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unusual facts about Galician People's Union


Estreleira

The estreleira flag was created by communist activists of the UPG (Unión do Povo Galego) in the 1960s, correlating the red star to the stars in the flags of many Socialist countries, in particular Yugoslavia.


Andrew Furuseth

In 1895, this federation affiliated with the American Federation of Labor and was renamed the "International Seamen's Union of America" or (ISU).

Arthur Sinodinos

His father was a member of the left-aligned Seaman's Union that, during Sinodinos' early years, was campaigning against the United States intervention in Vietnam.

Autonomist People's Union

The party had however a convincing result in the 2006 general election, when its leader Gubert won 11.0% of the vote in the senatorial constituency of Pergine Valsugana.

Baranof Island

The Yiddish Policemen's Union is a 2007 alternate-history novel by Michael Chabon about a Jewish Yiddish-speaking territory in Sitka, including most of Baranov Island.

Bethesda, Gwynedd

The town was the site of a three-year strike led by the North Wales Quarrymen's Union from 1900.

Chenjerai Hunzvi

He reported to have been interned in Gonakudzingwa and Wha Wha prisons between 1967 and 1970, and to have been a prominent leader in Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) and Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA), though these claims have been denied by some other elders of the campaigns.

David Claerbout

CGAC Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea (ed.), 'David Claerbout' texts by Stephan Berg, Rachel Kushner, Santiago de Compostela, 2003 (exh.cat.)

Estreleira

All the separatist left-wing political parties of Galicia (BNG, AGE, FPG, Nos-UP) use the Estreleira flag as a party symbol.

Godfrey Chidyausiku

At the 1974 general election he won the Harari African Roll constituency, standing with the unofficial support of the African National Council which had been set up by ZANU, ZAPU and FROLIZI.

Helen Barrett Montgomery

In 1893 she helped found a chapter of the Women’s Educational and Industrial Union in Rochester, and served as president until 1911, nearly two decades.

In 1893, she joined with Susan B. Anthony, the activist for civil rights who was nearly 40 years older, in forming a new chapter of the Women’s Educational and Industrial Union (WEIU) in Rochester.

Jacob Hahn

He came to Milwaukee in 1883, attended the public schools, learned the craft of cigarmaking, and had been a trade union member of the Cigar Maker's Union for the past thirteen years when elected.

Lee Pressman

In his role as the CIO's general counsel, Pressman was influential in helping to stop the attempt to deport Communist Longshoreman's Union official Harry Bridges.

Pat Steward

After that point he continued to collaborate with Odds members Craig Northey and Doug Elliott on many projects – Strippers Union, Northey Valenzuela, Bruce McCulloch’s “Drunk Baby Project” and soundtracks for “the Kids in the Hall in Brain Candy” and “Dog Park”.

Sheffield Attercliffe by-election, 1894

Several leading trade unionist wrote in support of this decision, including William Bailey of the Nottinghamshire Miners Association, William Edwin Harvey of the Derbyshire Miners Association and Havelock Wilson of the National Sailors' and Firemen's Union.

Smoke or Fire

Jericho RVA is the name that appears on their 2003 EP Worker's Union.

Steve DiStanislao

The last official show of the tour took place in Gdansk, Poland where the band were joined by conductor Zbigniew Preisner and The Gdansk Philharmonic Orchestra, to celebrate the 26th anniversary of Solidarity of the Shipyard Worker's Union in Gdansk.

Stripper's Union

The Kids in the Hall member Dave Foley is listed as a co-writer of the song, "Give Up and Go Away", originally written for his wife, Crissy.

The Bathouse Recording Studio

Many influential albums have been recorded by artists such as The Tragically Hip, Sam Roberts, Bruce Cockburn, Hugh Dillon Redemption Choir, Blue Rodeo, Cthulhu martini, Fred Eaglesmith, Sarah Harmer, By Divine Right and Stripper's Union.

Zimbabwe African People's Union

Founded by Joshua Nkomo as president, Parirenyatwa as vice-president, Ndabaningi Sithole as chairman, Jason Moyo, Robert Mugabe as information and publicity secretary, Leopold Takawira as external secretary, at the request of Joseph Msika, ZAPU was banned in 1962 by the Rhodesian white minority government, and was later engaged in a guerrilla war against it.

Zimbabwe Defence Forces

The existing Rhodesian Army was combined with the two guerrilla armies; the 20,000-strong Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) forces of Zimbabwe African National Union-PF and the 15,000-strong Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) forces of PF-Zimbabwe African People's Union.


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