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Puyallup Fish-in (1964) On this day in 1964, a group of indigenous rights activists, among them actor Marlon Brando and Puyallup tribal leader Bob Satiacum, illegally fished in the Puyallup River...
Berta Cáceres Assassinated (2016) Berta Cáceres was a Honduran environmental and indigenous activist who was assassinated on this day in 2016 by a squad of hitmen with ties to the Honduran...
Great Southwest Railroad Strike (1886) On this day in 1886, the Great Southwest Railroad Strike began, involving 200,000 workers throughout the U.S. After months of protest in which six were...
Kronstadt Rebellion Begins (1921) On this day in 1921, ~15,000 people assembled in Kronstadt, demanding election reforms, an end to censorship, and the allowance of individual production, marking...
228 Massacre (1947) On this day in 1947, the 228 Massacre took place in Taiwan when anti-government protesters were fired on by the army, killing three. The murders began a period of open...
February 28th Salvadoran Massacre (1977) On this day in 1977, following fraudulent elections that put General Romero in power, the right-wing Salvadoran military viciously attacked anti-government...
Wounded Knee Occupation (1973) On this day in 1973, a 71-day uprising began when approximately 200 Oglala Lakota and American Indian Movement (AIM) members seized the town of Wounded Knee, South...
NLRB v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation (1939) On this day in 1939, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the National Labor Relations Board could not order an employer to re-hire workers fired for...
Robert F. Williams (1925 - 1996) Robert F. Williams, born on this day in 1925, was a civil rights leader known for serving as president of the Monroe, North Carolina chapter of the NAACP and...
Nadezhda Krupskaya (1869 - 1939) Nadezhda Krupskaya, born on this day in 1869, was a Bolshevik revolutionary, feminist, and librarian who helped develop the Soviet educational system. In 1926, she...