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Germany

9 November 1918: Karl Liebknecht announces a “free German socialist republic”

by Phil Butland on 04/11/2025

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Policing & Law

30 October 1947 – Bertolt Brecht appears before the House Un-American Committee

by Phil Butland on 28/10/2025

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Workers’ Rights

23 October 1956 – Start of Hungarian revolution

by Phil Butland on 21/10/2025

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Racism

16 October 1968: Tommie Smith and John Carlos celebrate Olympic victory with a Black Power salute

by Phil Butland on 15/10/2025

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Antisemitism

October 14th 1943 – Escape from Sobibor

by Phil Butland on 07/10/2025

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Demonstrations & Direct Action

4 October 1936 – The Battle of Cable Street

by Phil Butland on 30/09/2025

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Fascism

1 October 1965 – Attempted coup in Indonesia leads to Suharto dictatorship

by Phil Butland on 23/09/2025

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Feminism

20 September 1973 – Billie Jean King defeats Bobby Riggs

by Phil Butland on 16/09/2025

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Fascism

11 September 1973: Putsch in Chile—the other 9/11

by Phil Butland on 10/09/2025

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Imperialism

September 4, 2009 – Kunduz massacre

by Phil Butland on 02/09/2025

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Demonstrations & Direct Action

August 28 1968 – Police attack protests outside the Democratic National Convention

by Phil Butland on 27/08/2025

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Racism

22-26 August 1992: Rostock-Lichtenhagen Pogrom

by Rowan Gaudet on 20/08/2025

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