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== 1900s ==
== 1900s ==
* 1919: Kantara Soldiers' Council
* 1919: The [[Kantara Soldiers' Council]]
* 1919: Egypt independence movement
* 1919: Egypt independence movement
* 1954: The Algerian Revolution begins.
* 1954: The Algerian Revolution begins.
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* 1962: Algerians successfully prevent the break out of a civil war.
* 1962: Algerians successfully prevent the break out of a civil war.
* 1962: Algerian autogestion.
* 1962: Algerian autogestion.
* 1977: Bread riots in Egypt.
* 1985: Numeiri dictatorship collapses in Sudan
* 1985: Numeiri dictatorship collapses in Sudan
* 1990: In Morocco, a [[Moroccan General Strike (1990)|general strike]] breaks out in protest of low wages and poor worker protections.
* 1990: In Morocco, a [[Moroccan General Strike (1990)|general strike]] breaks out in protest of low wages and poor worker protections.

Revision as of 15:37, 18 January 2020

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This is a timeline of various political, legal, military, social, economic and environmental events that have occurred in Northern Africa that are relevant to libertarian socialism.

Pre-1900s

  • 1170BCE: Egyptians rebel
  • 206BCE: The Great Revolt of the Egyptians begins as anti-colonial sentiments and economic crisis hits Egyptian peasants and slaves. Eventually securing an expansion of human rights and economic aid for the farmers.

1900s

  • 1919: The Kantara Soldiers' Council
  • 1919: Egypt independence movement
  • 1954: The Algerian Revolution begins.
  • 1961: Putsch prevented in Algeria.
  • 1962: Algerians successfully prevent the break out of a civil war.
  • 1962: Algerian autogestion.
  • 1977: Bread riots in Egypt.
  • 1985: Numeiri dictatorship collapses in Sudan
  • 1990: In Morocco, a general strike breaks out in protest of low wages and poor worker protections.
  • 1992: Moroccan feminists
  • 1999: The First Sahrawi Intifada begins, with Sahrawi's demanding an end to human rights abuses and the right for self-determination.

2000s

  • 2001: The Black Spring occurs after the Algerian police kill an Amazigh teenager.
  • 2006: Strike in Egypt
  • 2008: General strike in Egypt
  • 2009: Aminatou Haidar

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