Today in Labor History April 20, 2001: Black Spring began in Algeria, after the police murdered Massinissa Guermah, a Berber Kabyle student. Black Spring was a series of protests and political demonstrations by Kabyle activists, which were met by repressive and violent police measures, including 126 deaths.

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