roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 2 days agoAuschwitz Liberated (1945) On this day in 1945, the Soviet Red Army liberated Auschwitz concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland, the largest such complex during the Holocaust. In 2005, the...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down13
arrow-up1138arrow-down1imageAuschwitz Liberated (1945) On this day in 1945, the Soviet Red Army liberated Auschwitz concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland, the largest such complex during the Holocaust. In 2005, the...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square5fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 16 hours agoFinnish Socialist Workers' Republic Established (1918) On this day in 1918, the Finnish People's Delegation declared a socialist workers' republic (known as "Red Finland"), at the start of the...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down13
arrow-up14arrow-down1imageFinnish Socialist Workers' Republic Established (1918) On this day in 1918, the Finnish People's Delegation declared a socialist workers' republic (known as "Red Finland"), at the start of the...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 16 hours agomessage-square2fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 11 hours agoCroatian-Slovene Peasant Revolt (1573) On this day in 1573, the Croatian-Slovene Peasant Revolt began with an attack on the fortress of Cesargrad, near the town of Klanjec. Peasants formed their...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1imageCroatian-Slovene Peasant Revolt (1573) On this day in 1573, the Croatian-Slovene Peasant Revolt began with an attack on the fortress of Cesargrad, near the town of Klanjec. Peasants formed their...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 11 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 1 day agoSamuel Gompers (1850 - 1924) Samuel Gompers, born on this day in 1850, was a founder of the American Federation of Labor, serving as its president for 38 years. Gompers expelled radicals from the...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
arrow-up114arrow-down1imageSamuel Gompers (1850 - 1924) Samuel Gompers, born on this day in 1850, was a founder of the American Federation of Labor, serving as its president for 38 years. Gompers expelled radicals from the...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 2 days agoAnti-Gulf War D.C. Protests (1991) On this day in 1991, between 75,000 - 250,000 placard-wielding students, veterans, farmers, and feminists marched past the White House in protest of the Gulf War...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down13
arrow-up140arrow-down1imageAnti-Gulf War D.C. Protests (1991) On this day in 1991, between 75,000 - 250,000 placard-wielding students, veterans, farmers, and feminists marched past the White House in protest of the Gulf War...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square9fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 3 days agoAngela Davis (1944 - ) Angela Davis, born on this day in 1944, is a Marxist and feminist activist, prison abolitionist, philosopher, and educator. "I am no longer accepting the things I cannot...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down11
arrow-up169arrow-down1imageAngela Davis (1944 - ) Angela Davis, born on this day in 1944, is a Marxist and feminist activist, prison abolitionist, philosopher, and educator. "I am no longer accepting the things I cannot...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square1fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 4 days agoFLOC Campbell's and Nestle Boycott (1979) On this day in 1979, the Farm Labor Organizing Committee, a labor union representing migrant farm workers, initiated a boycott against Campbell's and...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down10
arrow-up133arrow-down1imageFLOC Campbell's and Nestle Boycott (1979) On this day in 1979, the Farm Labor Organizing Committee, a labor union representing migrant farm workers, initiated a boycott against Campbell's and...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 3 days agoPassaic Textile Strike (1926) The Passaic Textile Strike was a walkout by 15,000 mill workers that began on this day in 1926 in New Jersey. It began as the one of the first communist-led strikes...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down10
arrow-up122arrow-down1imagePassaic Textile Strike (1926) The Passaic Textile Strike was a walkout by 15,000 mill workers that began on this day in 1926 in New Jersey. It began as the one of the first communist-led strikes...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 5 days agoHigh Treason Twelve Executed (1911) On this day in 1911, the Japanese government executed twelve anarchists, including radical journalists Kanno Sugako and Kōtoku Shūsui (shown), as part of a...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down10
arrow-up156arrow-down1imageHigh Treason Twelve Executed (1911) On this day in 1911, the Japanese government executed twelve anarchists, including radical journalists Kanno Sugako and Kōtoku Shūsui (shown), as part of a...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 4 days agoKim Chwa-chin Assassinated (1930) Kim Chwa-chin was a Korean general and anarchist independence activist who was assassinated by Park Sang-sil, an agent of the Japanese colonial government, on...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1imageKim Chwa-chin Assassinated (1930) Kim Chwa-chin was a Korean general and anarchist independence activist who was assassinated by Park Sang-sil, an agent of the Japanese colonial government, on...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 7 days agoAntonio Gramsci (1891 - 1937) Antonio Gramsci, born on this day in 1891, was an Italian Marxist philosopher and communist politician. "The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down11
arrow-up128arrow-down1external-linkAntonio Gramsci (1891 - 1937) Antonio Gramsci, born on this day in 1891, was an Italian Marxist philosopher and communist politician. "The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square2fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 6 days agoNicaraguan General Strike (1978) On this day in 1978, more than 80% of businesses across Nicaragua closed as part of a general strike that demanded an end to the repressive Somoza regime, two...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down10
arrow-up117arrow-down1imageNicaraguan General Strike (1978) On this day in 1978, more than 80% of businesses across Nicaragua closed as part of a general strike that demanded an end to the repressive Somoza regime, two...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 5 days agoGuinea-Bissau War of Independence Begins (1963) The Guinea-Bissau War of Independence was an armed conflict between Pan-African revolutionaries and Portuguese colonizers that began on this day in...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10
arrow-up111arrow-down1imageGuinea-Bissau War of Independence Begins (1963) The Guinea-Bissau War of Independence was an armed conflict between Pan-African revolutionaries and Portuguese colonizers that began on this day in...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 6 days agoRussian Revolution (1905) On this day in 1905, troops at the Russian Winter Palace fired upon a huge procession of working class demonstrators, killing hundreds. The massacre led to widespread...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down10
arrow-up127arrow-down1imageRussian Revolution (1905) On this day in 1905, troops at the Russian Winter Palace fired upon a huge procession of working class demonstrators, killing hundreds. The massacre led to widespread...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 7 days agoLenin's Death and Testament (1924) On this day in 1924, revolutionary Vladimir Lenin died after a series of strokes. Following his death, his wife Krupskaya circulated "Lenin's Testament", a...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1imageLenin's Death and Testament (1924) On this day in 1924, revolutionary Vladimir Lenin died after a series of strokes. Following his death, his wife Krupskaya circulated "Lenin's Testament", a...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 8 days agoIrish War of Independence (1919) On this day in 1919, the republican party Sinn Féin declared Irish independence from Britain. After two years of guerilla warfare against British occupation and...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10
arrow-up115arrow-down1imageIrish War of Independence (1919) On this day in 1919, the republican party Sinn Féin declared Irish independence from Britain. After two years of guerilla warfare against British occupation and...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 8 days agoWannsee Conference (1942) On this day in 1942, leading Nazi officials met at a villa in Wannsee, Berlin, to discuss the "Jewish question". Here, the policy of Jewish genocide was explicitly...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down10
arrow-up143arrow-down1imageWannsee Conference (1942) On this day in 1942, leading Nazi officials met at a villa in Wannsee, Berlin, to discuss the "Jewish question". Here, the policy of Jewish genocide was explicitly...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square1fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 9 days agoAmílcar Cabral Assassinated (1973) Amílcar Cabral was a Bissau-Guinean and Cape Verdean agricultural engineer, intellectual, and communist revolutionary who was assassinated on this day in 1973 by...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down10
arrow-up119arrow-down1imageAmílcar Cabral Assassinated (1973) Amílcar Cabral was a Bissau-Guinean and Cape Verdean agricultural engineer, intellectual, and communist revolutionary who was assassinated on this day in 1973 by...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square1fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 9 days agoPhilip Agee (1935 - 2008) Philip Agee, born on this day in 1935, was an ex-CIA officer who became a prominent critic of CIA policies, detailing his experiences in the text "Inside the Company: CIA...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down11
arrow-up136arrow-down1imagePhilip Agee (1935 - 2008) Philip Agee, born on this day in 1935, was an ex-CIA officer who became a prominent critic of CIA policies, detailing his experiences in the text "Inside the Company: CIA...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square1fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 10 days agoBaburova and Markelov Assassinated (2009) On this day in 2009, anarchist journalist Anastasia Baburova (1983 - 2009) and human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov (1974 - 2009) were assassinated by...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10
arrow-up116arrow-down1imageBaburova and Markelov Assassinated (2009) On this day in 2009, anarchist journalist Anastasia Baburova (1983 - 2009) and human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov (1974 - 2009) were assassinated by...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square0fedilink