Peter Maurin (1877 - 1949) Peter Maurin, born on this day in 1877, was a French Catholic social activist, theologian, and De La Salle Brother who founded the anarchist Catholic Worker Movement in...
West Coast Waterfront Strike (1934) On this day in 1934, the West Coast Waterfront strike began, lasting 83 days. The labor action involved more than 130,000 workers and cost waterfront employers...
ACLU Expels Elizabeth Flynn (1940) On this day in 1940, the leadership of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), voted to expel labor radical and founding member Elizabeth Gurley Flynn for her...
Sétif and Guelma Massacres (1945) On this day in 1945, French colonial authorities in the Algerian city of Sétif fired on marchers celebrating the surrender of Nazi Germany. In response, Algerians...
NYC Waiters' Strike (1912) On this day in 1912, the first industry-wide strike of restaurant and hotel workers in New York City history began when 150 hotel workers, organized by the IWW, walked...
Angelo Herndon (1913 - 1997) Angelo Herndon, born on this day in 1913, was a black labor organizer arrested and convicted of insurrection after attempting to organize black and white industrial...
Théophile Ferré (1845 - 1871) Théophile Ferré, born on this day in 1845, was a revolutionary leader of the Paris Commune. Ferré personally authorized the execution of the archbishop of Paris and...
Sands Dies From Hunger Strike (1981) Bobby Sands was a militant Irish revolutionary who died from a hunger strike at 27 on this day in 1981, just one month after winning the election to serve as...
Camillo Berneri Assassinated (1937) Camillo Berneri was a militant anarchist professor of philosophy who was assassinated in Barcelona on this day in 1937. Berneri had joined the Spanish...
The 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...
First Freedom Ride (1961) On this day in 1961, the first Freedom Ride, a form of civil disobedience that defied a de facto ban on segregation in the American South, left Washington D.C., headed...
Dorr's Rebellion Parade (1842) On this day in 1842, "Dorrites", members of a working class movement that sought reforms in Rhode Island, held an inauguration parade for their leader Thomas Dorr,...
Andrea Salsedo's Body Found (1920) Andrea Salsedo (1881 - 1920) was an Italian anarchist and associate of influential anarchist Luigi Galleani who died on this day in 1920, after falling 14...
Dodge Wildcat Strike - DRUM Forms (1968) On this day in 1968, 4,000 black and white workers at a Dodge plant in Hamtramck, Michigan went on a wildcat strike to protest working conditions, leading...
May 68 Rebellion (1968) On this day in 1968, the May 68 Rebellion, the largest general strike in French history, began when school officials shut down the University of Paris after months of...
May Day (1889) International Workers' Day, also known as Labor Day or May Day, is an annual celebration of the working class celebrated on this day, established by the 2nd International to...
Memphis Massacre (1866) On this day in 1866, Memphis, Tennessee police were dispatched to break up a block party of black union veterans and their families. When veterans refused to disperse, a...
Max Nettlau (1865 - 1944) Max Nettlau, born on this day in 1865, was an anarchist historian whose biographical subjects included Bakunin, Malatesta, and Élisée Reclus. His enormous collection of...
Coxey's Army Marches on D.C. (1894) On this day in 1894, "Coxey's Army", thousands of unemployed workers led by businessman Jacob Coxey, marched on the U.S. capital to protest unemployment and...
Coeur d'Alene Uprising (1899) On this day in 1899, 1,000 striking miners seized a train in Burke, Idaho, drove it to the Bunker Hill Mine in Wardner, destroyed the mine with dynamite, and burned...
