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[News] Spanish unions call for a General Strike in solidarity with Palestine on September 27

www.elsaltodiario.com

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20705782 > Sorry, the article is in Spanish, I've not found an English article about this strike. > > From the article: > > Almost silently and like a living tide, the call for the Strike for Palestine on [September 27 ](<https://www.elsaltodiario.com/huelga-general/27S: ¿Cuarenta mil asesinatos son suficientes?>), called by the unions CGT and Solidaridad Obrera (SO), has been gaining strength. Having launched the official call towards the end of August, little by little other non-majority unions (COS, SAT Granada, [Co.bas](https://www.cobas.es/27-s-apoyemos-la-jornada-estatal-de-lucha-por-el-fin-del-genocidio-en-palestina/)...), organizations, groups from various sectors of society have shown their intention to subscribe to it. Dozens of posters in various territories of the Spanish State are already circulating, referring not only to continuing the strike but also to making it a day of active struggle throughout the day. > > The General Strike has not the support of the two mayor Spanish unions (CCOO and UGT) > > The manifesto, posters, support/joining form for associations and calls for picket lines/demonstrations in Catalonia (the part in Spain) are accessible from this website: https\://defensempalestina.org/ (in Catalan)

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[News] Spanish unions call for a General Strike in solidarity with Palestine on September 27

www.elsaltodiario.com

Sorry, the article is in Spanish, I've not found an English article about this strike. From the article: > Almost silently and like a living tide, the call for the Strike for Palestine on [September 27 ](<https://www.elsaltodiario.com/huelga-general/27S: ¿Cuarenta mil asesinatos son suficientes?>), called by the unions CGT and Solidaridad Obrera (SO), has been gaining strength. Having launched the official call towards the end of August, little by little other non-majority unions (COS, SAT Granada, [Co.bas](https://www.cobas.es/27-s-apoyemos-la-jornada-estatal-de-lucha-por-el-fin-del-genocidio-en-palestina/)...), organizations, groups from various sectors of society have shown their intention to subscribe to it. Dozens of posters in various territories of the Spanish State are already circulating, referring not only to continuing the strike but also to making it a day of active struggle throughout the day. The General Strike has not the support of the two mayor Spanish unions (CCOO and UGT) The manifesto, posters, support/joining form for associations and calls for picket lines/demonstrations in Catalonia (the part in Spain) are accessible from this website: https\://defensempalestina.org/ (in Catalan)

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[Statement] of the Paleatinian Union Women's Action Committees regarding the Masawi massacre in Khan Younis and the murder of Shaima Jabir Al-Shaer

♦️ Palestinian Union of Women’s Action Committees:\ —\ **The Union of Women's Action Committees mourn the comrade Shaima Jabir Al-Shaer and affirm that the crime of her assassination will not deter our people from continuing the struggle and resistance.**\ \ The Union of Women's Action Committees mourns the martyr, comrade Shaima Jabir Al-Shaer (18 years old), who was martyred in the horrific Mawasi massacre in Khan Younis Governorate, southern Gaza Strip, which claimed the lives of more than 100 martyrs and wounded, along with a large number of missing persons.\ \ The Union of Women's Action Committees condemns this cowardly crime and affirms that this and other crimes of genocide will not deter our people and its women’s movement from continuing their struggle and resistance until the expulsion of the fascist occupation from our Palestinian land, within the borders of June 4, 1967, with Al-Quds as its capital, and ensuring the return of refugees to their homes from which they were displaced since 1948, in accordance with UN Resolution 194.\ \ It is noted that comrade Shaima Al-Shaer was displaced from Rafah Governorate due to the genocide crimes to the Mawasi area in Khan Younis, believing it to be a humanitarian safe zone, as claimed by the fascist occupation, which urged citizens to move there.\ \ The Union of Women's Action Committees \ Gaza Strip, Palestine \ 10/09/2024 ```Source: Resistance News Network``` *Edit: removed telegram link.* *Edit: fkc android keyboard: doing the title readable*

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Ghassan Kanafani Assassinated (1972) Ghassan Kanafani was a Palestinian author and leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), assassinated on this day in 1972 by Israeli...

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17339715 > ## Ghassan Kanafani Assassinated (1972) > > ### Sat Jul 08, 1972 >  > > --- > Ghassan Kanafani was a Palestinian author and leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), assassinated on this day in 1972 by Israeli forces in retaliation for the Lod Airport Massacre, claimed by the PLFP. > > In May, when the outbreak of hostilities in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War spilled over into the city of Acre, Kanafani and his family were forced into exile while he was still a child. After fleeing ~eleven miles north to Lebanon, they settled in Damascus, Syria as Palestinian refugees. > > In 1969, after establishing himself as an author and journalist, he joined The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and, resigned from his post as editor for the magazine Al-Anwar to edit the PFLP's weekly magazine, al-Hadaf ("The Goal"). He drafted a PFLP program in which the movement officially took up Marxism-Leninism, a notable departure from pan-Arab nationalist ideology. > > On July 8th, 1972, at the age of 36, Kanafani was assassinated via car bomb by the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad for his role in the PLFP, which claimed responsibility for the Lod Airport Massacre. > > The massacre, committed by three members of the Japanese Red Army recruited by the PLFP, killed 26 people, injuring 80 others. > > Ghassan Kanafani was an influential author, whose literary works have been translated into at least 17 languages and published in 20 countries. He began writing short stories when working as a teacher in refugee camps. Often written through the eyes of children, his stories were designed to help his students contextualize their surroundings. > > > *"Everything in this world can be robbed and stolen, except one thing; this one thing is the love that emanates from a human being towards a solid commitment to a conviction or cause."* > > > > `- Ghassan Kanafani` > > --- > - Date: 1972-07-08 > - Learn More: [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghassan_Kanafani), [www.middleeastmonitor.com](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20190714-profile-ghassan-kanafani-1936-1972/). > - Tags: #Marxism, #Assassinations, #Massacre. > - Source: [www.apeoplescalendar.org](https://www.apeoplescalendar.org/calendar/events/ghassan-kanafani-assassinated-1972)

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The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), founded on this day in 1905 in Chicago, Illinois

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16976545 > Founding of the IWW (1905) The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), founded on this day in 1905 in Chicago, Illinois, is an anti-capitalist and internationalist labor union whose slogan says "An... > > ## Founding of the IWW (1905) > > ### Tue Jun 27, 1905 >  > > Image: *The IWW logo* > > --- > The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), founded on this day in 1905 in Chicago, Illinois, is an anti-capitalist and internationalist labor union whose slogan says "An injury to one is an injury to all!" > > The IWW promotes the concept of "One Big Union", and contends that all workers should be united as a social class to supplant capitalism and wage labor with industrial democracy. > > The IWW was officially founded in Chicago, Illinois on June 27th, 1905. A convention was held of 200 socialists and radical trade unionists from all over the United States who opposed the policies and politics of the more moderate American Federation of Labor (AFL). In particular, the IWW opposed the American Federation of Labor's acceptance of capitalism and its refusal to include unskilled workers in craft unions. > > The IWW's founders included many historically important labor activists and socialist thinkers, including "Big Bill" Haywood, James Connolly, Daniel De Leon, Eugene V. Debs, Thomas Hagerty, Lucy Parsons, Mary Harris "Mother" Jones, Frank Bohn, William Trautmann, Vincent Saint John, Ralph Chaplin, and many others. > > --- > - Date: 1905-06-27 > - Learn More: [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Workers_of_the_World), [iww.org](https://iww.org/). > - Tags: #Socialism, #Labor, #IWW. > - Source: [www.apeoplescalendar.org](https://www.apeoplescalendar.org/calendar/events/founding-of-the-iww-1905)

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15788619 > George Floyd Murdered (2020) 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... > > ## George Floyd Murdered (2020) > > ### Mon May 25, 2020 >  > > Image: *George Floyd with his six-year old, Gianna [blackpast.org]* > > --- > 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. > > Floyd, a 46-year old black man, had been arrested on suspicion of using a counterfeit $20 bill. The cop, 44-year old white man Derek Chauvin, knelt on Floyd's neck for nine minutes and twenty-nine seconds while he was handcuffed and lying face-down in a street. Floyd was dead before Chauvin's knee left his neck. > > The following day, after videos made by witnesses and security cameras became public, all four officers involed were fired. Floyd's state murder became the catalyst for worldwide Black Lives Matter protests against police brutality, which took place on every continent except Antartica. > > The scope of civil unrest within the U.S. was nearly unprecedented. Author Malik Simba writes: "the protests have involved more than 26 million Americans in 2,000 cities and towns in every state in the U.S., making [them] the most widespread protests around one issue in the history of the nation. By the end of June alone, one month into the protests, 14,000 people had been arrested." > > Initially, the local District Attorney's Office only harged Chauvin with third-degree manslaughter, but this charge was later increased to second degree murder, following mass protests. On April 20th, 2021, Chauvin was convicted and sentenced to 22.5 years in prison. The other three officers were also later convicted of violating Floyd's civil rights. > > Floyd's murder was witnessed by several people, including children. On the incident, seventeen year old Danella Frazier stated "When I look at George Floyd, I look at my dad, I look at my brother, I look at my cousin and my uncle." Her nine year old cousin, also an eyewitness, testified in court: "I was sad and kind of mad and it felt like [Chauvin's knee] was stopping him from breathing and it was hurting him." > > --- > - Date: 2020-05-25 > - Learn More: [www.blackpast.org](https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/nine-minutes-in-may-how-george-floyds-death-shook-the-world/), [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_George_Floyd). > - Tags: #Protests. > - Source: [www.apeoplescalendar.org](https://www.apeoplescalendar.org/calendar/events/george-floyd-murdered-2020)

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Victory of the camped students of the Barcelona University

The University of Barcelona will break rellations with Israel. Source: https://t.me/comunitatpalestinacatalunya (catalan language). (Auto)ranslated announcement: _🚨 ATTENTION! *Tomorrow everyone in front of the University of Barcelona to celebrate the historic victory of the students. After 17 days of camping in Palestine at the University of Barcelona: The university has not only approved the severance of relations with Israel, but has committed itself and activated the necessary mechanisms to make it possible. After more than two weeks of daily assemblies, actions, meetings and communiqués, the students demonstrate that the action works and push forward for a free Palestine. After a historic victory today they have announced that tomorrow May 24 in the afternoon they will end the camp. The end of the camp implies a step forward in the struggle, to continue mobilizing our collective struggle in different spaces. We hope that yesterday will be one more victory of the gains to come and bring us closer to a common goal for life and dignity. Come make noise with us and welcome the students: 🗓️ Friday 24 May at 6.30pm 📍Plaça Universitat (in front of the UB door) 📢 Together we can shake the world for Palestine; to stop genocide, occupation and apartheid in Palestine. We know it works and we won't stop until we get it: free Palestine, from the river to the sea.🇵🇸_

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Immigration Act of 1864 Passed on this day in 1864, the Immigration Act legalized wage-based indentured servitude to encourage immigration to the United States, allowing immigrants to forgo a...

## Immigration Act of 1864 ### Mon Jul 04, 1864  Image: *An artist's depiction of immigrants arriving in New York City, undergoing health inspection in 1866* --- Passed on this day in 1864, the Immigration Act legalized wage-based indentured servitude to encourage immigration to the United States, allowing immigrants to forgo a year's wages to pay for their passage into the country. Employers, such as railroad and mining companies, would contract an immigrant workers to come to the United States under guidelines established by the federal government and withhold their wages accordingly. This law provided corporations with cheap labor that could and would be used to break strikes by domestic workers. After years of rigorous opposition by labor organizations, Congress repealed the law in 1868. --- - Date: 1864-07-04 - Learn More: [immigrationhistory.org](https://immigrationhistory.org/item/immigration-act-of-1864/), [www.historyisaweapon.com](https://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/zinnother10.html). - Tags: #Labor. - Source: [www.apeoplescalendar.org](https://www.apeoplescalendar.org/calendar/events/immigration-act-of-1864)

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Operation PBHistory (1954) Operation PBHistory was a covert CIA operation that began on this day in 1954, following their ousting of Guatemalan President Jacobo Árbenz, seeking to damage his...

## Operation PBHistory (1954) ### Sun Jul 04, 1954  --- Operation PBHistory was a covert CIA operation that began on this day in 1954, following their ousting of Guatemalan President Jacobo Árbenz, seeking to damage his reputation, disseminate propaganda, and spy on Latin American communists. PBHistory followed Operation PBSuccess, which led to the overthrow of Guatemalan President Jacobo Árbenz in June 1954 and ended the Guatemalan Revolution, a decade long period of social reforms and representative democracy. PBHistory seized documents (more than 500,000 in total) left behind by Árbenz's government and organizations related to the communist Guatemalan Party of Labor, attempting to use them to promote propaganda that Guatemala was under the control of the Soviet Union and obtain intelligence that would be useful in undermining left-wing movements in Latin America. One consequence of this intelligence was the CIA beginning to track Che Guevara, who was then only known to the Agency as a physician. Operation PBHistory also helped set up the Guatemalan National Committee of Defense Against Communism, which was covertly funded by the CIA and responsible for mass repression of the population. Despite successfully obtaining intelligence and collaborating with the new government of Castillo Armas (a vehement anti-communist on the CIA payroll who led the coup against Árbenz), the psy-op was not successful in undermining Árbenz's reputation or fostering pro-U.S. sentiment throughout Latin America. --- - Date: 1954-07-04 - Learn More: [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_PBHistory), [www.cia.gov](https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/DOC_0000920013.pdf). - Tags: #Communism, #Labor. - Source: [www.apeoplescalendar.org](https://www.apeoplescalendar.org/calendar/events/operation-pbhistory-1954)

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Anti-Rent Movement Begins (1839) On this day in 1839, tenant farmers on New York's oldest estate assembled in Albany County to adopt a declaration of independence from their landlord, initiating...

## Anti-Rent Movement Begins (1839) ### Thu Jul 04, 1839  Image: *A poster supporting the Anti-Rent Movement, aimed to end the patroon system in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. Its headline reads "ATTENTION! ANTI-RENTERS! AWAKE! AROUSE!" [Wikipedia]* --- On this day in 1839, tenant farmers on New York's oldest estate assembled in Albany County to adopt a declaration of independence from their landlord, initiating the longest rent strike in U.S. history, the "Anti-Rent War". Their previous landlord, Stephen van Rensselaer III, who owned all 726,000 acres of the effectively feudal estate of Rensselaerwyck, had passed away a few months prior. In their declaration of independence, the farmers stated "We will take up the ball of the Revolution where our fathers stopped it and roll it to the final consummation of freedom and independence of the masses." This began a six year rebellion known as the Anti-Rent War, the longest rent strike in U.S. history. In those six years, the farmers fought off attempts to collect rent by force, repelling a 500-man posse led by the Albany County sheriff in December 1839. In 1844, the movement formed a prominent political party, known as the "Antirenter" party. In 1846, provisions for tenants' rights - abolishing feudal tenures and outlawing leases lasting longer than twelve years - were added to the New York Constitution. --- - Date: 1839-07-04 - Learn More: [alloveralbany.com](http://alloveralbany.com/archive/2014/11/21/the-anti-rent-war), [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Rent_War). - Tags: #Tenant, #Independence. - Source: [www.apeoplescalendar.org](https://www.apeoplescalendar.org/calendar/events/anti-rent-movement-begins-1839)

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Congo Crisis (1960) On this day in 1960, the Republic of the Congo became independent from Belgian colonizers, beginning a four year period of civil war which killed approximately 100,000 people,...

## Congo Crisis (1960) ### dj. de juny 30, 1960  Image: *Patrice Lumumba in 1960 [theafricareport.com]* --- On this day in 1960, the Republic of the Congo became independent from Belgian colonizers, beginning a four year period of civil war which killed approximately 100,000 people, including the country's first Prime Minister, Patrice Lumumba. The complex period of political strife is known as the "Congo Crisis". The Congo had been colonized by Belgium since the late 19th century, a process initiated by King Leopold II of Belgium, who was frustrated by Belgium's lack of international power and prestige. A nationalist movement within the Belgian Congo began to gain momentum in the 1950s, consisting of rival factions such as the Mouvement National Congolais (MNC), of which Patrice Lumumba (shown) was a leading figure, and Alliance des Bakongo (ABAKO), led by Joseph Kasa-Vubu. Following major riots in Stanleyville and Léopoldville in 1959, a Round Table Conference in Brussels was held in January 1960, with leaders from all the major Congolese parties in attendance. Congolese leaders were successful in negotiating their independence to be granted within months, formally winning their independence from Belgium in late June. Within days, violence between white and black communities broke out, and the country descended into a civil war between rival political factions. Some factions, supported by powerful mining interests, began seceding from the newly founded Republic of Congo. The United Nations sent in peacekeeping troops, which were initially welcomed by Lumumba and the central government with the idea that the UN would help suppress the secessionist states. Viewing the secessions as an internal political matter, the UN refused to use its troops to assist the central Congolese government against them. Lumumba also sought the assistance of the U.S. government, led by Dwight D. Eisenhower, who refused to provide meaningful military aid. He then turned to the Soviet Union, which agreed to provide weapons, logistical and material support, which the state promptly used against the secessionists. Despite Lumumba's public proclamations that he was not a communist, the United States viewed the acceptance of aid with alarm, and Lumumba became a target of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) surveillance. Lumumba was captured and, on January 17th, 1961, executed by Belgian-assisted forces. The factional conflict continued in the wake of Lumumba's death, with fighting and intervention coming from Western states, the United Nations, and various political groups inside the Congo. In 1964, a group known as the Simbas initiated a rebellion based on egalitarian ideals and witchcraft. In November 1964, the Simbas rounded up the remaining white population of Stanleyville, holding them hostage in the Victoria Hotel to use as bargaining tools with the Armée Nationale Congolaise (ANC). To recover the hostages, Belgian parachute troops were flown to the Congo in American aircraft. More than 70 hostages and 1,000 Congolese civilians were killed in the rescue mission, but the vast majority of hostages were evacuated. Following chaotic elections in 1964, Joseph-Désiré Mobutu took power in a military coup, assuming sweeping powers and instituting widespread political repression. Mobutu, who had played a key role in Lumumba's execution, ruled until 1997, enjoying support from the United States, France, Belgium, and Maoist China. --- - Date: 1960-06-30 - Learn More: [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_Crisis), [www.blackpast.org](https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/congo-civil-war-1960-1964/). - Tags: #Colonialism, #Independence. - Source: [www.apeoplescalendar.org](https://www.apeoplescalendar.org/calendar/events/congo-crisis-1960)

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Kwame Ture (1941 - 1998) Kwame Ture, born on this day in 1941 as Stokely Carmichael, was a prominent civil rights activist, serving as "Honorary Prime Minister" of the Black Panther Party and...

## Kwame Ture (1941 - 1998) ### dg. de juny 29, 1941  --- Kwame Ture, born on this day in 1941 as Stokely Carmichael, was a prominent civil rights activist, serving as "Honorary Prime Minister" of the Black Panther Party and later organizing with the global Pan-African movement. Ture was a key leader in the development of the Black Power movement, first while leading the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), later serving as the "Honorary Prime Minister" of the Black Panther Party (BPP), and then as a leader of the All-African People's Revolutionary Party (A-APRP). Ture was one of the original SNCC freedom riders of 1961 under the leadership of Diane Nash. He became a prominent voting rights activist in Mississippi and Alabama after being mentored by Ella Baker and Bob Moses. The FBI harassed and slandered him through the COINTELPRO program, leading Ture to flee to Africa in 1968. While there, the U.S. government continued its surveillance of him via the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). While in Africa, he adopted the name "Kwame Ture" to honor Sékou Touré and Kwame Nkrumah, who he began collaborating with. Three months after his arrival in Guinea, Ture published a formal rejection of the Black Panthers, condemning them for not being separatist enough and for their "dogmatic party line favoring alliances with white radicals". Ture spent the last thirty years of his life campaigning internationally for revolutionary socialist Pan-Africanism via the All-African People's Revolutionary Party (A-APRP). In 1998, Ture died of prostate cancer at the age of 57, cancer he claimed was deliberately given to him as a means of assassination. "If a white man wants to lynch me, that's his problem. If he's got the power to lynch me, that's my problem. Racism is not a question of attitude; it's a question of power. Racism gets its power from capitalism. Thus, if you're anti-racist, whether you know it or not, you must be anti-capitalist." - Kwame Ture --- - Date: 1941-06-29 - Learn More: [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stokely_Carmichael), [www.npr.org](https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/03/10/287320160/stokely-carmichael-a-philosopher-behind-the-black-power-movement). - Tags: #Pan-Africanism, #Civil Rights, #Birthdays. - Source: [www.apeoplescalendar.org](https://www.apeoplescalendar.org/calendar/events/kwame-ture-1941-1998)

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Kwame Ture (1941 - 1998) Kwame Ture, born on this day in 1941 as Stokely Carmichael, was a prominent civil rights activist, serving as "Honorary Prime Minister" of the Black Panther Party and...

## Kwame Ture (1941 - 1998) ### Sun Jun 29, 1941  --- Kwame Ture, born on this day in 1941 as Stokely Carmichael, was a prominent civil rights activist, serving as "Honorary Prime Minister" of the Black Panther Party and later organizing with the global Pan-African movement. Ture was a key leader in the development of the Black Power movement, first while leading the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), later serving as the "Honorary Prime Minister" of the Black Panther Party (BPP), and then as a leader of the All-African People's Revolutionary Party (A-APRP). Ture was one of the original SNCC freedom riders of 1961 under the leadership of Diane Nash. He became a prominent voting rights activist in Mississippi and Alabama after being mentored by Ella Baker and Bob Moses. The FBI harassed and slandered him through the COINTELPRO program, leading Ture to flee to Africa in 1968. While there, the U.S. government continued its surveillance of him via the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). While in Africa, he adopted the name "Kwame Ture" to honor Sékou Touré and Kwame Nkrumah, who he began collaborating with. Three months after his arrival in Guinea, Ture published a formal rejection of the Black Panthers, condemning them for not being separatist enough and for their "dogmatic party line favoring alliances with white radicals". Ture spent the last thirty years of his life campaigning internationally for revolutionary socialist Pan-Africanism via the All-African People's Revolutionary Party (A-APRP). In 1998, Ture died of prostate cancer at the age of 57, cancer he claimed was deliberately given to him as a means of assassination. "If a white man wants to lynch me, that's his problem. If he's got the power to lynch me, that's my problem. Racism is not a question of attitude; it's a question of power. Racism gets its power from capitalism. Thus, if you're anti-racist, whether you know it or not, you must be anti-capitalist." - Kwame Ture --- - Date: 1941-06-29 - Learn More: [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stokely_Carmichael), [www.npr.org](https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/03/10/287320160/stokely-carmichael-a-philosopher-behind-the-black-power-movement). - Tags: #Pan-Africanism, #Civil Rights, #Birthdays. - Source: [www.apeoplescalendar.org](https://www.apeoplescalendar.org/calendar/events/kwame-ture-1941-1998)

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Samar Badawi (1981 - )

## Samar Badawi (1981 - ) ### Sun Jun 28, 1981  Image: ** --- Samar Badawi, born on this day in 1981, is a Saudi Arabian feminist activist who participated in the driving campaigns of 2011-12, sued the government for the right to vote, and was imprisoned by the state for her activism. Her brother, Raif Badawi, is also a civil rights activist who was imprisoned by the government, released on March 11th, 2022. In 2011, Samar filed suit against the Saudi Arabian government for the right to vote, making her the first person to file a lawsuit for women's suffrage in the country. Samar has been arrested multiple times for her activism and non-compliance with laws that restrict rights for women. This includes participating in a women's driving campaign, violating the law that prohibits women from driving, a law that was repealed in 2018. After Badawi missed several trial dates relating to charges of disobedience under the Saudi Arabian male guardianship system (brought by her father, who physically abused her), she served six months in jail. In 2018, Badawi and several other feminist activists were arrested by the Saudi authorities, sparking a major diplomatic dispute between Canada and Saudi Arabia when the former demanded Badawi's immediate release. In June 2021, Badawi was released from prison. --- - Date: 1981-06-28 - Learn More: [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samar_Badawi), [www.amnesty.org](https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/11/saudi-arabia-reports-of-torture-and-sexual-harassment-of-detained-activists/). - Tags: #Birthdays, #Feminism. - Source: [www.apeoplescalendar.org](https://www.apeoplescalendar.org/calendar/events/samar-badawi-1981-)

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Walter Audisio (1909 - 1973)

## Walter Audisio (1909 - 1973) ### Mon Jun 28, 1909  --- Walter Audisio, born on this day in 1909, was an Italian partisan and politician who was the person most likely to have executed Benito Mussolini. After World War II, Audisio served in Parliament as a member of the Communist Party. Audisio was a prodigious students and worked for some years as an accountant before joining a clandestine anti-fascist group in 1931. When the group was discovered by the fascist secret police, ORVA, Audisio was sentenced to five years confinement on the island of Ponza. Released during World War II, he continued to resist the Mussolini's fascist government and, in September 1943, he started to organize the first bands of partisans in Casale Monferrato. By January 1945, he had become a leading figure of the Italian resistance movement in Milan and began using the pseudonym "Colonnello Valerio", a name possibly also used by Luigi Longo. It was as an official of the National Liberation Committee that he received the order to execute Mussolini and his mistress, who had been captured the day before. Although it is not known with certainty who pulled the trigger (various figures, including Audisio, have claimed to have executed Mussolini), the version of events with Audisio being directly responsible are generally considered the most credible. After the war, Audisio was elected to parliament for the Italian Communist Party, where he served for 20 years. --- - Date: 1909-06-28 - Learn More: [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Audisio), [www.nytimes.com](https://www.nytimes.com/1973/10/13/archives/walter-audisio-dies-in-italy-partisan-executed-mussolini-rendered.html). - Tags: #Communism, #Birthdays, #Fascism. - Source: [www.apeoplescalendar.org](https://www.apeoplescalendar.org/calendar/events/walter-audisio-1909-1973)

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Stonewall Uprising (1969)

## Stonewall Uprising (1969) ### Sat Jun 28, 1969  Image: *Police force people back outside the Stonewall Inn as tensions escalate the morning of June 28th, 1969. Photo by Joseph Ambrosini [Wikipedia]* --- On this day in 1969, the Stonewall Uprising began when NYC Police raided the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village. As cops arrested homosexuals and drag queens, the crowd fought them, trapping police inside and lighting the Inn on fire. In the 1960s, New York City Robert Wagner Jr. initiated an anti-gay campaign in preparation for the 1964 World's Fair. The city revoked the liquor licenses of gay bars and undercover police officers worked to entrap as many homosexual men as possible. The Stonewall Inn is a prominent gay bar in Greenwich Village, New York City, then owned by the Genovese crime family and lacking a liquor license. The night of the Stonewall Uprising, approximately 200 patrons were in the bar, and four undercover cops were present before the raid was initiated. As cops shut the bar down and began arresting patrons, a crowd began to gather outside. A scuffle broke out when a butch woman in handcuffs (thought by many to be Stormé DeLarverie but accounts differ) fought with police for ten minutes as they attempted to arrest her. After she shouted to bystanders "Why don't you guys do something?", an officer picked her up and heaved her into the back of the wagon and the crowd turned violent, attempting to overturn police cars and slashing their tires, and throwing debris at the cops, some of whom became trapped in the Inn. Some members of the mob lit garbage on fire and stuffed it through the broken windows, setting the bar on fire with police and some detainees inside. A tactical police force was deployed to free the officers, beating the crowd as they mocked police with impromptu kick lines and ironic chants. When the violence broke out, women and transmasculine people being held down the street at The Women's House of Detention joined in by chanting, setting fire to their belongings, tossing them into the street below, and chanting "gay rights". The uprisings continued for several nights afterward, with thousands showing up outside the bar. Black drag queen and radical queer rights activist Marsha P. Johnson was seen climbing a lamppost and dropping a heavy bag onto the hood of a police car, shattering the windshield. Members of the Mattachine Society, a gay rights organization which had taken to respectability politics, were embarrassed by the behavior at Stonewall. Randy Wicker, who had marched in the first gay picket lines before the White House in 1965, said "screaming queens forming chorus lines and kicking went against everything that I wanted people to think about homosexuals...that we were a bunch of drag queens in the Village acting disorderly and tacky and cheap." Others were glad to see the closing of Stonewall Inn, perceived as a "sleaze joint". Despite this backlash, some participants of the annual Mattachine Society picket on July 4th were emboldened. Several same-sex couples held hands as they marched despite protests from lead organizers of the picket, generating more press attention for the event than usual. The Stonewall Uprising was a watershed moment in the history of queer liberation, to the extent that some studies of LGBT history in the U.S. are divided into pre- and post-Stonewall analyses. "It was a rebellion, it was an uprising, it was a civil rights disobedience - it wasn't no damn riot." - Stormé DeLarverie --- - Date: 1969-06-28 - Learn More: [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_riots), [www.zinnedproject.org](https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/stonewall-riots/). - Tags: #Queer. - Source: [www.apeoplescalendar.org](https://www.apeoplescalendar.org/calendar/events/stonewall-uprising-1969)

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Chris Hani (1942 - 1993)

## Chris Hani (1942 - 1993) ### Sun Jun 28, 1942  --- Chris Hani, born on this day in 1942, was a leader of the South African Communist Party and chief of staff of "uMkhonto we Sizwe", the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). Hani was passionate about fighting apartheid even as a child - when he was 12 years old, after hearing his father's explanations about apartheid and the African National Congress, he wished to join the ANC but was still too young to be accepted. He joined the organization three years later. Hani received military training in the Soviet Union and served in campaigns during the Zimbabwean War of Liberation, also known as the Rhodesian Bush War. Despite Hani's extensive experience with armed struggle, he supported the suspension of the ANC's armed resistance against apartheid in favor of peaceful negotiations after becoming head of the party in 1991. Hani was assassinated by Janusz Walus, an anti-communist Polish immigrant, on April 10th, 1993. Walus was aided in the killing by the South African Conservative Party. The first democratic elections of South Africa took place just a year later, on April 27th, 1994. "Socialism is not about big concepts and heavy theory. Socialism is about decent shelter for those who are homeless. It is about water for those who have no safe drinking water. It is about health care, it is about a life of dignity for the old. It is about overcoming the huge divide between urban and rural areas. It is about a decent education for all our people. Socialism is about rolling back the tyranny of the market. As long as the economy is dominated by an unelected, privileged few, the case for socialism will exist." - Chris Hani --- - Date: 1942-06-28 - Learn More: [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hani), [web.archive.org](https://web.archive.org/web/20170225112546/http://www.sacp.org.za/main.php?ID=2294). - Tags: #Communism, #Socialism, #Civil Rights, #Birthdays. - Source: [www.apeoplescalendar.org](https://www.apeoplescalendar.org/calendar/events/chris-hani-1942-1993)

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Smith Act (1940)

## Smith Act (1940) ### Fri Jun 28, 1940  Image: *Defendants charged under the Smith Act Robert Thompson and Benjamin Davis smiling, surrounded by pickets as they leave the Federal Courthouse in New York City in 1949 [Wikipedia]* --- The Smith Act, passed on this day in 1940, is a federal U.S. law that was used to repress left-wing speech and activism. It banned advocating for the overthrowing the state by force and required all non-citizens to register with the govt. The law, also known as the Alien Registration Act, led to 4.7 million non-citizens registering with the federal government between August 1940 and January 1941 alone. After the U.S. entered World War II, federal authorities used data gathered from alien registrations to identify citizens of enemy nations and take 2,971 them into custody by the end of the year. Approximately 215 people were indicted under the legislation, including alleged communists, anarchists, and fascists. One of the most infamous cases involving the Smith Act was a ten-month trial of eleven communist leaders in 1949, ten of whom, including Benjamin Davis, were sentenced to multiple years in prison. Prosecutions under the Smith Act continued until a series of U.S. Supreme Court decisions in 1957 reversed a number of convictions under the Act, deeming them unconstitutional. The law has also been amended several times, but is still in effect today. --- - Date: 1940-06-28 - Learn More: [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Act), [depts.washington.edu](https://depts.washington.edu/labhist/cpproject/SmithAct.shtml). - Tags: #Communism. - Source: [www.apeoplescalendar.org](https://www.apeoplescalendar.org/calendar/events/smith-act-1940)

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Poznan Revolt (1956)

## Poznan Revolt (1956) ### Thu Jun 28, 1956  Image: *Tanks on the "Plac Mickiewicza", then "Stalin Square" [Polish National Digital Archives, NAC]* --- The Poznan Revolt began on this day in 1956 with a metalworkers' strike, growing to a crowd of 100,000 protesters outside the Imperial Castle in Poznan, Poland, demanding lower food prices, wage increases, and better working conditions. The strike and protest took place in the context of political uncertainty and instability following Joseph Stalin's death in 1953. As Nikita Kruschev was pushing "de-Stalinization" reforms, there were growing debates in Poland about the country's political future. Workers in the largest factory of Poznan, Cegielski's Metal Industries, were disgruntled, wanting lower taxes and work quotas. When the government reneged on promises made to these workers on June 26th, 80% of the factory workers walked out on the morning on June 28th. The strike quickly grew into a massive protest, with more than 100,000 protesters surrounding the Imperial Castle in Poznan. The demonstrators demanded lower food prices, wage increases, better working conditions, and to meet with Polish Prime Minister Józef Cyrankiewicz. Some police officers joined the crowd. The protest escalated into a full-blown riot as workers stormed a local prison and arms depot. The crowd clashed with state forces and ransacked many government buildings, including the local Communist Party headquarters, the office of the Ministry of Public Security, courthouse, prosecutor's office, and multiple police stations. The rebellion was crushed by the Polish Army occupying Poznan with more than 10,000 troops, tanks, armored cars, and field guns. Several hundred people were arrested in the following weeks, many of whom were workers. At least fifty (some estimates say more than seventy) people were killed, including a thirteen year old boy. Several hundred more were wounded. The uprising contributed to the Polish October (or "Gomułka Thaw"), in which Poland's government temporarily liberalized and won more autonomy from Soviet control. In 1980, Solidarity, a Polish labor movement aided by the CIA, decided to raise a monument in memory of the Poznan Revolt. On June 21st, 2006, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the events, the Polish parliament declared June 28th to be a national holiday in Poland - the "Day of Remembrance". --- - Date: 1956-06-28 - Learn More: [libcom.org](https://libcom.org/library/poznan-1956-radom-1976), [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pozna%C5%84_protests_of_1956). - Tags: #Protests. - Source: [www.apeoplescalendar.org](https://www.apeoplescalendar.org/calendar/events/poznan-revolt-1956)

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Mark Clark (1947 - 1969)

## Mark Clark (1947 - 1969) ### Sat Jun 28, 1947  --- Mark Clark, born on this day in 1947, was a member of the Black Panther Party (BPP) who was assassinated by the Chicago Police Department alongside Fred Hampton in 1969. Clark decided to join the Black Panther Party after reading their literature and the Ten Point Program, later organizing a local chapter in Peoria, Illinois. At the age of 22, Clark and Hampton were assassinated by the Chicago Police Department when they raided Hampton's apartment. Clark was shot in the heart and died instantly. --- - Date: 1947-06-28 - Learn More: [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Clark_(activist)), [www.washingtonpost.com](https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/12/04/police-raid-that-left-two-black-panthers-dead-shook-chicago-changed-nation/). - Tags: #Birthdays. - Source: [www.apeoplescalendar.org](https://www.apeoplescalendar.org/calendar/events/mark-clark-1947-1969)