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...
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...
