Zambia suspends vote count nationwide amid reports of violence, ballot theft
France 24 →Zambia's electoral commission on Friday suspended vote counting from Thursday's presidential and parliamentary elections for at least 24 hours due to "violence targeted at poll staff" and reported instances of theft of marked ballot papers. Former minister Brian Mundubile, the main challenger to President Hakainde Hichilema, claimed a first-round victory and said his camp viewed "the continued delay ... with grave concern".
Miners Seize Ballot Boxes
Dinslaken, Rhenish Prussia, Jan. 10. —Demonstrants from the Lohberg coal mines today forced an entrance into the polling booths here and seized the ballot boxes and the register of electors.
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Weimar National Assembly
The National Assembly convened on 6 February 1919 in the politically calm environment of Weimar. The election results essentially allowed no real options other than a coalition of SPD, Centre and DDP... In the end, a government consisting of representatives of the SPD, the DDP and the Centre Party was formed (the so-called Weimar Coalition).
Wikipedia →Kapp Putsch
After Germany had lost World War I, the German Revolution of 1918–1919 ended the monarchy. The German Empire was abolished and a democratic system, the Weimar Republic, was established in 1919 by the Weimar National Assembly. Right-wing nationalist and militarist circles opposed the new republic and promoted the stab-in-the-back myth, claiming that the war had been lost only because the efforts of the undefeated German military had been undermined by civilians at home.
Wikipedia →Ruhr uprising
The reaction to the Kapp Putsch was particularly strong in the Ruhr, a heavily industrialised region of western Germany where the left-wing parties and unions had a large presence. Across the Ruhr area, spontaneously formed 'executive councils' (Vollzugsräte) took power after disarming the local Security Police and Reichswehr forces.
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