Today in Labor History February 2, 1942: The Osvald Group took the first anti-Nazi action in Norway, to protest the inauguration of Vidkun Quisling, by bombing the Oslo East Station. Over 200 members of the Osvald Group committed at least 110 acts of sabotage against the Nazis and Quisling’s collaborationist government during World War II. The Osvald Group was aligned with, and support by, the Soviet Union. The Nazis occupied Norway starting on April 9, 1940. The Osvald Group continued its sabotage until 1944, when the USSR officially disbanded the organization.

Statue outside the Central Station, Oslo, is entitled Smash Naziism

#workingclass #LaborHistory #nazis #fascism #antifa #antifascist #antinazi #osvaldgroup #oslo #norway #ussr #soviet #communism #sabotage #bombing #ww2

Today in Labor History February 2, 1942: The Osvald Group took the first anti-Nazi action in Norway, to protest the inauguration of Vidkun Quisling, by bombing the Oslo East Station. Over 200 members of the Osvald Group committed at least 110 acts of sabotage against the Nazis and Quisling’s collaborationist government during World War II. The Osvald Group was aligned with, and support by, the Soviet Union. The Nazis occupied Norway starting on April 9, 1940. The Osvald Group continued its sabotage until 1944, when the USSR officially disbanded the organization.

Statue outside the Central Station, Oslo, is entitled Smash Naziism

#workingclass #LaborHistory #nazis #fascism #antifa #antifascist #antinazi #osvaldgroup #oslo #norway #ussr #soviet #communism #sabotage #bombing #ww2

#CurrentlyReading History I didn't know: the Ukrainian People’s Republic (1917–1921). "It was the forefront of a revolutionary shift — offering a bold vision of what politics could be." In #Detroit-based #Socialist journal #AgainstTheCurrent. #History #Ukraine #Russia #Communism #Marxism #SovietUnion #USSR #SolidarityUSA https://againstthecurrent.org/atc240/retrieving-history-ukrainian-peoples-republic/

#CurrentlyReading History I didn't know: the Ukrainian People’s Republic (1917–1921). "It was the forefront of a revolutionary shift — offering a bold vision of what politics could be." In #Detroit-based #Socialist journal #AgainstTheCurrent. #History #Ukraine #Russia #Communism #Marxism #SovietUnion #USSR #SolidarityUSA https://againstthecurrent.org/atc240/retrieving-history-ukrainian-peoples-republic/

This is also a major issue on Wikipedia at the moment: Russian trolls have been trying to change the birthplaces of Baltic figures to Estonian/Latvian/Lithuanian SSR — which, if successful, means that Wikipedia is recognising an occupation as legitimate (which major Western nations, including the US, did not even do at the time).

#Wikipedia #wikimedia #wiki #Baltic #Baltics #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania #russia #russiaUkraineWar #news #ussr #soviet #histodons #UkraineWar