Strike in Oracabessa, Jamaica, 1935

On 13 May 1935, workers loading bananas in Oracabessa, Jamaica, went on strike and rioted. They blocked roads to prevent strikebreakers from being brought in, and cut power lines. Armed police were sent by British colonial authorities from Kingston to suppress the stoppage. Strikes spread to other groups of dock workers on the island later that month. More info in this account of struggles in the British Caribbean over that time period: https://libcom.org/library/labour-rebellions-1930s-british-caribbean-region-colonies-richard-hart

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