Paris Refuses to Disarm (1871) On this day in 1871, French soldiers refused orders from their superiors to disarm working class neighborhoods in Paris, arresting them and joining working class...
Unita Blackwell (1933 - 2019) Unita Zelma Blackwell, born on this day in 1933, was an American civil rights activist and educator who became the first black woman to be elected mayor in the state...
Makhno Released From Prison (1917) On this day in 1917, Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary Nestor Makhno was released from prison as a result of the February Revolution, going on to play a leading...
Bayard Rustin (1912 - 1987) Bayard Rustin, born on this day in 1912, was a gay socialist civil rights leader in the US. "When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his...
Davide "Dax" Cesare Murdered (2003) On this day in 2003, Italian anti-fascist Davide "Dax" Cesare was stabbed to death by two fascist brothers in Milan, leading to widespread rioting. The brothers...
Minneapolis General Strike (1934) On this day in 1934, a general strike broke out in Minneapolis, shutting down local commercial transport. The strike began the career of Farrell Dobbs, a...
Nikolai Bukharin Executed (1938) Nikolai Bukharin was a prominent Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist who was executed by the Soviet Union on this day in 1938, following a controversial...
Anna Campbell Dies for Rojava (2018) Anna Campbell, also known as Hêlîn Qereçox, was a British feminist, anarchist, and prison abolitionist who died on this day in 2018, fighting with the Women's...
Tolpuddle Martyrs Pardoned (1836) On this day in 1836, six English workers who had been sentenced to penal labor in Australia after forming a trade union were pardoned, following years of mass...
SS Columbia Eagle Mutiny (1970) On this day in 1970, the SS Columbia Eagle Mutiny began when two anti-war crewmembers seized the napalm bomb-carrying vessel, forcing its crew to sail to Cambodia...
New Jewel Revolution (1979) On this day in 1979, the People's Revolutionary Government (PRG) was proclaimed in Grenada after the Marxist-Leninist New Jewel Movement overthrew the state in a...
Havana Presidential Palace Attack (1957) On this day in 1957, the Directorio Revoluncionari Estudiantil, a group of anti-Batista, revolutionary Cuban students, attacked the Presidential Palace in...
Manol Vassev Assassinated (1958) On this day in 1958, Bulgarian anarcho-syndicalist labor organizer Manol Vassev was assassinated by communist secret police, one day before his scheduled release...
Ala Gertner (1912 - 1945) Ala Gertner, born on this day in 1912, was a Polish Jewish woman who helped facilitate the Sonderkommando revolt at Auschwitz, blowing up one of the crematoriums there....
Ralph Abernathy (1926 - 1990) Ralph Abernathy (shown left), born on this day in 1926, was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist who co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference...
Wyndham Mortimer (1884 - 1966) Wyndham Mortimer, born on this day in 1884, was an American communist union organizer active with the United Auto Workers union (UAW). After refusing to follow an...
Batista Coup d'état (1952) On this day in 1952, Fulgencio Batista led a military coup against outgoing Cuban president Carlos Prío Socarrás. With Batista's help, U.S. capital dominated the Cuban...
Leo Jogiches (1919) Leon "Leo" Jogiches (1867 - 1919), also known by the party name Jan Tyszka, was a Marxist revolutionary and politician who was executed on this day in 1919 for investigating...
Bill Frank Jr. (1931 - 2014) Bill Frank Jr., born on this day in 1931, was an indigenous environmental leader and treaty rights activist known for his use of the "fish-in", a civil disobedience...
Bobby Sands (1954 - 1981) Bobby Sands, born on this day in 1954, was an Irish revolutionary who served in the IRA. Sands died from a hunger strike while imprisoned at age 27, just one month after...
