#OtD 14 Apr 1919 in Limerick, Ireland, a general strike was declared in protest against the declaration by the British military of a ‘Special Militarised Zone' in the area. The general strike saw the creation of the short-lived Limerick Soviet https://t.co/7RPtNvXh9u https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8537/limerick-general-strike-&-soviet?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon