261 words On this day in 1919, a general strike involving ~100,000 workers in Seattle began. Workers, vilified as "Bolsheviki", set up an alternative government that distributed 30,000 meals daily and a police force that did not carry weapons.
169 words Eugen Leviné, born on this day in 1883, was a German revolutionary communist who briefly led the Bavarian Council Republic, formed during the German Revolution, and was executed for his role in it after the Republic fell in 1919.
149 words On this day in 1848, more than 40,000 French workers initiated the June Days Uprising after the state closed National Workshops that provided work to the unemployed, causing 10,000 casualties and 4,000 workers to be deported to Algeria.