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xiaohongshu [none/use name]@hexbear.net to History@hexbear.netEnglish · 15 hours ago

Average working hours dropped drastically after 1917, due to fear that the Russian Revolution would inspire similar revolutions in other countries

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Average working hours dropped drastically after 1917, due to fear that the Russian Revolution would inspire similar revolutions in other countries

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xiaohongshu [none/use name]@hexbear.net to History@hexbear.netEnglish · 15 hours ago
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The effect was more pronounced in countries with larger Communist Parties. Capitalism did not reduce working hours on its own.

Saw this on twitter.

Link to the book pdf: Reforming to Survive: The Bolshevik Origins of Social Policies

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    for more on how concessions by capital have historically been driven by fear of an organized international worker’s movement

    https://redsails.org/concessions/

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      alice malone has written some great stuff

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