and clashes between workers from two major factories in the city, Azarab […]

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