#OtD 12 Sep 1992 Anti-Fascist Action fought neo-Nazis heading to a Blood & Honour gig in the "Battle of Waterloo" in London. By occupying the redirection point for the gig, anti-fascists were able to ambush small groups of Nazis as they arrived https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8441/the-battle-of-waterloo

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#OtD 12 Sep 1992 Anti-Fascist Action fought neo-Nazis heading to a Blood & Honour gig in the "Battle of Waterloo" in London. -
#OtD 11 Sep 1973 right-wing general Pinochet launched a coup against the elected left-wing government in Chile of Salvador Allende.#OtD 11 Sep 1973 right-wing general Pinochet launched a coup against the elected left-wing government in Chile of Salvador Allende. Backed by the US and UK, Pinochet went on to torture, jail and kill 10,000s of working class activists https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8360/general-pinochet's-coup-against-the-left-wing-government-in-chile
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#OtD 10 Sep 1933 an attempted rally by Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists was broken up by 2000 anti-fascist locals in Stockton, England.#OtD 10 Sep 1933 an attempted rally by Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists was broken up by 2000 anti-fascist locals in Stockton, England. They chased off fascists with pickaxe handles, stones, half bricks, and potatoes with razor blades inside https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8256/battle-of-stockton
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#OtD 9 Sep 1945 Uruguayan teacher militant Elena Quinteros, who was disappeared by the US-backed dictatorship, was born in Montevideo.#OtD 9 Sep 1945 Uruguayan teacher militant Elena Quinteros, who was disappeared by the US-backed dictatorship, was born in Montevideo. She was arrested, imprisoned, and sacked from her job, however she did not give up her activities https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10955/elena-quinteros
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#OtD 7 Sep 1976 Ian Davies, a gay social worker in London, won reinstatement after being demoted for a "gross indecency" conviction.#OtD 7 Sep 1976 Ian Davies, a gay social worker in London, won reinstatement after being demoted for a "gross indecency" conviction. First 25 colleagues walked out, then 1300 workers said they would strike and the council relented. Learn more in our book: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/be-gay-do-crime-everyday-acts-of-queer-resistance-and-rebellion
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#OtD 5 Sep 1917 mass arrests of radical American workers took place as US marshals raided the national offices of the Socialist Party and of the @iww union, as well as some 20 branch offices of the IWW in different states.#OtD 5 Sep 1917 mass arrests of radical American workers took place as US marshals raided the national offices of the Socialist Party and of the @iww union, as well as some 20 branch offices of the IWW in different states. Learn more: https://workingclasshistory.com/2018/05/23/wch-e6-the-industrial-workers-of-the-world-in-the-us-1905-1918/