Timeline of Anarchism in Northern Europe

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

1800s

  • 1817: Striking workers in Manchester, UK are massacred by the government as they demand economic equality and political rights.
  • 1833: Workers in England campaign for the rights of collective bargaining and the release of political prisoners.
  • 1842: The Plug Plot Riots occurs across Britain for workers rights and political freedoms.
  • 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.

1900s

  • 1905: Norwegian women and workers win independence from Sweden.
  • 1909: A general strike in Sweden fails to win its goals for more workers rights.
  • 1910: The Central Organisation of the Workers of Sweden is 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.
  • 1915: Women in Glasgow, Scotland lead a tenants movement which reduces rents and establishes legal rent controls.
  • 1916: The Easter Rising occurs as rebels attempt to establish an independent Irish Republic.
  • 1920: Danish workers strike for electoral reform.
  • 1931: A general strike in Sweden successfully limits the power of the police and military.
  • 1942: Norwegian teachers prevent the introduction of a fascist curriculum into schools.
  • 1960: Scottish peace activists attempt to block the construction of a US navy base.
  • 1963: Caribbean immigrants in Bristol, UK boycott buses and end racial discrimination in the law and hiring across the country.
  • 1967: Protests in Northern Ireland break out for equality between Irish people and greater state housing.
  • 1968: Women workers in Ford factories across the UK strike for equal pay with men.
  • 1969: Sikh Transport Workers in the UK fight against racial discrimination in the workplace.
  • 1969: British students force banks to stop investing in Apartheid South Africa.
  • 1969: Lund's Anarchist Group is founded Lund, Sweden.
  • 1971: Freetown Christiania is founded in Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • 1976: People across Ireland the UK march for peace in Northern Ireland.
  • 1976: IRA prisoners protest and strike for increased rights for prisoners in UK prisons.
  • 1977: Environmentalists in Torness, UK block the construction of a nuclear power plant.
  • 1978: Massive strikes sweep across the UK, being known as the 'Winter of Discontent'
  • 1979: Environmentalist and indigenous activists in Norway stop the construction of the Alta Dam.
  • 1980: UK steelworkers strike against wage cuts.
  • 1981: Greenham Commons Women's Peace Camp is formed to block the housing of cruise missiles by the UK military.
  • 1982: The Blitz House is started in Oslo, Norway.
  • 1986: Print workers in London, UK fight against anti-union measures.
  • 1987: Environmentalists in Estonia block the USSR from constructing toxic phosphorite mines.
  • 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.
  • 1991: The Anti-Roads Movement in England attempts to block a three-kilometer long extension of the M3 highway between London and Southampton Port.
  • 1993: The Swedish Anarcho-Syndicalist Youth Federation is founded.
  • 1995: Dockworkers in Liverpool, UK strike for higher wages and benefits.
  • 1995: The Battle of Brightlingsea occurs as environmentalists try to stop live animal exports from Brightlingsea Port, England.
  • 1995: Prisoners across the UK strike for more rights and a reduction of control over prisoners by guards.
  • 1998: A general strike in Denmark for better wages, holidays and job security fails.
  • 1999: Björn Söderberg is murdered by neo-nazis in Sweden, as 20,000 - 40,000 people attend anti-fascist protests across the country and newspapers across the country admit their own anti-immigrant bias.[1]

2000s

  • 2006: The Invisible Party is founded in Sweden.
  • 2006: Environmentalists in the UK force McDonalds to use more environmentally sustainable products.
  • 2007: Environmentalists block the construction of a coal-fired power plant in Kingsnorth, UK.
  • 2008: Environmentalists in the UK force the Unilever corporation to stop using Indonesian palm oil.
  • 2009: A wildcat strike breaks out among Swedish alcohol workers.
  • 2008: Prisoners across the UK go on hunger strike to reverse a smoking ban.
  • 2009: Factory's across the UK are occupied in order to secure pay, pensions and job security.
  • 2009: University Students across the UK force their universities to support Palestinians suffering from actions in Gaza.
  • 2010: Workers across the UK strike against wage and pension cuts.
  • 2010: University Students in the UK attempts to block tuition hikes, succeeding only in Wales.
  • 2010: Dockworkers in Finland strike, disrupting 90% of Finland's international trade and quickly win higher wages.
  • 2011: University of Glasgow students occupy campus buildings to prevent their closure, job security for university workers and free education.
  • 2011: Protesters across Ireland block roads to prevent the closure of hospitals due to austerity.
  • 2012: Estonian healthcare workers strike and win better wages and less working hours.
  • 2013: Environmentalists and students force Universities across the UK to stop investing in fossil fuels.
  • 2019: Migrant workers across Sweden win job security.

See Also

References

  1. ↑ https://libcom.org/history/1999-protests-against-fascist-murder-sweden
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