roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 13 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.worldMBEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 6 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 · 6 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 6 months agoBlack Panther Party Founded (1966) On this day in 1966, in the wake of spontaneous riots against police brutality, Bobby Seale and Huey Newton founded the Black Panther Party in Oakland,...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageBlack Panther Party Founded (1966) On this day in 1966, in the wake of spontaneous riots against police brutality, Bobby Seale and Huey Newton founded the Black Panther Party in Oakland,...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 6 months agoThe "Jerry Rescue" (1851) On this day in 1851, arrested fugitive slave William "Jerry" Henry was broken out of jail by hundreds of abolitionists in Syracuse, New York. Jerry and prominent members...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageThe "Jerry Rescue" (1851) On this day in 1851, arrested fugitive slave William "Jerry" Henry was broken out of jail by hundreds of abolitionists in Syracuse, New York. Jerry and prominent members...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 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.worldMBEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 7 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 · 7 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 8 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 · 8 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 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.worldMBEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 9 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 · 9 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 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.worldMBEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 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.worldMBEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 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-up10arrow-down10
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 · 11 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 11 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 · 11 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 11 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 · 11 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 11 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 · 11 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 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.worldMBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 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.worldMBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 1 year agoMurray Bookchin (1921 - 2006) Murray Bookchin, born on this day in 1921, was a libertarian socialist political philosopher whose thought is associated with the Democratic Federation of Northern...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageMurray Bookchin (1921 - 2006) Murray Bookchin, born on this day in 1921, was a libertarian socialist political philosopher whose thought is associated with the Democratic Federation of Northern...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 1 year agoLuigi Fabbri (1877 - 1935) Luigi Fabbri, born on this day in 1877, was an anarchist writer, theorist, and educator. Fabbri was a prolific author; among his works is an anarchist response to...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageLuigi Fabbri (1877 - 1935) Luigi Fabbri, born on this day in 1877, was an anarchist writer, theorist, and educator. Fabbri was a prolific author; among his works is an anarchist response to...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 1 year agoPeter Kropotkin (1842 - 1921) Pyotr Kropotkin, born on this day in 1842, was a Russian scientist, historian, and anarchist theorist, known for his writings on mutual aid and advocacy of anarcho-...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imagePeter Kropotkin (1842 - 1921) Pyotr Kropotkin, born on this day in 1842, was a Russian scientist, historian, and anarchist theorist, known for his writings on mutual aid and advocacy of anarcho-...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
