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Dolores Cacuango, also known as Mamá Doloreyuk, was a leader in the fight for indigenous rights in Ecuador born on this day in 1881. She was active in the Glorious May Revolution of 1944 and co-founded the Indigenous Federation of Ecuador (FEI).
On this day in 1977, a district team of officers raided Hounslow hospital in West London, cutting phone lines and removing patients from the facility. Workers had been occupying the facility since March to prevent its closure.
On this day in 1983, hospital workers at the Northwood and Pinner Hospital began occupying the building in protest of its planned closure by the British government on October 31st.
On this day in 1977, 8,000 workers at the Swadeshi Cotton Mill in India surrounded the factory, held management hostage, and threatened to blow the factory up if their demands were not met.