Anniversaries

The dates Socialist Organiser marked: twenty-five years since the Hungarian revolution, thirty since the East German rising, fifty since the Kinder Scout trespass, a hundred since the death of Marx. They are gathered here by the last digit of the year in which the event happened, because that is the digit its round anniversaries fall on.

Only articles that mark a date are listed, not those that mention one in passing. The year is worked out from the interval the article names and checked; where the article is loose about it, the note says so.

Years ending in: 0 · 1 · 2 · 3 · 6 · 9

Years ending in 0 · 1980

• One Year of Brutal Dictatorship in Turkey12 September 1980 · The military coup in Turkey · marked a year on, in Socialist Organiser no. 52, 10 September 1981

Years ending in 1 · 1931, 1971, 1981

• Withdraw the Troops!5 May 1981 · Death of the hunger striker Bobby Sands · marked a year on, in Socialist Organiser no. 84, 13 May 1982 · A report of the London march marking the anniversary.
• The Sit-in: a Focus of Resistance30 July 1971 · The Upper Clyde Shipbuilders work-in · marked 10 years on, in Socialist Organiser no. 61, 12 November 1981 · "Ten years ago, in the summer of 1971": the work-in began on 30 July 1971.
• Scottish workers' battles against 1930s unemployment1931 · Mass unemployment and the unemployed struggles in Scotland · marked 50 years on, in Socialist Organiser no. 63, 26 November 1981 · "Fifty years ago this winter": registered unemployment in Scotland passed 300,000 in the winter of 1931–32.

Years ending in 2 · 1932, 1962

• Trespassers Will Be Celebrated24 April 1932 · The Kinder Scout mass trespass · marked 50 years on, in Socialist Organiser no. 81, 22 April 1982 · A preview of the fiftieth-anniversary gathering at Hayfield.
• Playing Global Dominos: 20 Years after Cuban Missiles CrisisOctober 1962 · The Cuban missile crisis · marked 20 years on, in Socialist Organiser no. 107, 4 November 1982 · The crisis ran from 16 to 28 October 1962.

Years ending in 3 · 1763, 1883, 1953, 1973

• Karl Marx 1818–188314 March 1883 · Death of Karl Marx · marked 100 years on, in Socialist Organiser no. 123, 10 March 1983
• Thirty Years Ago: German Workers' Verdict on Stalinism17 June 1953 · The East German workers' uprising · marked 30 years on, in Socialist Organiser no. 136, 16 June 1983
• ' To subvert tyranny'20 June 1763 · Birth of Wolfe Tone · marked 220 years on, in Socialist Organiser no. 138, 30 June 1983
• Chile11 September 1973 · The military coup in Chile · marked 10 years on, in Socialist Organiser no. 145, 8 September 1983 · Published three days before the anniversary.

Years ending in 6 · 1956

• Revolution in Hungary23 October 1956 · The Hungarian revolution · marked 25 years on, in Socialist Organiser no. 60, 5 November 1981

Years ending in 9 · 1919

• How Glasgow Fought the State27 January 1919 · The Glasgow general strike · marked 65 years on, in Socialist Organiser no. 162, 19 January 1984 · "Sixty-five years ago this month": the strike for the 40-hour week began on 27 January 1919.

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