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![Rootes Group factory in Coventry, 1960s [libcom.org]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Locations/rootesGroupFactory1960s.jpg)
On this day in 1961, steel workers in London began a wildcat strike, causing their plant to lose over 27,000 man hours. The strike was defeated and all participants fired, a failure one worker account blamed on union management.
Image: Rootes Group factory in Coventry, 1960s [libcom.org]
![Danziger Bridge, New Orleans, in April 2012 [Wikipedia]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/danzingerBridgeShootings.jpg)
On this day in 2005, police shot six unarmed civilians, all of them black, at the Danziger Bridge in New Orleans, six days after Hurricane Katrina. The NOPD attempted to cover up the crime, falsely claiming they were fired upon.
Image: Danziger Bridge, New Orleans, in April 2012 [Wikipedia]
![An illustration of the Mobile Bread Riot, 1863 [encyclopediaofalabama.org]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/mobileBreadRiot.jpg)
On this day in 1863, hundreds of rioters took to the streets in Mobile, Alabama during the American Civil War, chanting "Bread or blood!", looting stores, and destroying property. Confederate soldiers refused to intervene.
Image: An illustration of the Mobile Bread Riot, 1863 [encyclopediaofalabama.org]
Victorine Brocher, born on this day on 1839, was an anarchist Parisian Communard and writer who served as a delegate to the 1881 London Anarchist Congress and First International, where she was a member of the Bakunist faction.
Xiang Jingyu, born on this day in 1895, was a labor organizer, one of the earliest female members of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and a pioneer of the women's movement of China. She was executed by Guomindang police on May 1st, 1928.