4 June 1900 | A Czech Jew, Arthur Weinstein, was born in Olomouc. In #Auschwitz from 30 June 1942. No. 43806 He perished in the camp on 10 July 1942.

Covalen workers have shown incredible strength and solidarity throughout this dispute as they continue their fight for fairness, dignity and respect. #StandwithCovalenWorkers #CovalenStrike #DataCWU

4 June 1937 | A French Jewish girl, Simone Sommer, was born in Strasbourg. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 12 February 1944 in a transport of 1,500 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among 1,229 of them murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

My memoir, A Mind Of My Own is now available in paperback which means it’s cheaper. Hurrah! If you’d like a dedicated copy repost this and I’ll do a random pick of five winners in the next couple of days. If you’ve already bought/read or listened to the audible version thank you! ♥️📚

4 June 1940 | Dutch Jewish boy, Markus Bakker, was born in Amsterdam. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in February 1943. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

4 June 1941 | A Belgian Jewish boy, Rene Spiner, was born in Antwerp. In October 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

Because the loudest voices on the far right have been most publicly fixated on Islam, some Hindus, Sikhs and Jews have been drawn towards them. This week’s events should remind us that the likes of Restore see them all as equally “un-British” and to be eliminated… bsky.app/profile/twll...

#OtD 3 Jun 1943 200 white US Navy sailors attacked zoot suit wearing Mexican-American children in LA. Police arrested the victims of the attacks and the city council even tried to ban the wearing of the suit. Zoot suit riots broke out in several cities stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1019...

3 June 1901 | Czech Vaclav Novotny was born in Sloveč. A cabman. In #Auschwitz from 29 April 1942. No. 33755 He perished in the camp on 5 June 1942.

Had a great time at Stewart Lee tonight with all the other 50 odd year old men who have seen him many times.

Stewart Lee was brilliant tonight: "If you're unsure of which toilets you can use feel free to shit in a bag and mail it to Graham Linehan, he sorts through them by hand"

Caolan Robertson is not Irish and he is not a journalist. He’s a content thief who is regurgitating the Irish Times’ reporting Irish people *will* remember Caolan from #repealthe8th when he briefly stopped working for Tommy Robinson to make propaganda for the pro life group Youth Defence.

1 or 3 June 1904 | A Polish Jew, Izrael Spirytus, was born in Radom. A bootmaker. In #Auschwitz from 6 June 1942. No. 37587 He perished in the camp on 26 June 1942.

3 June 1864 | Polish Jewish woman, Chana Klos, was born in Pułtusk. She emigrated to Belgium and lived in Antwerp. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen on 10 October 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

3 (or 2) June 1913 A French Jewish woman, Henriette Vecksler (née Bril), was born in Paris. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 25 September 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. She was murdered in a gas chamber with her sons Claude (in the picture) and Serge.

So Nigel Farage, was this the response you were looking for? It doesn’t take away from the fact that you’re a money laundering scum bag, it just adds to it. You despicable vile human being.

2 June 1934 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Jacob Louis Halle was born in Amsterdam. In August 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz with his parents Leopold & Johanna and brother Robert. The mother & boys were murdered after selection in a gas chamber. The father perished some weeks later.

🎯 Reminder: Without a commitment by revolutionary organizations in the here and now to the fight against racism, working-class unity will never be achieved and the revolutionary potential of the working class will never be realized. - Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor #marxistmonday

#Socialistsunday #Marxistmonday

#OtD 1 Jun 1985 British police attacked people visiting Stonehenge in the "Battle of the Beanfield". Policed smashed vehicle windows, dragged people out through the broken glass, and then beat them. More here: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8100...

1 June 1902 | A Pole, Władysław Bobek, was born. A historian and Slavicist, completed his PhD at Jagiellonian University. In #Auschwitz from 14 April 1942. No. 29628 He perished in the camp on 2 June 1942.

Tom Robinson- 76 today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lR3...

Goats grazing in front of Gaudí's Sagrada Familia. 1910. Photo by Cèsar Comas Llaberia.

Visiting Eastern Passage in Nova Scotia; but cannot go past a picket line without stopping to offer solidarity. Solidarity to the CUPE strikers.

Happy Pride Month 2026 🌈 all

1 June 1931 | Dutch Jewish girl Leontine Juliette Susan was born in Amsterdam. In November 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

#OtD 31 May 1919 revolutionary socialist Rosa Luxemburg's body was found and identified after an autopsy in Berlin, five months after being murdered by right-wing paramilitaries working at the behest of the Social Democratic government. More in this book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/the...

1 June 1942 | An Italian Jewish boy, Marco Segre, was born in Milan. On 25 May 1944 he was murdered in a gas chamber at #Auschwitz II-Birkenau.

@sashasimic.bsky.social in #TheDailyMirror today on the racist war-monger #TonyBlair's call for #TheLabourParty to tack to the hard-right (or what he calls the "radical centre"):

#OtD 1 Jun 1971 70 homeless families occupied empty homes in Via Tibaldi, Milan. Supported by local workers and the unemployed, they resisted two violent police attempts at eviction, before forcing local govt to rehouse them and 140 other families stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8096...

1 June 1886 | A Polish woman, Leontyna Wencel, was born in Kosów. In #Auschwitz from 22 January 1943. No. 30581 She perished in the camp on 27 February 1943.

31 May 1905 | A Polish man, Andrzej Sokołowski, was born in Warsaw. A driver. In #Auschwitz from 29 May 1941 No. 16905 He perished in the camp on 29 March 1942.

31 May 1884 | A Polish man, Henryk Erazmus, was born in Tarnów. A hairdresser. In #Auschwitz from 27 December 1941. No. 25033 Date of death: 13 March 1942.

31 May 1920 | A Norwegian Jew, Josef Hurwitz, was born in Oslo. He was deported to #Auschwitz in November 1942 and registered in the camp. He perished in January 1944.

#bbcradiolondon #OneLouder Morning everybody… On our Saturday Session yesterday, we were lovin’ latest earbenders from #PaulMcCartney #TheCoral #TaraClerkinTrio ICYM…you can catch up @ www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

30 May 1887 | A Polish Jew, Abram Wajshof, was born in Piotrków Trybunalski. A clerk. In #Auschwitz from 14 September 1941. No. 20767 He perished in the camp.

30 May 1910 | A Polish Jew, Rubin Jucker, was born in Chrzanów. In #Auschwitz from 5 March 1942. No. 26392 He perished in the camp on 15 March 1942.

30 May 1924 | A Polish man, Marian Szpik, was born in Porąbka. A locksmith. In #Auschwitz from 7 August 1942. No. 56886 He perished in the camp on 14 September 1942.

#Hackneyswp members got a fantastic reception in Dalston today campaigning against the racist #Farage and his racist #Reform. #NeverAgain

30 May 1926 | A Czech Jewish boy, Valtr Hirsch, was born in Prague. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 30 September 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

30 May 1924 | A Polish woman, Janina Paciorkowska, was born in Warsaw. A tailor. In #Auschwitz from 22 January 1943. No. 30516 She was transferred to KL Flossenbürg and liberated there.

My most consistent unpopular opinion - an argument I've lost many times in the past 35 years - is that Pride is for the community & the community does not benefit from the parasitic involvement of corporate fair weather friends.

Morning all… London Calling! We’re back at #BBCRadioLondon at 1pm this afternoon with The Saturday Session. Expect an hour packed so tightly with classics & newies, it can only but explode out of your listening devices 😉 Listen👂@ 1pm via 94.9, Digital & bbc.co.uk/radiolondon

Afternoon everybody… We’re back on #BBCRadioLondon at 1pm 🎙️ Song titles to fill a spy novel/film with 😃 And…how much was your 1st wage packet & what did you buy with it? Mine? £17 & I bought a pair of Sta-Press trousers. But what was yours? Listen👂@ 94.9 FM/Digital/ bbc.co.uk/radiolondon

We are at the Radical Book Fair in the Teacher’s Club, come see us, our brilliant stock and lots of other great groups! #FreePalestine 🇵🇸

30 May 1872 | A French Jewish woman, Berthe Lambert, was born in Hellimer. In February 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

28 May 1903 | Pole Ludwik Stankiewicz was born in Muszyna. A weaver. In #Auschwitz from 5 April 1941. No. 12095 He was shot in the camp on 11 November 1941.

#OtD 28 May 1936 32,000 workers occupied the Renault plant in Paris. 100,000 more workers soon occupied every major engineering factory around the city. A strike wave swept the country, involving 2 million workers in 12,000 strikes and occupations stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1003...

28 May 1935 | Dutch Jewish boy, Benjamin van Dam, was born in Groningen. On 19 October 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz from Westerbork with his parents Luis & Fanny and his sister Jenny. Only Luis was registered. He perished in the camp. Others were murdered in a gas chamber.