Idaho Governor Assassinated (1905) On this day in 1905, Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg, who had arrested striking workers and detained them without trial, was assassinated by a bomb outside his...
Guy Debord (1931 - 1994) Guy Debord, born on this day in 1931, was a Marxist philosopher and filmmaker who co-founded the Situationist International and authored "The Society of the Spectacle"...
Knights of Labor Founded (1869) The Knights of Labor was an American labor federation founded on this day in 1869
South Korean General Strike (1996-97) On this day in 1996, more than 700,000 South Korean workers initiated a four-week general strike in response to a new anti-labor law passed quietly by the...
Joseph Déjacque (1821 - 1864) Joseph Déjacque, born on this day in 1821, was a French anarcho-communist poet and philosopher who coined the term "libertarian" in reference to his own anti-...
Mao Zedong (1893 - 1976) Mao Zedong, born on this day in 1893, was a communist revolutionary and a founder of the People's Republic of China, which he governed as Chairman from 1949 until his...
Toranomon Incident (1923) The Toranomon Incident (虎ノ門事件) was an assassination attempt on the Prince Regent Hirohito of Japan by communist dissident Daisuke Nanba that took place in downtown Tokyo,...
Bloody Christmas (1951) On this day in 1951, LAPD officers beat 7 imprisoned civilians, an event known as "Bloody Christmas"
Seminole Nation Defeats U.S. Army (1837) On this day in 1837, Africans and Native Americans who had formed Florida's Seminole Nation decisively defeated an invading U.S. force more than twice...
Stormé DeLarverie (1920 - 2014) Stormé DeLarverie, born on this day in 1920, was a biracial, queer icon whose reported scuffle with police was the spark that ignited the Stonewall Riots in 1969....
Disgruntled Employee Takes Citibank Offline (2013) On this day in 2013, disgruntled Citibank employee Lennon Brown took down 90% of their North American servers before leaving
Mungyeong Massacre (1949) On this day in 1949, the South Korean Army slaughtered 86-88 unarmed civilians, including 32 children, in Mungyeong, North Gyeongsang while disguised as communist...
Luigi Fabbri (1877 - 1935) Luigi Fabbri, born on this day in 1877, was an anarchist writer, theorist, and educator
Kenneth Rexroth (1905 - 1982) Kenneth Rexroth, born on this day in 1905, was an American anarchist poet and member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).
Kuwasi Balagoon (1946 - 1986) Kuwasi Balagoon, born on this day in 1946, was a queer New Afrikan anarchist and a member of the Black Liberation Army
Santa María School Massacre (1907) On this day in 1907, a massacre took place at the Santa María School in Iquique, Chile when the Chilean Army fired on a crowd of striking workers and their...
Thomas Sankara (1949 - 1987) Thomas Sankara, born on this day in 1949, was a Burkinabé socialist revolutionary who served as President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987
Marta Russell (1951 - 2013) Marta Russell, born on this day in 1951, was a U.S. writer and disability rights activist
Carrero Blanco Bombed by ETA (1973) On this day in 1973, Spanish Prime Minister Luis Carrero Blanco, the hand-picked successor to fascist Francisco Franco, was killed in a car bombing by Euskadi...
Treason Trial Begins (1956) On this day in 1956, the Treason Trial began in Johannesburg, South Africa when 153 people, including anti-apartheid activists Nelson Mandela and Ruth First, were...
