History

During Black History Month, our attention often focuses on the stories and achievements of great …

On the evening of Monday, November 3rd, former Vice President Dick Cheney passed away at …

20 years ago, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, causing massive destruction, which was made worse by capitalism. …

On August 17, 1985, workers at the Hormel meatpacking plant in the small town of …

80 years after the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the threat of nuclear war is still here. …

Today, July 12, 2025, we face the specter of ICE raids and potentially even military …

The Iranian nation-state, presently under attack by both Israel and the United States, has a …

Today, June 19, 2025, we celebrate Juneteenth – the most popular annual celebration of the …

The history of LGBTQ+ rights is a history of radical resistance — but there hasn’t …

In the year 2025 in the United States, we are witnessing increasingly blatant and violent …

April 30 marks 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War. …

In the past two months the Trump administration has rampaged through the U.S. government, firing …

On March 7, 1932, an explosive confrontation took place when at least 3,000 Ford workers …

In 1828, construction was begun on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, a canal proposed to …

After 280 or more years of consistent conflict between white settlers of the ever-expanding United …

Sixty years ago today, on December 2, 1964, students on the Berkeley campus of the University of California took over Sproul Hall, the university’s main administrative building …

In recent years workers activity has bubbled nationwide. In the service and retail sectors, in …

March 8th is International Women’s Day. This is a day to commemorate the working women …

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There has never been a time since the first slave ship docked in Jamestown, Virginia, …

The Civil Rights Movement during the 1950s -1970s was one of the most significant social …

V.I. Lenin (April 10, 1870 – January 21, 1924) was an activist, one of the …

Labor Day is a holiday in the United States that supposedly celebrates the history and …

In the past few weeks, the film Oppenheimer has been widely discussed in the media, …

On the morning of July 17, 1936, right-wing generals in Spain ordered their troops to …

On June 25, 1892, the management of the Carnegie Steel Works in Homestead, Pennsylvania, posted …

On June 2, 1863, during the U.S. Civil War, two Union Army gunships (the Harriet …

In 1920, British dockworkers in East London carried out a little-known strike. It was not …

Part of this article is extracted from the pamphlet, “1968 – Be Realistic, Demand the …

This brief was originally published in 2015. On February 27, 1973 a struggle broke out …

The Black Panther Party (BPP) was founded in the fall of 1966 in Oakland, California, …

The United States was an expansionist nation from its very beginning. Whether taking lands from …

January 8-10 marks the anniversary of the Louisiana Rebellion of 1811, also known as the …

On Thursday, November 17, scholar of the people and lifelong activist Staughton Lynd died at …

On December 7, 1941, Japan bombed the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The …

It was over 100 years ago that women in Russia achieved full abortion rights, communal …

On October 27, 1969, over 150,000 workers across the United States walked out of General …

(This is a slightly updated reprint of a 2020 article by Speak Out Now.) Monday, …

Twenty-two years ago, on September 28, 2000, a massive struggle erupted in the occupied territories …

On September 17, 2011, two thousand protesters in New York occupied Zuccotti Park in Manhattan, …

On September 11, 1973, the Chilean military, with the support of United States intelligence services, …

(August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010) Today, August 24, marks the 100th anniversary of …

On May 13, 1985, flames and ashes rose to the sky as members of the …

1650-1917: Some or all of present Ukraine under control of Russian Empire. 1918-1945: Major political …

Today, February 20th is the anniversary of Fredrick Douglass’s death. Douglass was a former slave who became an important figure in the struggle for the abolition of slavery. …

While politicians in the United States are always talking about how our society is based …

80 years ago, on February 19, 1942, Executive Order 9066 was signed by President Franklin …

In 1943, Jewish people stood up and fought back heroically in the Warsaw ghetto uprising against all odds and the Nazi’s plant to exterminate them. …