Dawoud al-Marhoon Arrested (2012) On this day in 2012, Dawoud Al Marhoon (1995 - ), was arrested and indefinitely detained by the Saudi Arabian government after refusing to spy on anti-state...
Richard Oakes (1942 - 1972) Richard Oakes, born on this day in 1942, was a Mohawk indigenous activist and leader within the Red Power movement, playing a prominent role in the 19-month occupation...
Paris Commune Dissolves (1871) On this day in 1871, the Paris Commune, a hotbed of radical working class politics and watershed moment in revolutionary anti-capitalist history, was crushed by the...
White Night Riots (1979) On this day in 1979, the "White Night Riots" began in San Francisco after Harvey Milk's assassin was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, the most lenient sentence...
Toussaint Louverture (1743 - 1803) Toussaint Louverture, born on this day in 1743, was a general and leader of the Haitian Revolution. "This gun is liberty; hold for certain that the day when you...
Earl Browder (1891 - 1973) Earl Russell Browder, born on this day in 1891, was an American political activist, author, and leader within the Communist Party USA (CPUSA), serving as its General...
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...
