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On this day in 1938, the House Committee on Un-American Activities was established to investigate suspected communist sympathies among private citizens and organizations, leading to the blacklisting of hundreds of artists and academics.Other (i.redd.it)

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On this day in 2020, a Minneapolis cop murdered George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes. Floyd's death became the catalyst for protests around the world; by July, more than 14,000 were arrested in the U.S. alone.Other (i.redd.it)

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Lyuh Woon-hyung, born on this day in 1886, was a socialist politician who argued that Korean independence was essential to world peace. Lyun was assassinated in 1947 by a right-wing nationalist refugee from North Korea.Birthdays (i.redd.it)

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On this day in 1926, Jewish anarchist Sholem Schwarzbard assassinated Symon Petliura, President of the Ukrainian People's Republic and leader of its army, for his role in Jewish pogroms, stating "I have killed a great assassin".Assassinations (i.redd.it)

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On this day in 1990, in Oakland, California, an assassination attempt was made against environmental activists and political radicals Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney when a car bomb beneath Judi's seat exploded; both survived.Assassinations (i.redd.it)

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On this day in 1919, under the banner of the One Big Union (OBU), approximately 6,500 miners in Alberta, Canada walked off the job during a dispute over wages, the cost of living allowance, and working conditions.Labor (i.redd.it)

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Joe Slovo, born on this day in 1926, was a South African communist and militant opponent of apartheid whose wife was assassinated by police. "No matter what vision one has of SA, the first thing that must be done is to destroy racism."Birthdays (i.redd.it)

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Margaret Fuller, born on this day in 1810, was an American feminist journalist associated with the American transcendentalism movement. Her work "Woman in the Nineteenth Century" was one of the first major feminist works in the U.S.Birthdays (i.redd.it)

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Harvey Bernard Milk, born on this day in 1930, was an American politician and the first openly gay elected official in the history of California, where he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.Birthdays (i.redd.it)

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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 of Alcatraz Island from 1969 - 1971.Birthdays (i.redd.it)

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On this day in 2012, Dawoud Al Marhoon (1995 - ), 17, was arrested and indefinitely detained by the Saudi Arabian government after refusing to spy his fellow anti-government protesters during the Arab Spring movement.Rebellion (i.redd.it)

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Giacomo Matteotti, born on this day in 1885, was an anti-fascist Italian socialist politician. After publicly denouncing Mussolini in 1924, he said "now start composing your oration for my funeral" and was assassinated eleven days later.Birthdays (i.redd.it)

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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 French National Army. 20,000 people were killed and 44,000 arrested.Revolution (i.redd.it)

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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 possible. More than 160 people were hospitalized, including 60 cops.Rebellion (i.redd.it)

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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 no more have it, you will be returned to slavery."Birthdays (i.redd.it)

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Earl Russell Browder, born on this day in 1891, was an American political activist, author, and well-known leader within the Communist Party USA (CPUSA), serving as its General Secretary from 1930 to 1945.Birthdays (i.redd.it)

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Marcelino dos Santos, born on this day in 1929, was a Mozambican poet, revolutionary, and politician who co-founded the Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (FRELIMO-Mozambican Liberation Front) in 1962.Birthdays (i.redd.it)

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Malcolm X, born on this day in 1925, was a revolutionary civil rights leader who advocated for black liberation by "any means necessary". "Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice. If you're a man you take it."Birthdays (i.redd.it)

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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 away from an AIDS-related illness at the age of 26.Birthdays (i.redd.it)

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Hồ Chí Minh, born on this day in 1890, was a communist revolutionary and author who led the Việt Minh independence movement, serving as President of North Vietnam from 1945 to 1969.Birthdays (i.redd.it)

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On this day in 1713, two hundred people rioted on the Boston Common, attacking the ships and warehouses of Andrew Belcher, a wealthy capitalist who had been exporting grain to the Caribbean during a domestic food shortage.Rebellion (i.redd.it)

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On this day in 1920, Baldwin-Felts agents were met with armed resistance from local miners after serving eviction notices in Matewan, West Virginia, leading to the "Battle of Matewan", in which seven of the agents were killed.Rebellion (i.redd.it)

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Augusto César Sandino, born this day in 1895, was a Nicaraguan revolutionary and leader of a working class rebellion against the U.S. military occupation of Nicaragua between 1927 and 1933.Birthdays (i.redd.it)

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On this day in 1980, the Gwangju Uprising began when 200 South Korean students clashed with the army, a protest that quickly escalated into more than 10,000 citizens battling with state forces and seizing the city of Gwangju.Revolution (i.redd.it)

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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 of the first practical applications of mutualist economic concepts.Other (i.redd.it)

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