{"product_id":"tsotm-apr-2026-red-ruhr-army","title":"TSOTM Apr 2026: Red Ruhr Army","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOnly available outside the US.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.workingclasshistory.com\/products\/unisex-organic-ribbed-neck-t-shirt-2\"\u003eAvailable in the US here on \u003cimg\u003ea different shirt\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur T-shirt of the Month for April 2026, made of 100% organic cotton, and supporting grassroots labour unions in South Asia.\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis month's design \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eis inspired by the Red Ruhr Red, which was suppressed i\u003c\/span\u003en April 1920. It was the last revolutionary mass movement in Germany to date and comprised approximately 50,000 armed workers. In response to the right-wing Lüttwitz-Kapp Putsch, a general strike of almost the entire German working class first occurred in March. In Saxony, Thuringia, and especially in the Ruhr region, attempts were made to escalate the general strike into a \"proletarian revolution\" and to complete the failed revolution of 1918\/1919. After fierce fighting with Reichswehr units and the security police, the Red Ruhr Army controlled the Rhenish-Westphalian industrial region. On April 2nd, the Social Democratic (SPD) government dispatched Reichswehr troops to suppress the workers' uprising, even though these units contained precisely those proto-fascist forces that had supported and participated in the right-wing putsch against the SPD only a few days earlier. At least 1,000 participants in the uprising were massacred by the end of the fighting on April 12. This included mass summary executions and targeted psychological torture. According to historian Klaus Gietinger, these practices, in which victims were forced to dig their own graves, became widespread and were, among other things, part of the repertoire of the police, SS, SD, Einsatzgruppen, and Wehrmacht during the mass murder of the Jewish population in the German Wehrmacht's Eastern Campaign some 21 years later.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Red Ruhr Army was organized decentrally through independent executive councils formed in numerous Ruhr cities. Unable or unwilling to recognize these grassroots, proletarian structures as something progressive, the state-run German Historical Museum's website today states laconically:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The Red Ruhr Army had neither a unified command center nor a common political program.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis month's design by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/disorderrebelstore\"\u003eSvenno\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epays tribute to the brave, rebellious, and now largely forgotten workers of the Red Ruhr Army and was kindly provided by the Berlin-based Disorder Rebel Store. \"Glück auf!\" is the traditional German miners' greeting, particularly rooted in mining regions like the Ruhr area.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e100% organic cotton, single jersey, 160 g\/m², 0% elastane in fabric\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"im\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHigh-quality water-based print: environmentally and skin-friendly ink certified under the Global Organic Textile Standard\u003cbr\u003eUnisex fit s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eizes: S - M - L - XL - 2XL – 3XL - 4XL - 5XL\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMade with dignity by the worker-owned Humana Nova cooperative\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSupports grassroots labour unions in South Asia through ExChains\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/workingclasshistory.com\/2021\/09\/16\/t-shirt-of-the-month-collaboration\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"im\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrinted individually just for you, with no overproduction or waste\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShipping everywhere except the US, from France\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize guide\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"im\"\u003ePlease make sure to carefully choose your size by checking\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe size chart below.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWidth: Measured 2cm (1in) beneath the sleeves across the shirt\u003cbr\u003eLength: Measured from the highest point of the shoulder to the bottom end of the shirt\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"576\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; 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The shirts will then be shipped from France, and delivery should take up to one week for Europe, and up to two weeks for the rest of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the unlikely event that shirts from dna merch are out of stock, design will instead be printed on an organic t-shirt from fairwear foundation leader Stanley \u0026amp; Stella instead.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"dna merch","offers":[{"title":"S","offer_id":42359780999253,"sku":null,"price":471.0,"currency_code":"SEK","in_stock":true},{"title":"M","offer_id":42359781064789,"sku":null,"price":471.0,"currency_code":"SEK","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":42359781130325,"sku":null,"price":471.0,"currency_code":"SEK","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":42359781195861,"sku":null,"price":471.0,"currency_code":"SEK","in_stock":true},{"title":"2XL","offer_id":42359781261397,"sku":null,"price":471.0,"currency_code":"SEK","in_stock":true},{"title":"3XL","offer_id":42359781326933,"sku":null,"price":471.0,"currency_code":"SEK","in_stock":true},{"title":"4XL","offer_id":42359781392469,"sku":null,"price":471.0,"currency_code":"SEK","in_stock":true},{"title":"5XL","offer_id":42359781458005,"sku":null,"price":471.0,"currency_code":"SEK","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0006\/7554\/5141\/files\/tshirtunisexWHITE.jpg?v=1775096058","url":"https:\/\/shop.workingclasshistory.com\/en-se\/products\/tsotm-apr-2026-red-ruhr-army","provider":"Working Class History | Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}