May 21 2009
The White Night Riots
Back in the day on May 21st, 1979 demonstrators took to the streets of San Francisco in what would be known as the White Night riots. Exactly thirty years ago, a verdict was returned in the controversial trial of Daniel James White. The former member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors stood …
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May 20 2009
Freedom Riders Attacked
Back in the day on May 20th, 1961, civil rights activists known as “freedom riders” were attacked by a white mob upon arriving in Birmingham, Alabama. Reviving the Congress of Racial Equality’s 1947 “journey of reconciliation,” the “freedom rides” were conceived in 1961 with the newly elected President John F. Kennedy in office. …
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May 19 2009
The Death of Jose Marti
Back in the day on May 19th, 1895, the Cuban poet and revolutionary Jose Marti died trying to liberate his beloved island from Spanish Colonialism. Born in Havana in 1853, Marti quickly realized his talents for writing and put them in service of the anti-colonial struggle. At just the age of sixteen, his …
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May 18 2009
The Kwangju Uprising
Back in the day on May 18th, 1980, student-led demonstrations in South Korea against the military dictatorship of General Chun Doo-hwan culminated in the Kwangju Uprising. In the morning hours, paratroopers clashed with students who had gathered to protest the closing of a university in the south-western city. The disturbances soon spread throughout the day …
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May 15 2009
Standard Oil’s Dissolution
Back in the day on May 15th, 1911, The Supreme Court of the United States ordered the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey to dissolve. In an 8-1 ruling, justices concluded that the petroleum corporation had violated the Sherman Act of 1890 and split it into thirty-four smaller competitive companies. Started in 1870 …
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May 14 2009
The Jackson State Tragedy
Back in the day on May 14th, 1970, students on the campus of Jackson State College in Mississippi gathered for a protest that ended tragically. Ten days after the killings at Kent State, a group of a hundred or so African-American students took to Lynch Street in the late night to stage anti-war …
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May 13 2009
Nixon’s “Warm Welcome” in Venezuela
Back in the day on May 13th, 1958, Vice President Richard Nixon’s motorcade was attacked by protesters in Caracas, Venezuela. Tricky Dick had been on a supposed “good will,” trip through Latin America when he found himself in an even trickier situation highlighting the region’s ill will towards U.S. policies. That day, …
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May 12 2009
The Execution of James Connolly
Back in the day on May 12th, 1916, James Connolly became the last of the Irish rebel leaders to be executed in connection to the Easter Uprising. Born to immigrant parents in Scotland, Connolly grew to despise the treatment of the Irish during his time enlisted in the British Army. From his …
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May 11 2009
115th Anniversary of the Pullman Strike
Back in the day on May 11th, 1894, three-thousand workers staged a wildcat strike in Pullman, Illinois. As an economic recession gripped the nation starting a year prior, the notorious George M. Pullman targeted cutbacks against hourly workers employed in his Pullman Palace Car Company. The conditions for many of …
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May 08 2009
The Setif Massacre
Back in the day on May 8th, 1945 French colonial forces began massacring Algerians in the Setif and Guelma regions of the North African nation. The cruel irony of history is that the wanton killings by the colonizers began on the very same day that France joined much of Europe in celebrating the …
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Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis Is Coming To Los Angeles!
Come and hear Varoufakis speak in person on Saturday April 23rd in Pasadena, California, at his ONLY Los Angeles-area event!
WHEN: Saturday April 23rd, Reception at 12 noon, Event at 1 pm
WHERE: Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91103
Yanis Varoufakis of the Syriza Party took the European political establishment by storm a year ago when he was appointed Finance Minister of Greece by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Varoufakis is an ……
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