roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 13 hours agoRichmond Bread Riot (1863) On this day in 1863, the Richmond Bread Riot, the largest of several bread riots that took place in the Confederacy, began when thousands of hungry people began...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1imageRichmond Bread Riot (1863) On this day in 1863, the Richmond Bread Riot, the largest of several bread riots that took place in the Confederacy, began when thousands of hungry people began...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 13 hours agomessage-square1fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 18 hours agoRuth Wilson Gilmore (1950 - ) Ruth Wilson Gilmore, born on this day in 1950, is a prison abolitionist and scholar who founded the field of "carceral geography", the study of the relationships...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down11
arrow-up126arrow-down1imageRuth Wilson Gilmore (1950 - ) Ruth Wilson Gilmore, born on this day in 1950, is a prison abolitionist and scholar who founded the field of "carceral geography", the study of the relationships...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 18 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 2 days agoIWW Espionage Trial Begins (1918) On this day in 1918, the IWW Espionage Trial began, with more than one hundred Wobblies standing trial after the Department of Justice engaged in mass raids and...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10
arrow-up118arrow-down1imageIWW Espionage Trial Begins (1918) On this day in 1918, the IWW Espionage Trial began, with more than one hundred Wobblies standing trial after the Department of Justice engaged in mass raids and...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 2 days agoCoal Creek War Begins (1891) On this day in 1891, the Coal Creek War began when the Tennessee Coal Mining Company (TCMC) rejected worker demands, closing operations. After TCMC used strikebreaking...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10
arrow-up18arrow-down1imageCoal Creek War Begins (1891) On this day in 1891, the Coal Creek War began when the Tennessee Coal Mining Company (TCMC) rejected worker demands, closing operations. After TCMC used strikebreaking...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 3 days agoPoll Tax Riots (1990) On this day in 1990, 180k-250k people gathered in Kennington Park, London to protest an unpopular poll tax imposed by Margaret Thatcher, leading to widespread police...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down11
arrow-up115arrow-down1imagePoll Tax Riots (1990) On this day in 1990, 180k-250k people gathered in Kennington Park, London to protest an unpopular poll tax imposed by Margaret Thatcher, leading to widespread police...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 4 days agoLand Day (1976) On this day in 1976, Palestinians initiated a campaign of resistance, including a general strike, occupations, and violent confrontation with police, in opposition to Israeli...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down10
arrow-up129arrow-down1imageLand Day (1976) On this day in 1976, Palestinians initiated a campaign of resistance, including a general strike, occupations, and violent confrontation with police, in opposition to Israeli...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 4 days agoLoray Mill Strike (1929) On this day in 1929, mill workers in Gastonia, North Carolina, led by communist labor organizer Fred Beal, voted in favor of striking to demand a 40 hour work week, higher...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down11
arrow-up136arrow-down1imageLoray Mill Strike (1929) On this day in 1929, mill workers in Gastonia, North Carolina, led by communist labor organizer Fred Beal, voted in favor of striking to demand a 40 hour work week, higher...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 5 days agoWellington Trades Hall Bombing (1984) On this day in 1984, the Trades Hall in Wellington, New Zealand was bombed, killing the building's caretaker and badly injuring his dog. Police suspected a...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10
arrow-up118arrow-down1imageWellington Trades Hall Bombing (1984) On this day in 1984, the Trades Hall in Wellington, New Zealand was bombed, killing the building's caretaker and badly injuring his dog. Police suspected a...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 7 days agoRAF Bombs Weiterstadt Prison (1993) On this day in 1993, the Red Army Faction (RAF) bombed and destroyed the newly finished Weiterstadt Prison near Frankfurt, Germany, causing approximately $90...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down11
arrow-up134arrow-down1imageRAF Bombs Weiterstadt Prison (1993) On this day in 1993, the Red Army Faction (RAF) bombed and destroyed the newly finished Weiterstadt Prison near Frankfurt, Germany, causing approximately $90...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square13fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 5 days agoNew Peoples' Army Founded (1968) On this day in 1968, the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, the New People's Army, was founded. The CPP-NPA waged one of the longest communist...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1imageNew Peoples' Army Founded (1968) On this day in 1968, the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, the New People's Army, was founded. The CPP-NPA waged one of the longest communist...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 6 days agoArkansas Bans Anarchy and "Bolshevism" (1919) On this day in 1919, Arkansas, joining the majority of U.S. states at the time, passed a law to explicitly "punish anarchy and to prevent the...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down10
arrow-up117arrow-down1imageArkansas Bans Anarchy and "Bolshevism" (1919) On this day in 1919, Arkansas, joining the majority of U.S. states at the time, passed a law to explicitly "punish anarchy and to prevent the...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 6 days agoClara Lemlich (1886 - 1982) Clara Lemlich Shavelson, born on this day in 1886, was a Jewish communist and labor leader of the "Uprising of 20,000", a massive strike of shirtwaist workers in New...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1imageClara Lemlich (1886 - 1982) Clara Lemlich Shavelson, born on this day in 1886, was a Jewish communist and labor leader of the "Uprising of 20,000", a massive strike of shirtwaist workers in New...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 8 days agoVine Deloria Jr. (1933 - 2005) Vine Deloria Jr., born on this day in 1933, was an indigenous theologian, historian, professor, and activist who authored "Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1imageVine Deloria Jr. (1933 - 2005) Vine Deloria Jr., born on this day in 1933, was an indigenous theologian, historian, professor, and activist who authored "Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 8 days agoKate O'Hare (1876 - 1948) Kate Richards O'Hare, born on this day in 1876, was an American Socialist Party activist, editor, and orator who was imprisoned during World War I after giving an anti-...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down10
arrow-up120arrow-down1imageKate O'Hare (1876 - 1948) Kate Richards O'Hare, born on this day in 1876, was an American Socialist Party activist, editor, and orator who was imprisoned during World War I after giving an anti-...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square2fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 9 days agoRudolf Rocker (1873 - 1958) Johann Rudolf Rocker, born on this day in 1873, was an anarchist theorist, historian, and activist, known for critical anarchist texts such as "Anarcho-Syndicalism:...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down10
arrow-up134arrow-down1imageRudolf Rocker (1873 - 1958) Johann Rudolf Rocker, born on this day in 1873, was an anarchist theorist, historian, and activist, known for critical anarchist texts such as "Anarcho-Syndicalism:...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 9 days agoScottsboro Boys Accused (1931) On this day in 1931, the Scottsboro Boys were falsely accused of raping white women after fending off a group of white attackers, leading to a national scandal...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down11
arrow-up132arrow-down1imageScottsboro Boys Accused (1931) On this day in 1931, the Scottsboro Boys were falsely accused of raping white women after fending off a group of white attackers, leading to a national scandal...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 10 days agoYanis Varoufakis (1961 - ) Yanis Varoufakis, born on this day in 1961, is a Greek economist and politician who co-founded DiEM25, a left-wing European political party. "The economy is too...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down12
arrow-up117arrow-down1imageYanis Varoufakis (1961 - ) Yanis Varoufakis, born on this day in 1961, is a Greek economist and politician who co-founded DiEM25, a left-wing European political party. "The economy is too...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 10 days agoÓscar Romero Assassinated (1980) Óscar Romero was an Archbishop of San Salvador and social activist who was assassinated on this day in 1980 after giving a sermon where he urged government...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down10
arrow-up143arrow-down1imageÓscar Romero Assassinated (1980) Óscar Romero was an Archbishop of San Salvador and social activist who was assassinated on this day in 1980 after giving a sermon where he urged government...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square1fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 11 days agoWalter Rodney (1942 - 1980) Walter Rodney, born in Guyana on this day in 1942, Pan-African, Marxist intellectual who was assassinated by the Guyanese government in 1980 at 38 years old. "If there...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down10
arrow-up134arrow-down1imageWalter Rodney (1942 - 1980) Walter Rodney, born in Guyana on this day in 1942, Pan-African, Marxist intellectual who was assassinated by the Guyanese government in 1980 at 38 years old. "If there...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 11 days agoNorris-La Guardia Act (1932) The Norris-La Guardia Act, passed on this day in 1932, is a U.S. labor law that bans yellow-dog contracts, federal injunctions against non-violent labor disputes, and...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10
arrow-up123arrow-down1imageNorris-La Guardia Act (1932) The Norris-La Guardia Act, passed on this day in 1932, is a U.S. labor law that bans yellow-dog contracts, federal injunctions against non-violent labor disputes, and...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square0fedilink
