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TIL that Islam spread to North Africa because a general decided to ignore his orders. The Caliph sent a letter ordering his general not to invade Egypt. Suspecting it contained orders to withdraw, he said he would open it at the end of the day – by which time he had crossed the border. [source, comments]

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On this day, 23 April 1971, nearly 1,000 US Vietnam War veterans returned their combat medals to the government. Vietnam Veterans Against the War had planned to return the medals in body bags, but authorities erected a fence around the Capitol building so the veterans threw their medals over it. Some of the vets, before tossing their medals, dedicated them to comrades — both from the US and Vietnam — who had died in battle. Others explained who they were and why they were returning them:“Robert Jones, New York, and I symbolically return all Vietnam medals and service medals given me by the power structure that has genocidal policies against non-white peoples of the world.”“My name’s Peter Brannigan, and I’ve got a Purple Heart here, and I hope I get another one fighting these motherfuckers!"More info about this in our podcast episodes 10-11 about GI resistance to the Vietnam war: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e10-the-gi-resistance-in-vietnam-part-1/ To access this hyperlink, click our link in bio then click this photo

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On this day, 24 April 2013, the 8-storey Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh collapsed, killing over 1,100 mostly women garment workers, as bosses in the country's largest industry put profits before people. The first people on the scene to render assistance were local workers and relatives of those trapped, who began desperately trying to rescue survivors before emergency service workers arrived.The building had been evacuated the previous day after cracks appeared in walls, floors and pillars, but the owner of the building, Sohel Rana, claimed that an engineer declared the structure safe and workers should go back to work the following day.At 9 AM, one hour after the morning shift began work, a quality inspector named Mahmudur described to the Daily Star what happened next: “Darkness engulfed the entire place with thick clouds of debris. I heard screams around me. My heart started pounding… I lay down near a pillar, thinking that perhaps I was going to die. We were being roasted inside”.Rana, who was an official in the ruling Awami League party, had the building constructed without any supervision from engineers or architects in 2008, and in 2010 added three more floors of the building without planning permission. At the time of the disaster, he was planning on adding an additional ninth storey.On April 25, the day after the collapse, hundreds of thousands of workers in the area walked out on strike, built barricades on major highways, attacked working factories and battled police before besieging the headquarters of the garment employers' federation, demanding prosecution of Rana and the factory bosses.Get more of our anniversaries each morning in our daily mini-podcast, On This Day in Working Class History, available on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/on-this-day-in-working-class-history/id1727432630 To access this hyperlink, click our link in bio then click this photo

Good Idea: A strong Right to repair

https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/new-rules-to-massively-strengthen-eus-right-to-repair-successfully-pass-through-european-parliament-with-584-votes-for-just-3-against/

The European Parliament just passed new rules to strengthen the right to repair, making it easier for consumers to fix their devices and reducing barriers for independent repair shops. No more struggling with blocked repairs or forced replacements—these changes mean you can keep your gadgets running smoothly for longer!

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