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Pittsburgh Railway Strike (1877) The Pittsburgh Railway Strike began on this day in 1877 when more than 1,400 workers seized control of approximately 1,500 of their company's train cars, a labor...
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Thanks, updated.
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Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia Executed (1909) Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia was a radical anarchist educator who was executed by the Spanish government on this day in 1909. His death caused a storm...
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Yeah, it's now updated
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Harry Moore (1905 - 1951) Harry Tyson Moore, born on this day in 1905, was a civil rights activist and NAACP Florida state president who, alongside his wife Harriette, was among the first people...
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Alexander Berkman (1870 - 1936) Alexander Berkman, born on this day in 1870, was a leading activist and author in the anarchist movement in the early 20th century. "No intelligent radical can fail...
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People interested in this book, or others of Berkman, can find it in the Marxists Internet Archive: https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/berkman/index.htm
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Carrero Blanco Bombed by ETA (1973) On this day in 1973, Spanish Prime Minister Luis Carrero Blanco, the hand-picked successor to fascist Francisco Franco, was killed in a car bombing by Euskadi...
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Yes, but I think his flight was only 100 ft.
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Albert Goodwin (1887 - 1918) Albert "Ginger" Goodwin, born on this day in 1887 and nicknamed for his bright red hair, was a Canadian socialist and labor activist whose murder by police while...
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Thanks to catch it. The right move year is 1906.
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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...
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Thanks for the report. It's now updated and reported to apeoplescalendar.org
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U.S. Invades the Dominican Republic (1965) On this day in 1965, the U.S. invaded the Dominican Republic with more than 22,000 troops in order to prevent a "communist dictatorship" from forming...
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but you say "communist dictatorship" as if they weren't extremely common at the time.
No, could you explain how you get to that conclusion? it seems a excuse to regurgitate unrelated anticomunist talking points.
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NYC Draft Riots (1863) The NYC Draft Riots began on this day in 1863, the culmination of racist white anger and working-class discontent over new conscription laws, passed to bolster the ongoing...
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Fully agree. I would add that racist behaviours in racialized ethnicities (as the Irish people in NY at that time) is not, historically, extraordinary.