Example sentences of "worker ' militias " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time , there are reports that workers ' militias had been used to cordon off streets during the demonstration in Leipzig on Monday night when some 10,000 people marched through the streets chanting ‘ Gorby , Gorby ’ and calling for the legalisation of the opposition group New Forum . |
| 2 | Workers ' militias — factory workers who are supposed to defend the Socialist system against its enemies — are reportedly also being trained in various parts of the country to control demonstrations and arrest supporters of the opposition . |
| 3 | East Germany 's workers ' militias , which have 400,000 members , are standing by all over the country to help to clamp down in case of trouble . |
| 4 | The military arm of the revolution was the workers ' militias , believed by their advocates to be both necessary to defend the revolution and capable of defeating fascism through their members ' commitment to the new society . |
| 5 | On Nov. 23 , 1989 , the Sejm voted to disband the 600,000-strong Workers ' Militias ( ORMO ) , seen as a means of violent enforcement of communist rule . |