roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 4 days agoAlice S. Rossi (1922 - 2009) Alice S. Rossi, born on this day in 1922, was a pioneering feminist and sociologist who co-founded the "National Organization of Women" (NOW). "Demands for equality...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageAlice S. Rossi (1922 - 2009) Alice S. Rossi, born on this day in 1922, was a pioneering feminist and sociologist who co-founded the "National Organization of Women" (NOW). "Demands for equality...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 4 days agoAnti-Water Charges Strike (1994) On this day in 1994, in opposition to water bill increases, working class Irish activists began a campaign of resistance, refusing to pay water bills and engaging...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageAnti-Water Charges Strike (1994) On this day in 1994, in opposition to water bill increases, working class Irish activists began a campaign of resistance, refusing to pay water bills and engaging...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 5 days agoGrito de Lares (1868) On this day in 1868, the first major revolt against Spanish rule in Puerto Rico, known as the "Grito de Lares" (Cry of Lares), began when several hundred rebels looted...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageGrito de Lares (1868) On this day in 1868, the first major revolt against Spanish rule in Puerto Rico, known as the "Grito de Lares" (Cry of Lares), began when several hundred rebels looted...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 5 days agoGeorge Jackson (1941 - 1971) George Jackson, born on this day in 1941, was the revolutionary author of "Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson" and co-founder of the Marxist-...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageGeorge Jackson (1941 - 1971) George Jackson, born on this day in 1941, was the revolutionary author of "Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson" and co-founder of the Marxist-...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 6 days agoPolice Storm Council Houses (1960) On this day in 1960, bailiffs supported by about 800 police attacked both Silverdale and Kennistoun House in St Pancras, London in an effort to evict organized...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imagePolice Storm Council Houses (1960) On this day in 1960, bailiffs supported by about 800 police attacked both Silverdale and Kennistoun House in St Pancras, London in an effort to evict organized...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 6 days ago"Winter of Discontent" Begins (1978) On this day in 1978, one of the first strikes of the British "Winter of Discontent" began when 15,000 Ford workers, mostly from the Transport and General...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1image"Winter of Discontent" Begins (1978) On this day in 1978, one of the first strikes of the British "Winter of Discontent" began when 15,000 Ford workers, mostly from the Transport and General...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square1fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 7 days agoTeresa Rebull (1919 - 2015) Teresa Soler i Pi, better known by her stage name, "Teresa Rebull", was a Marxist, feminist, and singer-songwriter born on this day in 1919.plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10
arrow-up18arrow-down1imageTeresa Rebull (1919 - 2015) Teresa Soler i Pi, better known by her stage name, "Teresa Rebull", was a Marxist, feminist, and singer-songwriter born on this day in 1919.plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 7 days agoLev Chernyi Assassinated (1921) Lev Chernyi was a Russian individualist anarchist theorist, poet, and leading figure of anti-Bolshevik rebellions who was executed without trial on this day in...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down11
arrow-up118arrow-down1imageLev Chernyi Assassinated (1921) Lev Chernyi was a Russian individualist anarchist theorist, poet, and leading figure of anti-Bolshevik rebellions who was executed without trial on this day in...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 8 days agoUpton Sinclair (1878 - 1968) Upton Sinclair Jr., born on this day in 1878, was an American writer and journalist who wrote nearly 100 books across multiple genres, most notably "The Jungle", which...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10
arrow-up116arrow-down1imageUpton Sinclair (1878 - 1968) Upton Sinclair Jr., born on this day in 1878, was an American writer and journalist who wrote nearly 100 books across multiple genres, most notably "The Jungle", which...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 8 days agoJean-Jacques Dessalines (1758 - 1806) Jean-Jacques Dessalines, born on this day in 1758, was a leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of an independent Haiti under the 1805...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down10
arrow-up142arrow-down1imageJean-Jacques Dessalines (1758 - 1806) Jean-Jacques Dessalines, born on this day in 1758, was a leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of an independent Haiti under the 1805...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 9 days agoNew Zealand Women's Suffrage (1893) On this day in 1893, after two decades of campaigning by suffragettes such as Kate Sheppard (shown), New Zealand became the first country with a Western-style...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down10
arrow-up122arrow-down1imageNew Zealand Women's Suffrage (1893) On this day in 1893, after two decades of campaigning by suffragettes such as Kate Sheppard (shown), New Zealand became the first country with a Western-style...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 9 days agoSolidarity Day March (1981) On this day in 1981, a large rally known as the "Solidarity Day March" took place in Washington D.C. in support of striking air traffic controller workers fired by...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down10
arrow-up122arrow-down1imageSolidarity Day March (1981) On this day in 1981, a large rally known as the "Solidarity Day March" took place in Washington D.C. in support of striking air traffic controller workers fired by...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 10 days agoChris Hedges (1956 - ) Chris Hedges, born on this day in 1956, is an American journalist, activist, and professor, known for his texts such as "Death of the Liberal Class", "Days of Descrution,...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down11
arrow-up117arrow-down1imageChris Hedges (1956 - ) Chris Hedges, born on this day in 1956, is an American journalist, activist, and professor, known for his texts such as "Death of the Liberal Class", "Days of Descrution,...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square1fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 10 days agoFugitive Slave Act (1850) On this day in 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the U.S. Congress as part of the Compromise of 1850, compelling all in free states to return fugitive slaves to...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down13
arrow-up166arrow-down1imageFugitive Slave Act (1850) On this day in 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the U.S. Congress as part of the Compromise of 1850, compelling all in free states to return fugitive slaves to...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square9fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 11 days agoAgostinho Neto (1922 - 1979) Agostinho Neto, born on this day in 1922, was an Angolan poet, revolutionary, and Marxist politician, elected President of the newly independent People's Republic of...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10
arrow-up18arrow-down1imageAgostinho Neto (1922 - 1979) Agostinho Neto, born on this day in 1922, was an Angolan poet, revolutionary, and Marxist politician, elected President of the newly independent People's Republic of...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 12 days agoVíctor Jara Assassinated (1973) Víctor Jara was a Chilean teacher, theater director, poet, singer-songwriter, and communist political activist murdered by fascist forces on this day in 1973,...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10
arrow-up123arrow-down1imageVíctor Jara Assassinated (1973) Víctor Jara was a Chilean teacher, theater director, poet, singer-songwriter, and communist political activist murdered by fascist forces on this day in 1973,...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 12 days agoMaria Nikiforova Executed (1919) Maria Nikiforova was a Ukrainian anarchist partisan leader who, alongside her husband, was court martialed and executed by the White Army on this day in 1919.plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down12
arrow-up131arrow-down1imageMaria Nikiforova Executed (1919) Maria Nikiforova was a Ukrainian anarchist partisan leader who, alongside her husband, was court martialed and executed by the White Army on this day in 1919.plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 13 days agoMorgan Testifies to SACB (1954) On this day in 1954, Crawford Morgan, a member of Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, a group of American volunteers that fought against Francoist fascists,...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1imageMorgan Testifies to SACB (1954) On this day in 1954, Crawford Morgan, a member of Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, a group of American volunteers that fought against Francoist fascists,...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 13 days ago16th Street Baptist Church Bombing (1963) On this day in 1963, white supremacists bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing 4 girls, aged 11-14, wounding 20 more....plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10
arrow-up18arrow-down1image16th Street Baptist Church Bombing (1963) On this day in 1963, white supremacists bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing 4 girls, aged 11-14, wounding 20 more....plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square3fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 14 days agoDetroit Teachers Strike (1982) On this day in 1982, 10,000 teachers in Detroit walked off the job despite a law banning public employee strikes. The labor action affected 201,000 schoolchildren...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down12
arrow-up181arrow-down1imageDetroit Teachers Strike (1982) On this day in 1982, 10,000 teachers in Detroit walked off the job despite a law banning public employee strikes. The labor action affected 201,000 schoolchildren...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square6fedilink