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| This is a timeline of various political, legal, military, social, economic and environmental events that have occurred in Northern Europe (An area comprising the states of the [[United Kingdom|UK]], [[Ireland]], [[Iceland]], [[Norway]], [[Sweden]], [[Finland]], [[Denmark]], Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) that are relevant to [[Libertarian Socialism|libertarian socialism]]. | | This is a timeline of various political, legal, military, social, economic and environmental events that have occurred in Northern Europe (An area comprising the states of the [[United Kingdom|UK]], [[Ireland]], [[Iceland]], [[Norway]], [[Sweden]], [[Finland]] and [[Denmark]]) that are relevant to [[Libertarian Socialism|libertarian socialism]]. |
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| == 1800s ==
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| * 1817: Striking workers in Manchester, UK are massacred by the government as they demand economic equality and political rights.
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| * 1833: Workers in England campaign for the rights of collective bargaining and the release of political prisoners.
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| * 1842: The Plug Plot Riots occurs across Britain for workers rights and political freedoms.
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| * 1898: People across Finland begin to protest and resist campaigns by the [[Russian Empire]] to force Finns to give up their cultural identity, conscription and a lack of democratic rights.
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| == 1900s ==
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| * 1905: Norwegian women and workers win independence from Sweden.
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| * 1909: A general strike in Sweden fails to win its goals for more workers rights.
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| === 1910s ===
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| * 1910: [[Central Organisation of the Workers of Sweden]] founded. | | * 1910: [[Central Organisation of the Workers of Sweden]] founded. |
| * 1913: A general strike in Ireland occurs, with workers fighting for the right to unionize, an 8-hour workday, pensions for workers and work for the unemployed.
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| * 1915: Women in Glasgow, Scotland lead a tenants movement which reduces rents and establishes legal rent controls.
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| * 1916: The Easter Rising occurs as rebels attempt to establish an independent Irish Republic.
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| === 1920s ===
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| * 1920: Danish workers strike for electoral reform.
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| === 1930s ===
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| * 1931: A general strike in Sweden successfully limits the power of the police and military.
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| === 1940s ===
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| * 1942: Norwegian teachers prevent the introduction of a fascist curriculum into schools.
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| * 1946: [[43 Group]] founded (UK) | | * 1946: [[43 Group]] founded (UK) |
| | * 1962: [[62 Group]] founded (UK) |
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| === 1950s ===
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| === 1960s ===
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| * 1960: Scottish peace activists attempt to block the construction of a US navy base.
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| * 1962: The [[62 Group]] is formed to fight Britain's resurgent fascist movement.
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| * 1963: Caribbean immigrants in Bristol, UK boycott buses and end racial discrimination in the law and hiring across the country.
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| * 1967: Protests in Northern Ireland break out for equality between Irish people and greater state housing.
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| * 1968: Women workers in Ford factories across the UK strike for equal pay with men.
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| * 1969: Sikh Transport Workers in the UK fight against racial discrimination in the workplace.
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| * 1969: British students force banks to stop investing in Apartheid South Africa.
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| * 1969: [[Lund's Anarchist Group]] is founded Lund, Sweden.
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| === 1970s ===
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| * 1971: [[Freetown Christiania]]''' '''founded (Denmark) | | * 1971: [[Freetown Christiania]]''' '''founded (Denmark) |
| * 1976: People across Ireland the UK march for peace in Northern Ireland.
| | * 1979: [[Dublin McDonald's Strike (1979)|Dublin McDonald's Strike]] (Ireland) |
| * 1976: IRA prisoners protest and strike for increased rights for prisoners in UK prisons.
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| * 1977: Environmentalists in Torness, UK block the construction of a nuclear power plant.
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| * 1978: Massive strikes sweep across the UK, being known as the '[[Winter of Discontent (UK)|Winter of Discontent]]'
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| * 1979: Environmentalist and indigenous activists in Norway stop the construction of the Alta Dam.
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| * 1979: [[Dublin McDonald's Strike (1979)|Dublin McDonald's Strike]] | |
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| === 1980s ===
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| * 1980: UK steelworkers strike against wage cuts.
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| * 1981: [[Greenham Commons Women's Peace Camp]] is formed to block the housing of cruise missiles by the UK military.
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| * 1982: [[Blitz House]] founded (Norway) | | * 1982: [[Blitz House]] founded (Norway) |
| * 1986: Print workers in London, UK fight against anti-union measures.
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| * 1987: Environmentalists in Estonia block the USSR from constructing toxic phosphorite mines.
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| * 1989: The Anti-Poll Tax Movement in the UK successfully blocks the introduction of the Poll Tax and causes the collapse of Margaret Thatcher's government.
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| === 1990s ===
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| * 1991: The Anti-Roads Movement in England attempts to block a three-kilometer long extension of the M3 highway between London and Southampton Port.
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| * 1993: The [[Swedish Anarcho-Syndicalist Youth Federation]] is founded.
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| * 1995: Dockworkers in Liverpool, UK strike for higher wages and benefits.
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| * 1995: The Battle of Brightlingsea occurs as environmentalists try to stop live animal exports from Brightlingsea Port, England.
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| * 1995: Prisoners across the UK strike for more rights and a reduction of control over prisoners by guards.
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| * 1998: A general strike in Denmark for better wages, holidays and job security fails.
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| * 1999: [[Björn Söderberg]] murdered (Sweden) | | * 1999: [[Björn Söderberg]] murdered (Sweden) |
| | | * 2019: [[TEFL Workers' Union|TEFL]] founded by [[Industrial Workers of the World|IWW]] (UK) |
| == 2000s ==
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| * 2006: The [[Invisible Party]] is founded in Sweden.
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| * 2006: Environmentalists in the UK force McDonalds to use more environmentally sustainable products.
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| * 2007: Environmentalists block the construction of a coal-fired power plant in Kingsnorth, UK.
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| * 2008: Environmentalists in the UK force the Unilever corporation to stop using Indonesian palm oil.
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| * 2009: A wildcat strike breaks out among Swedish alcohol workers.
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| * 2008: Prisoners across the UK go on hunger strike to reverse a smoking ban.
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| * 2009: Factory's across the UK are occupied in order to secure pay, pensions and job security.
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| * 2009: University Students across the UK force their universities to support Palestinians suffering from actions in Gaza.
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| === 2010s ===
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| * 2010: Workers across the UK strike against wage and pension cuts.
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| * 2010: University Students in the UK attempts to block tuition hikes, succeeding only in Wales.
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| * 2010: Dockworkers in Finland strike, disrupting 90% of Finland's international trade and quickly win higher wages.
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| * 2011: University of Glasgow students occupy campus buildings to prevent their closure, job security for university workers and free education.
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| * 2011: Protesters across Ireland block roads to prevent the closure of hospitals due to austerity.
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| * 2012: Estonian healthcare workers strike and win better wages and less working hours.
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| * 2013: Environmentalists and students force Universities across the UK to stop investing in fossil fuels.
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| * 2019: Migrant workers across Sweden win job security.
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| * 2019: [[TEFL Workers' Union|TEFL]] founded by IWW (UK) | |
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| == See Also == | | == See Also == |
