This week in history

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March 23

1919: 13 people are jailed in Brisbane under the War Precautions Act, for flying the Red Flag.

March 24

1894: Strike leaders from Barcaldine and Clermont in Queensland languish in jail after they are arrested by troops.

1976: Workers occupy the Cocoa-Cola factory in Guatemala City.

1999: NATO begins bombing Serbia.

March 25

1911: Triangle Shirtwaist fire kills 147 workers locked in by their New York City boss.

March 28

1871: The Paris Commune is suppressed.

1983: 96% of Argentine workers strike against the military junta.

March 29

1916: In Sydney, IWW editor Tom Barker is sentenced to 12 months' hard labour for publishing an anti-war cartoon.

April 1

1897: Aboriginal resistance leader Jandamurra is killed, ending a 6-month rebellion in the Kimberleys.

April 3

1917: Following the February Revolution, Lenin returns to Russia from exile.

1948: US military aids in the Cheju Massacre of 30,000 civilians in Korea.

April 4

1968: Martin Luther King is assassinated.

From Green Left Weekly, March 23, 2005.
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