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May Day 1973 —when two million workers struck

A mass day of strikes terrified the bosses and the Tories. But, just as today, union leaders were busy trying to sabotage action

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A strike wave sweeps across the North Sea + round-up of struggle

North Sea oil workers began what the Unite union called the “biggest offshore stoppage in a generation” on Monday. The strike hit hard

United kingdomNorth seaOceans generalCity ofLong eatonSimon basketterJohn bolandMick lynchHelen oconnorJames eadenSparrows offshore servicesChesterfield trades councilStork technical servicesHarbour energyUnite scotlandBilfinger united kingdom

Magnus Hirschfeld and the fight for LGBT+ liberation

Magnus Hirschfeld was sitting in Paris in 1933 watching a newsreel. On 10 May student groups in Germany did a series of book burnings.

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Reports round up: Oil and gas workers could join wave revolt

About 70 workers employed by TotalEnergies SE in its oil and gas operations in the North Sea are being balloted over strikes

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Freddie Scappaticci: Britain s top spy in IRA dies

Freddie Scappaticci was part of Britain’s brutal war in Northern Ireland. For all their talk of helping peace, the British both caused the war and prolonged it.

Northern irelandUnited kingdomCity ofFreddie scappaticciMargaret thatcherPat finucaneJon boutcherSandy lynchSimon basketterFrancisco notarantonioIntelligence committeeResearch unitBritish armyCreative commonsLong keshForce research unit

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