roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 3 hours agoSS Columbia Eagle Mutiny (1970) On this day in 1970, the SS Columbia Eagle Mutiny began when two anti-war crewmembers seized the napalm bomb-carrying vessel, forcing its crew to sail to Cambodia...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1imageSS Columbia Eagle Mutiny (1970) On this day in 1970, the SS Columbia Eagle Mutiny began when two anti-war crewmembers seized the napalm bomb-carrying vessel, forcing its crew to sail to Cambodia...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 3 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 1 day agoHavana Presidential Palace Attack (1957) On this day in 1957, the Directorio Revoluncionari Estudiantil, a group of anti-Batista, revolutionary Cuban students, attacked the Presidential Palace in...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10
arrow-up111arrow-down1imageHavana Presidential Palace Attack (1957) On this day in 1957, the Directorio Revoluncionari Estudiantil, a group of anti-Batista, revolutionary Cuban students, attacked the Presidential Palace in...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 22 hours agoNew Jewel Revolution (1979) On this day in 1979, the People's Revolutionary Government (PRG) was proclaimed in Grenada after the Marxist-Leninist New Jewel Movement overthrew the state in a...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down11
arrow-up14arrow-down1imageNew Jewel Revolution (1979) On this day in 1979, the People's Revolutionary Government (PRG) was proclaimed in Grenada after the Marxist-Leninist New Jewel Movement overthrew the state in a...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 22 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 2 days agoAla Gertner (1912 - 1945) Ala Gertner, born on this day in 1912, was a Polish Jewish woman who helped facilitate the Sonderkommando revolt at Auschwitz, blowing up one of the crematoriums there....plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down10
arrow-up145arrow-down1imageAla Gertner (1912 - 1945) Ala Gertner, born on this day in 1912, was a Polish Jewish woman who helped facilitate the Sonderkommando revolt at Auschwitz, blowing up one of the crematoriums there....plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 2 days agoManol Vassev Assassinated (1958) On this day in 1958, Bulgarian anarcho-syndicalist labor organizer Manol Vassev was assassinated by communist secret police, one day before his scheduled release...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
arrow-up114arrow-down1imageManol Vassev Assassinated (1958) On this day in 1958, Bulgarian anarcho-syndicalist labor organizer Manol Vassev was assassinated by communist secret police, one day before his scheduled release...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 3 days agoWyndham Mortimer (1884 - 1966) Wyndham Mortimer, born on this day in 1884, was an American communist union organizer active with the United Auto Workers union (UAW). After refusing to follow an...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10
arrow-up111arrow-down1imageWyndham Mortimer (1884 - 1966) Wyndham Mortimer, born on this day in 1884, was an American communist union organizer active with the United Auto Workers union (UAW). After refusing to follow an...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 3 days agoRalph Abernathy (1926 - 1990) Ralph Abernathy (shown left), born on this day in 1926, was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist who co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1imageRalph Abernathy (1926 - 1990) Ralph Abernathy (shown left), born on this day in 1926, was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist who co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 4 days agoLeo Jogiches (1919) Leon "Leo" Jogiches (1867 - 1919), also known by the party name Jan Tyszka, was a Marxist revolutionary and politician who was executed on this day in 1919 for investigating...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down10
arrow-up113arrow-down1imageLeo Jogiches (1919) Leon "Leo" Jogiches (1867 - 1919), also known by the party name Jan Tyszka, was a Marxist revolutionary and politician who was executed on this day in 1919 for investigating...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 4 days agoBatista Coup d'état (1952) On this day in 1952, Fulgencio Batista led a military coup against outgoing Cuban president Carlos Prío Socarrás. With Batista's help, U.S. capital dominated the Cuban...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10
arrow-up19arrow-down1imageBatista Coup d'état (1952) On this day in 1952, Fulgencio Batista led a military coup against outgoing Cuban president Carlos Prío Socarrás. With Batista's help, U.S. capital dominated the Cuban...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square1fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 5 days agoBobby Sands (1954 - 1981) Bobby Sands, born on this day in 1954, was an Irish revolutionary who served in the IRA. Sands died from a hunger strike while imprisoned at age 27, just one month after...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down13
arrow-up132arrow-down1imageBobby Sands (1954 - 1981) Bobby Sands, born on this day in 1954, was an Irish revolutionary who served in the IRA. Sands died from a hunger strike while imprisoned at age 27, just one month after...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square1fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 5 days agoBill Frank Jr. (1931 - 2014) Bill Frank Jr., born on this day in 1931, was an indigenous environmental leader and treaty rights activist known for his use of the "fish-in", a civil disobedience...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down10
arrow-up120arrow-down1imageBill Frank Jr. (1931 - 2014) Bill Frank Jr., born on this day in 1931, was an indigenous environmental leader and treaty rights activist known for his use of the "fish-in", a civil disobedience...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 6 days agoCitizens' Commission Exposes COINTELPRO (1971) On this day in 1971, a group of activists known as the "Citizens' Commission" broke into an FBI field office and stole over 1,000 classified...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down10
arrow-up134arrow-down1imageCitizens' Commission Exposes COINTELPRO (1971) On this day in 1971, a group of activists known as the "Citizens' Commission" broke into an FBI field office and stole over 1,000 classified...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square2fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 7 days ago"Bloody Sunday" in Selma (1965) On this day in 1965, U.S. civil rights activists attempting to march from Selma, Alabama to the state capital in protest of voting discrimination were attacked by...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down10
arrow-up134arrow-down1image"Bloody Sunday" in Selma (1965) On this day in 1965, U.S. civil rights activists attempting to march from Selma, Alabama to the state capital in protest of voting discrimination were attacked by...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 6 days agoFebruary Revolution (1917) On this day in 1917, the February Revolution began in Russia when tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets, demanding an end to food shortages, World War I,...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10
arrow-up19arrow-down1imageFebruary Revolution (1917) On this day in 1917, the February Revolution began in Russia when tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets, demanding an end to food shortages, World War I,...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 7 days agoRudi Dutschke (1940 - 1979) Rudi Dutschke, born on this day in 1940, was a socialist German sociologist and anti-war activist. In 1967, he advocated for radicals to take a "long march through the...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down10
arrow-up121arrow-down1imageRudi Dutschke (1940 - 1979) Rudi Dutschke, born on this day in 1940, was a socialist German sociologist and anti-war activist. In 1967, he advocated for radicals to take a "long march through the...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 8 days agoGerman Peasants Begin Drafting Twelve Articles (1525) On this day in 1525, 50 representatives of various German peasant groups met to draft the Twelve Articles, what some historians consider the...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down10
arrow-up140arrow-down1imageGerman Peasants Begin Drafting Twelve Articles (1525) On this day in 1525, 50 representatives of various German peasant groups met to draft the Twelve Articles, what some historians consider the...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square2fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 8 days agoUK Miners' Strike (1984 - 85) On this day in 1984, the UK Miners' Strike of 1984-85 began, leading to more than 26 million lost workdays in what the BBC termed "the most bitter industrial dispute...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down11
arrow-up131arrow-down1imageUK Miners' Strike (1984 - 85) On this day in 1984, the UK Miners' Strike of 1984-85 began, leading to more than 26 million lost workdays in what the BBC termed "the most bitter industrial dispute...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 9 days agoFenian Rebellion (1867) On this day in 1867, thousands of Fenians, Irish Republicans whose goal was the establishment of an independent Irish Republic, rose up against the British government,...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down10
arrow-up138arrow-down1imageFenian Rebellion (1867) On this day in 1867, thousands of Fenians, Irish Republicans whose goal was the establishment of an independent Irish Republic, rose up against the British government,...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 10 days agoBaum Group Nine Executed (1943) On this day in 1943, nine members of the German anti-Nazi resistance Baum Group were executed by the state following an arson attack on an anti-Semitic and anti-...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down10
arrow-up127arrow-down1imageBaum Group Nine Executed (1943) On this day in 1943, nine members of the German anti-Nazi resistance Baum Group were executed by the state following an arson attack on an anti-Semitic and anti-...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square0fedilink
roig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 10 days agoKimmel Park Mutiny (1919) On this day in 1919, on the signal of "Come on the Bolsheviks!", 15,000 Canadian soldiers in Bodelwyddan, Wales began rioting following delays in their return home and...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10
arrow-up111arrow-down1imageKimmel Park Mutiny (1919) On this day in 1919, on the signal of "Come on the Bolsheviks!", 15,000 Canadian soldiers in Bodelwyddan, Wales began rioting following delays in their return home and...plus-squarestahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.coroig@lemmy.worldMBEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square0fedilink
