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The Borinage is an area in the Walloon province of Hainaut in Belgium. [1]

24 relations: Belgian general strike of 1893, Belgium, Coal mining, Contemporary art, Documentary film, Europe, Frameries, General strikes in Belgium, Google, Grand-Hornu, Hainaut (province), Henri Storck, Henry Luyten, Joris Ivens, Karl Marx, Le Petit Journal (newspaper), Marcel Liebman, Misère au Borinage, Mons, Saint-Ghislain, Sillon industriel, The Potato Eaters, Vincent van Gogh, Wallonia.

Belgian general strike of 1893

The general strike of 1893 (grève générale de 1893, algemene staking van 1893) was a major general strike in Belgium in April 1893 called by the Belgian Labour Party (POB–BWP) to pressure the government of Auguste Beernaert to introduce universal male suffrage in elections.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Western Europe bordered by France, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg.

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Coal mining

Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground.

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Contemporary art

Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the late 20th century or in the 21st century.

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Documentary film

A documentary film is a nonfictional motion picture intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education, or maintaining a historical record.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Frameries

Frameries is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut.

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General strikes in Belgium

Since 1893, there have been a number of general strikes in Belgium.

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Google

Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware.

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Grand-Hornu

Grand-Hornu is an old industrial coal mining complex and company town (cité ouvrière) in Hornu (Boussu), near Mons, in Belgium.

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Hainaut (province)

Hainaut (Hainaut,; Henegouwen,; Hinnot; Hénau) is a province of Belgium in the Walloon region.

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Henri Storck

Henri Storck (5 September 1907 – 17 September 1999) was a Belgian author, filmmaker and documentarist.

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Henry Luyten

Henry Luyten or Jan Hendrik Luyten (21 May 1859 in Roermond – 21 January 1945 in Brasschaat) was a Dutch-born Belgian painter.

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Joris Ivens

Georg Henri Anton "Joris" Ivens (18 November 1898 – 28 June 1989) was a Dutch documentary filmmaker.

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Karl Marx

Karl MarxThe name "Karl Heinrich Marx", used in various lexicons, is based on an error.

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Le Petit Journal (newspaper)

Le Petit Journal was a conservative daily Parisian newspaper founded by Moïse Polydore Millaud; published from 1863 to 1944.

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Marcel Liebman

Marcel Liebman (1929 - 1986) was a Belgian Marxist historian of political sociology and theory, active at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

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Misère au Borinage

Misère au Borinage (French, literally "Poverty in the Borinage"), also known as Borinage, was a 1934 Belgian documentary film directed by Henri Storck and Joris Ivens.

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Mons

Mons (Bergen; Mont; Mont) is a Walloon city and municipality, and the capital of the Belgian province of Hainaut.

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Saint-Ghislain

Saint-Ghislain (Sint-Guilin) is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut.

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Sillon industriel

The Sillon industriel ("industrial furrow") is the former industrial backbone of Belgium.

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The Potato Eaters

The Potato Eaters (De Aardappeleters) is an oil painting by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh painted in April 1885 in Nuenen, Netherlands.

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Vincent van Gogh

Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art.

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Wallonia

Wallonia (Wallonie, Wallonie(n), Wallonië, Walonreye, Wallounien) is a region of Belgium.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borinage

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