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An Exciting 2 Weeks, According To My Slingshot Planner

Monday, May 11: Pullman Strike begins, first revolutionary strike on continental European model (1894), Salvador Dali born (1904)

Tuesday, May 12: Lusty Lady workers take over operations at theater (2003)

Wednesday, May 13: Whiskey Rebellion starts in PA (1794), MOVE bombed by Philadelphia police (1985)

Thursday, May 14: AF of L vote down proposal to organize Chinese & Japanese workers in the West (1921), Freedom Riders’ bus is bombed and burned (1961)

Friday, May 15: Thomas Muenzer executed for leading 40,000 German revolt of workers & peasants (1525)

Saturday, May 16: Denmark becomes first Western country to outlaw slave trade (1791), 700 reclaim the streets in Berkeley in Global Street Party Against Global Capitalism (1998)

Sunday, May 17: “Catonsville 9” break into Maryland draft board center and burn 600 draft files (1968), 100 protester stage a “die-in” in downtown Seattle to protest shipment Army nerve gas (1970)

Monday, May 18: George Speed born - IWW organizer active in Haymarket, Coxey’s Army, Pullman Strike (1855), Bertrand Russeell born – British philosopher and writer of peace (1872), Augusto Sandino born – hero of Nicaraguan independence (1895)

Tuesday, May 19: Ho Chi Minh born (1890), Malcolm X born (1925)

Wednesday, May 20: Lenin’s brother executed for attempting to assassinate Tasar Alexander III (1887), East Timor becomes independent nation (2002)

Thursday, May 21: SF gays respond with “White Night Riots” to the light sentence given to Dan White (1979), Ken Sara Wiwa and 19 other Ogonis arrested (1994)

Friday, May 22: SF Critical Mass bike ride, 6pm Justin Herman Plaza (2009), Oaxaca teachers begin sit-ins, sparking statewide resistance (2006)

Saturday, May 23: Margaret Fuller born – feminist theorist (1810), 4000 Cherokee die in “Trail of Tears” forced removal (1838)

Sunday, May 24: New Moon, 5:11 am (2009), Jean Paul Marat born (1744), John Brown leads party which kills 25 pro-slavery settlesr (1856)

Written by robin on 05/21/2009 in Activism | Blog | History | History Resources | News | Philosophy | Theory/Criticism

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