roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 3 months agoChinese Massacre of 1871 On this day in 1871, a mob of around 500 white and mestizo people entered Chinatown in Los Angeles and attacked, robbed, and murdered Chinese residents in what one...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageChinese Massacre of 1871 On this day in 1871, a mob of around 500 white and mestizo people entered Chinatown in Los Angeles and attacked, robbed, and murdered Chinese residents in what one...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 5 months agoDanziger Bridge Shootings (2005) On this day in 2005, police shot six unarmed civilians, all of them black, at the Danziger Bridge in New Orleans, six days after Hurricane Katrina. The NOPD...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageDanziger Bridge Shootings (2005) On this day in 2005, police shot six unarmed civilians, all of them black, at the Danziger Bridge in New Orleans, six days after Hurricane Katrina. The NOPD...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 5 months agoOriginal 33 Expelled (1868) On this day in 1868, Georgia state legislators voted to expel all black members of the General Assembly during Southern Reconstruction. A 25 mile march in protest, led...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageOriginal 33 Expelled (1868) On this day in 1868, Georgia state legislators voted to expel all black members of the General Assembly during Southern Reconstruction. A 25 mile march in protest, led...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 6 months agoWatts Riots (1965) On this day in 1965, the Watts Riots began in Los Angeles after police beat a black family whose son they had pulled over. Until 1992, the uprising was the largest in city...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageWatts Riots (1965) On this day in 1965, the Watts Riots began in Los Angeles after police beat a black family whose son they had pulled over. Until 1992, the uprising was the largest in city...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 7 months agoMaceo Snipes Shot After Voting (1946) On this day in 1946, Maceo Snipes, the first black person to vote in Georgia's Taylor County, was shot by white supremacists, dying after doctors refused to...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageMaceo Snipes Shot After Voting (1946) On this day in 1946, Maceo Snipes, the first black person to vote in Georgia's Taylor County, was shot by white supremacists, dying after doctors refused to...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 7 months agoSinking of the Rainbow Warrior (1985) On this day in 1985, the French government, in an act of state-sponsored terror, bombed the Greenpeace-operated boat Rainbow Warrior, which was en route to...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageSinking of the Rainbow Warrior (1985) On this day in 1985, the French government, in an act of state-sponsored terror, bombed the Greenpeace-operated boat Rainbow Warrior, which was en route to...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 8 months agoIndian Removal Act (1830) The Indian Removal Act, signed into law on this day in 1830, provided the legal authority for the president to force indigenous peoples west of the Mississippi River,...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageIndian Removal Act (1830) The Indian Removal Act, signed into law on this day in 1830, provided the legal authority for the president to force indigenous peoples west of the Mississippi River,...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 9 months agoTheresa Garnett (1888 - 1966) Theresa Garnett, born on this day in 1888, was a militant British suffragette whose acts of feminist rebellion included assaulting Winston Churchill with a whip,...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageTheresa Garnett (1888 - 1966) Theresa Garnett, born on this day in 1888, was a militant British suffragette whose acts of feminist rebellion included assaulting Winston Churchill with a whip,...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 9 months agoMOVE Bombing (1985) On this day in 1985, Philadelphia police bombed a home occupied by the black liberation group MOVE and let the fire burn out of control - "let the fire burn" - killing five...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageMOVE Bombing (1985) On this day in 1985, Philadelphia police bombed a home occupied by the black liberation group MOVE and let the fire burn out of control - "let the fire burn" - killing five...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 9 months agoThe Haymarket Affair (1886) The Haymarket Affair (also known as the Haymarket massacre) was the bloody aftermath of a bombing that took place on this day in 1886 during a radical labor...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageThe Haymarket Affair (1886) The Haymarket Affair (also known as the Haymarket massacre) was the bloody aftermath of a bombing that took place on this day in 1886 during a radical labor...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 10 months agoDeir Yassin Massacre (1948) On this day in 1948, far-right Zionist paramilitaries indiscriminately slaughtered 107-254 villagers of Deir Yassin, orphaning at least 55 children (2 shown). Israel...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageDeir Yassin Massacre (1948) On this day in 1948, far-right Zionist paramilitaries indiscriminately slaughtered 107-254 villagers of Deir Yassin, orphaning at least 55 children (2 shown). Israel...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 11 months 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-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-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 · 11 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 1 year agoPhiladelphia General Strike (1910) On this day in 1910, the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company (RTC) fired 173 union members, resulting in a series of escalating labor actions that culminated in a...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imagePhiladelphia General Strike (1910) On this day in 1910, the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company (RTC) fired 173 union members, resulting in a series of escalating labor actions that culminated in a...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 1 year agoAkron Rubber Strike (1936) On this day in 1936, the Akron Rubber Strike began after Goodyear laid off 700 people, leading to 10,000 picketing around the factory. Goodyear funded a right-wing...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageAkron Rubber Strike (1936) On this day in 1936, the Akron Rubber Strike began after Goodyear laid off 700 people, leading to 10,000 picketing around the factory. Goodyear funded a right-wing...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 1 year agoFrance Anti-CPE Protests (2006) On this day in 2006, 400,000 people in France took the streets to protest the "First Employment Contract" (CPE), Prime Minister Villepin's new labor law which...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageFrance Anti-CPE Protests (2006) On this day in 2006, 400,000 people in France took the streets to protest the "First Employment Contract" (CPE), Prime Minister Villepin's new labor law which...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 1 year agoSeattle General Strike (1919) On this day in 1919, a general strike involving ~100,000 workers in Seattle began. Workers, vilified as "Bolsheviki", set up an alternative government that...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageSeattle General Strike (1919) On this day in 1919, a general strike involving ~100,000 workers in Seattle began. Workers, vilified as "Bolsheviki", set up an alternative government that...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 1 year agoFaye Schulman (1919 - 2021) Faye Schulman, born on this day in 1919, was a Jewish partisan who took up arms against the Nazis responsible for killing her family. "I want people to know that there...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageFaye Schulman (1919 - 2021) Faye Schulman, born on this day in 1919, was a Jewish partisan who took up arms against the Nazis responsible for killing her family. "I want people to know that there...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 1 year agoFree Territory of Ukraine (1917) Makhnovia, also known as the Free Territory of Ukraine, was an anarchist society established on this day in 1917 with the capture of the Ukrainian city of...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageFree Territory of Ukraine (1917) Makhnovia, also known as the Free Territory of Ukraine, was an anarchist society established on this day in 1917 with the capture of the Ukrainian city of...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 2 years agoGeorge Floyd Murdered (2020) On this day in 2020, a Minneapolis cop murdered George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes. Floyd's death became the catalyst for protests around...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10cross-posted to: workingclasscalendar@lemmy.world
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageGeorge Floyd Murdered (2020) On this day in 2020, a Minneapolis cop murdered George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes. Floyd's death became the catalyst for protests around...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilinkcross-posted to: workingclasscalendar@lemmy.world
