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Also in this month... 1912:
The Syndicalist publishes ‘Don’t Shoot’ leaflet
by Fred Bower, urging soldiers not to fire on striking workers
1996: Women of the Waterfront petition Downing Street in support of
the 500 sacked dockers (9th)
2009: Marches to protest Israel's invasion of Gaza (3rd, 17th)
2012: Start of 11-day action by Unilever workers in protest at pension
changes (18th) |
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2 1916: Liverpool branch of
NUR 'reaffirms its unalterable opposition to conscription' |
3 2009: 2,000 march to protest
against Israeli attack on Gaza |
4 1977: 450 strike at Cammell
Lairds over productivity payment dispute |
5 1972: Fisher-Bendix factory
in Kirkby occupied by workforce for five weeks |
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7 2012: UK Uncut / Occupy Liverpool
picket shops involved in tax avoidance |
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9 1906: Liverpool's first suffragette
action: Prime Minister heckled at Sun Hall |
10 1791: Edward Rushton and others
start Liverpool School for the Blind |
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12 1984: Frankie Goes to Hollywood's
‘Relax’ is banned by BBC |
13 1847: First of 300,000 Irish
fleeing the great hunger arrive in Liverpool |
14 1910: Protest outside Walton
jail at maltreatment of suffragettes |
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16 1895: First appearance of
ILP's 'Soup and Socialism' van at St George's Hall |
17 1863: Conference in support
of the North and against slavery in American civil war |
18 2013: Anti-cuts demonstrators
occupy Town Hall |
19 1919: Mass meeting demands
release of Irish political prisoners |
20 1914: First meeting of Free
Speech Protest Joint Committee |
21 1938: Merseyside Left Theatre
performs play ‘Waiting for Lefty' |
22 1889: First meeting of Womens
Industrial Council |
23 2006: ‘Dragons of the
Pool’ unveil plaque to Chinese merchant seamen forcibly repatriated
in 1945 |
24 1979: Grave-diggers strike
(till 1 Feb) |
25 1889: Meeting to form a trade
union for women cigar-makers |
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28 1996: News from Nowhere bookshop
avoids eviction by Frensons developers and moves to present building |
29 1996: Ploughshares activists
damage Hawk fighters destined for Indonesian regime |
30 2010: PCS rally for public
services at St George's plateau |
31 1977: First issue of Merseyside
Women’s Paper |
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World
Peace Day (1st) |
1791: Liverpool School for the Blind on the corner
of London Rd and Pudsey St. (10th) |