March 2
1905: Following protests in New Zealand, Maori people are given "European status" under the White Australia policy.
March 3
2004: Victorian teachers strike, demanding an end to contract labour.
March 4
1804: 300 Irish convicts revolt at Castle Hill, Toongabbie.
1937:
2002: 50,000 oil workers surround the Daqing Petroleum office in China.
March 5
1772: "Explorer" Marion du Fesne is hit in the head and ordered off the island of Tasmania by angry Aborigines.
1871: Rosa Luxembourg is born.
March 6
1984: Year-long British miners' strike begins.
March 7
1860: 6000 shoemakers and 20,000 other workers strike in New England, USA.
March 8
1917: International Women's Day protests trigger the Russian Revolution.
From Green Left Weekly, March 2, 2005.
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