roig@lemmy.worldBMEnglish · 6 days agoVladimir Lenin (1870 - 1924) Vladimir Lenin, born on this day in 1870, was a revolutionary Marxist theorist who played a leading role in the October Revolutionplus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageVladimir Lenin (1870 - 1924) Vladimir Lenin, born on this day in 1870, was a revolutionary Marxist theorist who played a leading role in the October Revolutionplus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldBMEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldBMEnglish · 29 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-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-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.worldBMEnglish · 29 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldBMEnglish · 1 month agoSanta Rita Massacre (1982) On this day in 1982, the Salvadoran army assassinated a group of Dutch journalists and FMLN soldiers in violation of international lawplus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageSanta Rita Massacre (1982) On this day in 1982, the Salvadoran army assassinated a group of Dutch journalists and FMLN soldiers in violation of international lawplus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldBMEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldBMEnglish · 5 months agoColumbine Massacre (1927) On this day in 1927, the Columbine Massacre took place when a crowd of more than 500 miners and their supporters in Serene, Colorado was fired on by a militia of ex-...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageColumbine Massacre (1927) On this day in 1927, the Columbine Massacre took place when a crowd of more than 500 miners and their supporters in Serene, Colorado was fired on by a militia of ex-...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldBMEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldBMEnglish · 7 months agoMildred Fish-Harnack (1902 - 1943) Mildred Elizabeth Fish-Harnack, born on this day in 1902, was an American literary historian, translator, and anti-fascist organizer in Nazi Germany. She was the...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageMildred Fish-Harnack (1902 - 1943) Mildred Elizabeth Fish-Harnack, born on this day in 1902, was an American literary historian, translator, and anti-fascist organizer in Nazi Germany. She was the...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldBMEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldBMEnglish · 8 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.worldBMEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldBMEnglish · 8 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.worldBMEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldBMEnglish · 9 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.worldBMEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldBMEnglish · 9 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.worldBMEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldBMEnglish · 10 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.worldBMEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldBMEnglish · 10 months agoEmma Goldman (1869 - 1940) Emma Goldman, born on this day in 1869, was an anarchist writer and activist in the United States whose works, including "My Disillusionment in Russia" and her journal...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageEmma Goldman (1869 - 1940) Emma Goldman, born on this day in 1869, was an anarchist writer and activist in the United States whose works, including "My Disillusionment in Russia" and her journal...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldBMEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldBMEnglish · 11 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.worldBMEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldBMEnglish · 11 months 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-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-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.worldBMEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldBMEnglish · 1 year 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.worldBMEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldBMEnglish · 1 year 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.worldBMEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldBMEnglish · 1 year 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.worldBMEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldBMEnglish · 1 year 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.worldBMEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldBMEnglish · 1 year agoAbdullah Öcalan (1947 - ) Abdullah Öcalan, born on this day in 1947, is a socialist theorist, feminist, political prisoner, and one of the founders of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). His...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageAbdullah Öcalan (1947 - ) Abdullah Öcalan, born on this day in 1947, is a socialist theorist, feminist, political prisoner, and one of the founders of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). His...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldBMEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldBMEnglish · 1 year 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.worldBMEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldBMEnglish · 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.worldBMEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
