Mark Ashton (1960 - 1987) Mark Ashton, born on this day in 1960, was a British communist, gay rights activist, and co-founder of the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) group. He passed...
Daniel Guerin (1904 - 1988) Daniel Guerin, born on this day in 1904, was a French libertarian communist author, opponent of colonialism, and pioneering activist for queer liberation.
Augusto Sandino (1895 - 1934) Augusto César Sandino, born on this day in 1895, was a Nicaraguan revolutionary and leader of a working class rebellion against the U.S. military occupation of...
Cincinnati Time Store Opens (1827) On this day in 1827, anarchist polymath Josiah Warren opened the Cincinnati Time Store, a store whose products could be purchased directly with labor power, one...
Catonsville Nine (1968) The Catonsville Nine were a group of Catholic activists who, on this day in 1968, seized 378 draft files from a local draft board, dumped them in the parking lot, burned...
Theresa 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,...
Battle of Alamance (1771) On this day in 1771, the North Carolina "Regulator" movement, a poor peasant uprising in colonial America, was crushed by the North Carolina militia in a clash known as...
Adrienne Rich (1929 - 2012) Adrienne Cecile Rich, born on this day in 1929, was a queer American poet, essayist, and feminist. "False history gets made all day, any day, the truth of the new is...
Nairobi General Strike (1950) On this day in 1950, a general strike in Nairobi, Kenya began after two trade union leaders were arrested, paralyzing airport travel and public services and leading...
Sid Hatfield (1891 - 1921) William "Sid" Hatfield, born on this day in 1891, was a police chief of Matewan, West Virginia who helped organizing miners resist the union-busting Baldwin-Felts...
Jackson State Killings (1970) On this day in 1970, a confrontation began between Jackson State University students and local police, leading to the police opening fire on the crowd, firing more...
Magnus Hirschfeld (1868 - 1935) Magnus Hirschfeld, born on this day in 1868, was a German physician, sexologist, and feminist whose books were burned by the Nazis. His work was among the earliest...
Segundo Ruiz Belvis (1829 - 1867) Ruiz Belvis, born on this day in 1829, was an abolitionist who fought for Puerto Rico's independence from Spain, helping organize the revolutionary rebellion...
MOVE 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...
Poor People's March (1968) The Poor People's Campaign was a march on Washington D.C. to gain economic justice for poor people in the United States that began on this day in 1968, just one month...
Panther 21 Acquitted (1971) On this day in 1971, the Panther 21 were acquitted of more than 156 charges after two years of legal proceedings. Afeni Shakur, facing 300 years in prison while...
Ellsberg Espionage Charges Dropped (1973) On this day in 1973, the charges of espionage, theft, and conspiracy levied against Daniel Ellsberg, the whistleblower responsible for leaking the...
Pullman Strike (1894) On this day in 1894, the Pullman Strike, a national railroad strike led by Eugene V. Debs, began, leading to Debs' arrest, 30 strikers' killed, $80 million of property...
American Labor Union Founded (1898) The American Labor Union (ALU) was a radical labor organization established by the Western Federation of Miners (WFM) on this day in 1898, a group which would...
Eugen Leviné (1883 - 1919) Eugen Leviné, born on this day in 1883, was a German revolutionary communist who briefly led the Bavarian Council Republic, formed during the German Revolution, and was...
