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"We will not kill for your profits. We will not sacrifice for your profits." These words were stenciled in …

From 1972 to 1991, former Chicago police commander, John Burge, and his men systematically tortured over 119 …

In the summer of 1966, an organization of queer and trans street youth called The Vanguard staged a street sweeping in …

The Paris Commune was a popular-led revolution and democratic government that ruled Paris from March 18 to May 28, …

The Angel Island Liberty Association (or "Self-Governing Association") was a mutual-aid society run by …

"I cannot stand and sing the anthem. I cannot salute the flag; I know that I am a Black man in a white world. In …

The Battle of Mactan on April 27, 1521 marked the first organized Filipino resistance against colonization.

With 1.5 million members, the Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Terra (MST) is one of the largest social movements in …

Francis Abigail Olufunmilayo Thomas was born in Nigeria in 1900. Funmilayo (the name she went by) was the fisty female …

These American heroes hail from Canada to Chile and everywhere in between, from the 1500s to today. Instead of the …

The Rani of Jhansi was born in 1828 and her early education was unusual for girls at the time: wrestling, …

San Francisco 1966: Transwomen and drag queens working in the Tenderloin district of San Fransisco often took refuge in …

Harry Hay composed the first manifesto of the American Gay Rights Movement in 1948.“We know how to live through …

“Our decolonisation starts now as we, as a people, will no longer accept that we are third class citizens in our …

“Armed with the knowledge of our past we can charter a coursefor our future. Only by knowing where we’ve …

"We need to carry the fire together, not be consumed by it." The Institute for Anarchist Studies turns up the …

Since the early 1980s, ADAPT has been a national network of activists with disabilities that employs nonviolent civil …

It was the autumn of 1969. Thousands of American Indians occupied the abandoned remains of Alcatraz, the federal …

Celebrate whatever independence you've got by reading some books that'll set off mental fireworks and get you moving …

Primo Tapia de la Cruz (1885–1926) was born into the indigenous Tarascan community of Naraja, Mexico. While working …

Po’pay was a Tewa spiritual leader who led the 1680 Pueblo Revolt, an anticolonial movement to remove the Spanish …

Chico Mendes, a rubber tapper and union organizer deep in Amazon rainforest, pioneered the combination of environmental …

On November 30th, 1999, a diverse consortium of activists, organizers, artists, students, workers, and more used direct …

How can we decolonize the world when colonialist attitudes of self and other are so deeply embedded in our psyches? …

In 1984 members of the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) refused to unload South African cargo off …

Franklin, Kansas, December 15, 1921. On December 11, 1921, propelled by the need to feed their children and outraged at …

The Lesbian Herstory Archives opened in 1974 in the Upper West Side Manhattan apartment of Joan Nestle and Deborah …

The Spanish Maquis were guerrillas who fought against the Franco regime. They carried out sabotage in Spain, as well as …

Matilde Landa (1904-1942) was a famous militant of the PCE (Spanish Communist Party) who fought in the Spanish Civil …

The Luddite insurrections (roughly 1811-1813 or later) are often represented as a misguided, reactionary backlash by …