roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 30 minutes agoNigerian General Strike (1945) On this day in 1945, a general strike involving 42,000 - 200,000 workers began in Nigeria, starting with railway workers, later spreading to other nationalized...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1imageNigerian General Strike (1945) On this day in 1945, a general strike involving 42,000 - 200,000 workers began in Nigeria, starting with railway workers, later spreading to other nationalized...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 30 minutes agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 6 hours agoSanrizuka Struggle Begins (1966) On this day in 1966, the Japanese government announced the construction of an airport on farmland in rural Sanrizuka, without permission of displaced locals. The...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down10
arrow-up113arrow-down1imageSanrizuka Struggle Begins (1966) On this day in 1966, the Japanese government announced the construction of an airport on farmland in rural Sanrizuka, without permission of displaced locals. The...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 6 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 1 day agoSouthern Homestead Act (1866) On this day in 1866, the U.S. government put up approximately 46 million acres of public land for sale in southern states, with government officials de facto...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
arrow-up114arrow-down1imageSouthern Homestead Act (1866) On this day in 1866, the U.S. government put up approximately 46 million acres of public land for sale in southern states, with government officials de facto...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 1 day agoHerrin Massacre (1922) The Herrin Massacre began on this day in 1922 in Illinois when striking coal miners looted ammunition and guns from a hardware store and laid siege to their mine, filled...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down10
arrow-up128arrow-down1imageHerrin Massacre (1922) The Herrin Massacre began on this day in 1922 in Illinois when striking coal miners looted ammunition and guns from a hardware store and laid siege to their mine, filled...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 2 days agoAlbert Parsons (1848 - 1887) Albert Parsons, born on this day in 1848, was an American anarchist newspaper editor, labor activist, and husband to radical Lucy Parsons. In 1887, Parsons, with three...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down10
arrow-up142arrow-down1imageAlbert Parsons (1848 - 1887) Albert Parsons, born on this day in 1848, was an American anarchist newspaper editor, labor activist, and husband to radical Lucy Parsons. In 1887, Parsons, with three...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 3 days agoHarriette Moore (1902 - 1951) Harriette Moore, born on this day in 1902, was a school teacher and civil rights activist who, along with her husband, was murdered by white supremacists after their...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down10
arrow-up175arrow-down1imageHarriette Moore (1902 - 1951) Harriette Moore, born on this day in 1902, was a school teacher and civil rights activist who, along with her husband, was murdered by white supremacists after their...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square8fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 2 days agoEduardo Mondlane (1920 - 1969) Eduardo Mondlane, born on this day in 1920, was a Mozambican anthropologist and professor at Syracuse University who resigned his post to serve as the President of...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10
arrow-up111arrow-down1imageEduardo Mondlane (1920 - 1969) Eduardo Mondlane, born on this day in 1920, was a Mozambican anthropologist and professor at Syracuse University who resigned his post to serve as the President of...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 4 days agoBattle of Orgreave (1984) On this day in 1984, the Battle of Orgreave took place in Rotherham, England when 6,000 cops attacked 5,000 picketing miners during the UK Miners' Strike (1984-85),...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down12
arrow-up177arrow-down1imageBattle of Orgreave (1984) On this day in 1984, the Battle of Orgreave took place in Rotherham, England when 6,000 cops attacked 5,000 picketing miners during the UK Miners' Strike (1984-85),...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square2fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 3 days agoSubcomandante Marcos (1957 - ) Rafael Vicente, also known as "Subcomandante Marcos", is a Mexican insurgent, former military leader, and spokesman for the Zapatista Army of National Liberation...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down11
arrow-up115arrow-down1imageSubcomandante Marcos (1957 - ) Rafael Vicente, also known as "Subcomandante Marcos", is a Mexican insurgent, former military leader, and spokesman for the Zapatista Army of National Liberation...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 4 days agoGeorge Thompson (1804 - 1878) George Donisthorpe Thompson, born on this day in 1804, was a prominent British anti-slavery orator and liberal reformer who gave lecturing tours and worked for...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down11
arrow-up121arrow-down1imageGeorge Thompson (1804 - 1878) George Donisthorpe Thompson, born on this day in 1804, was a prominent British anti-slavery orator and liberal reformer who gave lecturing tours and worked for...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 5 days agoAngelo Sbardellotto Executed (1932) Angelo Sbardellotto was an Italian anarchist executed by the state on this day in 1932 for plotting to assassinate Benito Mussolini. He refused to beg for...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down10
arrow-up144arrow-down1imageAngelo Sbardellotto Executed (1932) Angelo Sbardellotto was an Italian anarchist executed by the state on this day in 1932 for plotting to assassinate Benito Mussolini. He refused to beg for...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square2fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 5 days agoCharleston Church Massacre (2015) On this day in 2015, the Charleston Church Massacre took place in Charleston, South Carolina when a white supremacist entered Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down11
arrow-up145arrow-down1imageCharleston Church Massacre (2015) On this day in 2015, the Charleston Church Massacre took place in Charleston, South Carolina when a white supremacist entered Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 7 days agoJustice for Janitors Strikers Attacked (1990) On this day in 1990, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) attacked immigrant janitors who were striking for the right to organize in Century City,...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down10
arrow-up1131arrow-down1imageJustice for Janitors Strikers Attacked (1990) On this day in 1990, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) attacked immigrant janitors who were striking for the right to organize in Century City,...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square1fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 6 days agoEast German Uprising (1953) On this day in 1953, in what became an uprising of more than one million people, 300 East German construction workers protested at government buildings, demanding the...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down11
arrow-up146arrow-down1imageEast German Uprising (1953) On this day in 1953, in what became an uprising of more than one million people, 300 East German construction workers protested at government buildings, demanding the...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square2fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 7 days agoEspionage Act (1917) The Espionage Act, passed on this day in 1917, is a federal U.S. law which has been used to suppress labor and political activism from American dissidents such as Eugene V....plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down11
arrow-up151arrow-down1imageEspionage Act (1917) The Espionage Act, passed on this day in 1917, is a federal U.S. law which has been used to suppress labor and political activism from American dissidents such as Eugene V....plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 8 days agoGrenfell Tower Fire (2017) On this day in 2017, the deadliest UK residential fire since WWII began in Grenfell Tower, West London. 72 people, including children as young as six months old, were...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down10
arrow-up152arrow-down1imageGrenfell Tower Fire (2017) On this day in 2017, the deadliest UK residential fire since WWII began in Grenfell Tower, West London. 72 people, including children as young as six months old, were...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square1fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 8 days agoChe Guevara (1928 - 1967) Che Guevara was an Argentine communist revolutionary born on this day in 1928. "Let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down15
arrow-up133arrow-down1imageChe Guevara (1928 - 1967) Che Guevara was an Argentine communist revolutionary born on this day in 1928. "Let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square5fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 9 days agoPentagon Papers Released (1971) On this day in 1971, the Pentagon Papers, leaked by Daniel Ellsberg, were published by the New York Times, detailing secret information about the history of and...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down10
arrow-up157arrow-down1imagePentagon Papers Released (1971) On this day in 1971, the Pentagon Papers, leaked by Daniel Ellsberg, were published by the New York Times, detailing secret information about the history of and...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square1fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 9 days agoWalter Rodney Assassinated (1980) Walter Rodney was a Guyanese public intellectual and Pan-African Marxist who was assassinated by the state on this day in 1980, at 38 years old. "If there is to...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down10
arrow-up181arrow-down1imageWalter Rodney Assassinated (1980) Walter Rodney was a Guyanese public intellectual and Pan-African Marxist who was assassinated by the state on this day in 1980, at 38 years old. "If there is to...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square1fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 10 days agoMedgar Evers Assassinated (1963) Medgar Evers was an American civil rights leader who achieved national prominence for his efforts in fighting racial oppression in Mississippi, work for which he...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down10
arrow-up134arrow-down1imageMedgar Evers Assassinated (1963) Medgar Evers was an American civil rights leader who achieved national prominence for his efforts in fighting racial oppression in Mississippi, work for which he...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square0fedilink
