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Police arrest a picket at Aarhus Harbour [libcom.org]
Danish General Strike (1998)April 27th, 1998

On this day in 1998, more than 500,000 Danish workers, one fifth of the entire workforce, walked off the job in a general strike, demanding a 35-hour work-week, an extra week of paid holiday, and a 6% wage increase.

Image: Police arrest a picket at Aarhus Harbour [libcom.org]

Weapons confiscated from the "Bayou of Pigs" conspirators
Operation Red Dog (1981)April 27th, 1981

On this day in 1981, nine white supremacists, including Stormfront founder Don Black and Canadian neo-Nazi Wolfgang Droege, were arrested by federal agents as they attempted to initiate an armed coup on the island country Dominica.

Image: Weapons confiscated from the "Bayou of Pigs" conspirators

Santiago FOCH Massacre (1934)April 27th, 1934

On this day in 1934, the Chilean Workers' Federation (FOCH) headquarters in Santiago was attacked by the police and armed vigilantes known as the "White Guards" - 7 workers and a child were murdered and 200 more were badly injured.

Waldeck Rousseau off Constantinople, Turkey, on December 16th, 1922, photographed from USS Bainbridge [Wikipedia]
Waldeck-Rousseau Mutiny (1920)April 27th, 1920

On this day in 1919, as part of the larger Black Sea Mutiny, French sailors mutinied, demanding better food, demobilization of reservists, and an immediate return home. "It's not our job to defend the millions of French capitalists!"

Image: Waldeck Rousseau off Constantinople, Turkey, on December 16th, 1922, photographed from USS Bainbridge [Wikipedia]