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MikeDunnAuthor

Today in Labor History July 28, 1794: The authorities guillotined Robespierre, radical Jacobin and architect of the French Reign of Terror, when they slaughtered over 45,000 clergy, members of the nobility, and “enemies of the republic.” Prior to the French Revolution, he had advocated for universal suffrage, and abolition of the death penalty and the Atlantic slave trade. There are too many historical novels set during the French Revolution to name them all. However, here are some of the most famous ones. “The Scarlet Pimpernel” (1905) by Baroness Orczy. “A Tale of Two Cities” (1859) by Charles Dickens. “Ninety-Three” (Quatrevingt-treize) by Victor Hugo. It was published in 1874, three years after the bloody upheaval of the Paris Commune.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #robespierre #french #Revolution #paris #commune #deathpenalty #guillotine #slavery #writer #books #author #fiction #novel #victorhugo #charlesdickens @bookstadon

Graphic painting depicting the execution of Robespierre by guillotine. Shows his headless body, still lying on the bench at the guillotine, with his neck spewing copious amounts of blood, and a soldier in blue uniform holding Robespierre’s head, as it, too, spews copious amounts of blood.
Jul 28, 2025, 15:57 · · 0 · 0
MikeDunnAuthor

Today in Labor History July 22, 1877: A General Strike began in St. Louis, as part of the national Great Upheaval wave of wildcat strikes. The St. Louis strike is generally considered the first General Strike in U.S. history. It was organized by the communist Workingman’s Party and the Knights of Labor. In addition to joining in solidarity with striking rail workers, thousands in other trades came out to fight for the 8-hour day and an end to child labor. For nearly a week, workers controlled all functions of society. Black and white workers united, even though the unions were all segregated. At one rally, a black steamboat worker asked the crowd if they would stand behind levee workers, regardless of race. “We will!” they shouted back. Another speaker said, “The people are rising up in their might and declaring they will no longer submit to being oppressed by unproductive capital.”

Whereas most of the worker uprisings that were occurring throughout the U.S. were spontaneous wildcat strikes (as most of the unions were opposed to the great strike), the situation in St. Louis was led by communists and was revolutionary. “There was a time in the history of France when the poor found themselves oppressed to such an extent that forbearance ceased to be a virtue, and hundreds of heads tumbled into the basket. That time may have arrived with us.” A cooper said this to a crowd of 10,000 workers in St. Louis, in July, 1877. He was referring to the Paris Commune, which happened just six years prior. Like the Parisian workers, the Saint Louis strikers openly called for the use of arms, not only to defend themselves against the violence of the militias and police, but for outright revolutionary aims: “All you have to do is to unite on one idea—that workingmen shall rule this country. What man makes, belongs to him, and the workingmen made this country.”

Karl Marx enthusiastically followed events during the Great Strike. He called it “the first uprising against the oligarchy of capital since the Civil War.” He predicted that it would inevitably be suppressed, but might still “be the point of origin for the creation of a serious workers’ party in the United States.” Ironically, many of the Saint Louis activists were followers of Ferdinand Lasalle, whom Marx despised, and who believed that communist revolution could happen through the vote. And some of them, like Albert Currlin, a Workingmen’s Party leader in Saint Louis, were outright racists, who mistrusted the black strikers and refused to work with them, undermining the success of the commune. Ultimately, 3,000 federal troops and 5,000 deputized police (i.e., vigilantes) ended the strike by killing at least 18 people and arresting at least 70.

My novel, “Anywhere But Schuylkill,” is about the coal strike that preceded the Great Upheaval. My work in progress, “Red Hot Summer in the Big Smoke,” opens exactly two weeks prior to the start of the Great Upheaval, with the mass execution of innocent coal miners and union organizers who were framed by the Pinkertons.

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Or send me $25 via Venmo (@Michael-Dunn-565) and your mailing address, and I will send you a signed copy!

You can read my complete article on the Great Upheaval here: michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/03/

You can read my complete article on the Pinkertons here: michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/04/

#workingclass #LaborHistory #greatupheaval #paris #commune #Revolutionary #communism #saintlouis #pinkertons #GeneralStrike #wildcat #strike #knightsoflabor #workingmensparty #marx #solidarity #books #author #writer #fiction #historicalfiction @bookstadon

Illustration from the St. Louis Republic newspaper depicting one of the marches during the 1877 St. Louis General Strike. The St. Louis Republic rendered the strikers as greedy and ruthless. one person is holding up a sign that reads: »We don't want Bread or Work, we must have Pie By Unknown author – http://mohistory.org/blog/the-1877-st-louis-general-strike/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=69482212
Jul 22, 2025, 16:43 · · · 3 · 0
Thomas Barrio

Quand un peuple se met en mouvement : déclencheurs des révoltes et expériences d’alternatives

Qu’est-ce qui pousse un peuple à se lever pour un autre monde ? De la #Commune de Paris au #Rojava, en passant par #Budapest1956, #Prague1968, #Mai68, les #soviets et le #zapatisme : #crise, #répression, #UtopieCollective et #expérimentation concrète convergent pour ouvrir des brèches dans l’#histoire. #Révolution #Autogestion #Utopie Analyser les déclencheurs des mouvements…

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Quand un peuple se met en mouvement : déclencheurs des révoltes et expériences d’alternatives

Qu’est-ce qui pousse un peuple à se lever pour un autre…

Homo Hortus
Jun 15, 2025, 19:33 · · 0 · 0
Thomas Barrio

Révolutions sous la contrainte : quand l’état de guerre empêche l’émancipation

🔴 Révolutions et #autogestion : pourquoi la #guerre empêche-t-elle de rompre avec la #LogiqueProductiviste ? De la #Commune à #Barcelone, de l’#Ukraine makhnoviste à la Russie soviétique, retour sur un piège historique et ses leçons pour aujourd’hui. #Histoire #Révolution #soviets #Mahknov #SocialismeLibertaire #Benjamin #RationnalitéInstrumentale “Women working in a collectivized textile…

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Révolutions sous la contrainte : quand l’état de guerre empêche l’émancipation

🔴 Révolutions et #autogestion : pourquoi la #guerre…

Homo Hortus
Jun 13, 2025, 18:13 · · 1 · 0
MikeDunnAuthor

Today in Labor History June 4, 1919: Trotsky banned the 4th Ukrainian Congress of Free Soviets with his Order #1824. He also sent troops to destroy the Rosa Luxemburg Commune near Provkovski, and declared the Ukrainian anarchist insurgent Nestor Makhno an outlaw. The Free Territory within Ukraine, also known as Makhnovia (after Nestor Makhno) lasted from 1918 to 1921. It was a stateless, anarchist society and it was defended by Makhno’s Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army (AKA the Black Army). Roughly 7 million people lived in the area. The peasants who lived there refused to pay rent to the landowners and seized the estates and livestock of the church, state and private landowners, setting up local committees to manage them and share them among the various villages and communes of the Free State.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #anarchism #ukraine #nestormakhno #Revolution #soviet #communist #trotsky #insurrection #BlackArmy #peasant #commune

Black Army combat group, headed by Fedir Shchus (center). By Unknown author - http://varjag-2007.livejournal.com/2110190.htmlhttp://www.rusrevolution.info/photos/anarh/view.shtml?11, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1515897
Jun 04, 2025, 16:47 · · 0 · 0
Karl Dietz Verlag Berlin

#preview Ob in den Straßen von Paris 1871, in den Fabriken Petrograds 1917, ob in Chiapas oder Rojava: Überall entstanden im Zuge sozialer Konflikte und Aufstände RÄTE als selbstorganisierte Zusammenschlüsse, um das gesamte Leben neu zu gestalten. In »Alles muss man selber machen« zeigt Christopher Wimmer, was wir von Rätebewegungen lernen können.

#neuebücher #räte #raete #selbstbestimmung #revolution #commune #ParisCommune #rojava #chiapas #soziologie #books #newbooks #lesen #bookstodon

Cover des Buches: »Alles muss man selber machen. Zur Geschichte der Rätebewegungen, von der Pariser Kommune bis Rojava« von Christopher Wimmer
Jun 04, 2025, 16:18 · · · 1 · 0
Karl Dietz Verlag Berlin

#OTD Heute 1830 geboren: #LouiseMichel, Symbolfigur der Pariser Kommune 1871, als zum ersten Mal in der Geschichte Arbeiter:innen die Macht übernehmen. Michel ist beteiligt am bewaffneten Kampf, führt einen der revolutionären Klubs, organisiert die Versorgung der Verwundeten. /1

#LouiseMichel #Commune #ParisCommune #Sozialismus #Feminismus #socialist #feminist #smashthepatriarchy

Louise Michel, 1871 im Gefängnis Versailles-Chantiers, fotografiert von Ernest-Charles Appert [gemeinfrei]
May 29, 2025, 07:24 · · · 10 · 0
Keller Îlets

Voici ma dernière #vidéo disponible sur @mozideos ... J'ai passé un moment chez des amis de longue date pour me ressourcer, on à fait un tour dans la #commune où ils sont et j'en ai profité pour filmer quelques séquences.
Réalisé avec une #musique de sur @dogmazic@framapiaf.org
https://mozideos.com/view?m=YLK7vW2xP

Brie Comte Robert - Petit tour dans cette commune de Seine et Marne à quelques endroits - Mozideos

🗺️ Seine et Marne, Île-de-France, France Visite…

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May 25, 2025, 09:31 · · 1 · 0

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