Thibodaux Massacre (1887) On this day in 1887, the Thibodaux Massacre took place when white paramilitaries violently suppressed the unionizing efforts of 10,000 black cane workers in Thibodaux,...
Irish Citizen Army Founded (1913) The Irish Citizen Army (ICA), founded on this day in 1913, was a paramilitary group of trained trade union volunteers from the Irish Transport and General...
Antonio Guiteras (1906 - 1935) Antonio Guiteras y Holmes, born on this day in 1906, was a revolutionary socialist in Cuba during the 1930s who came to prominence as an associate of Julio Mella....
Bogalusa Sawmill Killings (1919) On this day in 1919, the "Bogalusa Sawmill Killings" took place in Thibodaux, Louisiana, a massacre of black labor organizers and their white allies by the white...
Columbine Massacre (1927) On this day in 1927, the Columbine Massacre took place when a crowd of more than 500 miners and their supporters in Serene, Colorado was fired on by a militia of ex-...
Alexander Berkman (1870 - 1936) Alexander Berkman, born on this day in 1870, was a leading activist and author in the anarchist movement in the early 20th century
Occupation of Alcatraz (1969 - 1971) On this day in 1969, a 19-month long occupation of Alcatraz Island began when 89 Native Americans and their supporters, led by Richard Oakes and Grace Thorpe,...
Dr. Robert Hayling (1929 - 2015) Dr. Robert Hayling, born on this day in 1929, was a key figure in the civil rights movement of St
August Willich (1810 - 1878) August Willich, born on this day in 1810, was a German noblemen turned communist and military officer
Joe Hill (1879 - 1915) Joe Hill (1879 - 1915) was a Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) who was executed by the state on this day...
U.S. Occupies Nicaragua (1909) On this day in 1909, President William Howard Taft sent U.S. warships to take position against the elected government of Nicaragua
Marie-Louise Giraud (1903 - 1943) Marie-Louis Giraud, born on this day in 1903, was a working class French woman who was executed in 1943 for providing abortions during the reign of the Nazi Vichy...
Knowles Riot (1747) On this day in 1747, an anti-draft riot began when workers in Boston, later condemned as a "Tumultuous Assembly of Foreign Seamen, Servants, Negroes, and Other Persons of Mean...
Salvadoran Jesuits Murdered (1989) On this day in 1989, during the Salvadoran Civil War, Salvadoran soldiers killed six Jesuits and two others on the campus of Central American University in San...
Gavril Myasnikov Executed (1945) Gavril Ilyich Myasnikov was a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and later left communist dissident who was executed by the USSR on this day in 1945, after accepting...
Berlin Conference (1884) On this day in 1884, the "Berlin Conference" began when delegations from nearly every Western European country and the U.S. met in Germany to develop a set of protocols...
Guayaquil Strike Massacre (1922) On this day in 1922, Ecuadorian soldiers fired on a crowd of 20,000 demonstrators participating in a general strike in Guayaquil, killing approximately 300 people.
Berlin Squatters Battle Police (1990) On this day in 1990, German squatters battled with approximately 1,500 heavily armed police officers who were attempting to evict squatters from a tenement...
Athens Polytechnic Uprising (1973) On this day in 1973, the Athens Polytechnic Uprising began with a massive student demonstration against the governing Greek military junta
Full Sutton Prison Strike (1995) On this day in 1995, four of Full Sutton Prison's six wings (all those not set aside for sex offenders) went on strike
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