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The largest general strike of Franco took place in Hego Euskal Herria

50
years ago
1974ko greba orokorreko argazki gutxietako bat.

11 December 1974,

general strike during the Franco regime in Hego Euskal Herria. Left movements ORT and MCE called against increased life and ETA joined the call. An estimated 223,000 people were mobilized.

Although the origin of the strike was labour, it had a marked political character. In fact, requests included the dissolution of repressive forces and special courts and the right to self-determination.

Francoist police fought demonstrators in different places, including with shots.

Source:

Urko Apaolaza, 11 December, general strike.

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1974-01-25
Eli Gallastegi, passionate pro-independence politician, dies Gudari in San Juan de Luz
1974-03-02
Salvador Puig Antich was executed by the Franco regime
1974-03-23
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1974-04-03
ETA killed torturing civilian guard Gregorio Posada in Azpeitia
1974-04-25
The leftist military launched the Carnation Revolution in Portugal against the dictatorship
1974-05-12
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1974-05-20
Roke Mendez and Joxe Luis Mondragon, members of ETA, were gunned down in the Hondarribia moat
1974-06-15
Kevin Gately, a 20-year-old student killed in England by a horseback policeman with a blurry blow
1974-07-06
A command released ETA member Jon Urzelai, who was detained at Donostia hospital
1974-08-28
Francoist police threw members of ETA Tupa and Tanke in San Sebastian
1974-09-08
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1974-09-11
Jon Urzelai was killed in Bilbao by the Civil Guard
1974-09-13
ETA shot a bomb at the Rolando cafeteria in Madrid and killed many civilians
1974-09-23
Spanish police arrested Eva Forest in Madrid
1974-10-09
Oskar Schindler dies in Sweden
1974-10-29
Etarra Iñaki Iparragirre and civil guard Jerónimo Vera died in a shooting in Pasaia
1974-11-13
Karen Silkwood, Chemical & Atomic Workers Union trade unionist, dies in a suspicious accident
1974-11-24
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The largest general strike of Franco took place in Hego Euskal Herria
1974-12-17
ETA murdered two civil guards, one of them, the famous torturer
1974-12-18
Civil Guard murdered young man Mikel Salegi Urbieta in roadside control in San Sebastian
1974-12-22
100 people reported unemployment and Christmas consumerism in Copenhagen
1974-12-23
One hundred Santa Claus reported Christmas marketing in Copenhagen and were arrested

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