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#OtD 16 Dec 1908 Mexican-Catalan revolutionary, anti-fascist and surrealist artist Remedios Varo was born. She was active during the Spanish Civil War then moved to Paris. Interned by Nazis until she was rescued. Learn more about the Civil War in our pod: workingclasshistory.com/2020/06/17/e39…
#OtD 16 Dec 1913 Jewish anarchist Emma Goldman addressed members of the Industrial Workers of the World on anarchism in Paterson, NJ, despite police warning her from speaking. Audience members ended up fighting police to release her. More on her life and work: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/al…
Happy Birthday Partisan Lina! 100 years young today 💐
Lina Tridenti fought in the Italian Resistance as a dispatch rider & ended the war as a Lieutenenant, Adjutant to the Commander of the 'Ortigara' Division, Giacomo Chilesotti. (Photo Trui Hanoulle)
#16dicembre
On 15 December 1897 Scottish mill worker, songwriter and socialist Mary Brooksbank was born. She was imprisoned three times in her life for her activities, which she continued until her death aged 82 Mary Brooksbank stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8655/m… via Working Class History
#OtD 15 Dec 1890 Hunkpapa Lakota leader Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake (Sitting Bull) was killed by Indian police in the Standing Rock Reservation in South Dakota when he refused to cooperate with arrest. Learn more about Indigenous genocide & resistance in this book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/500-y…
These are heroes.
Working class women activists who strive for peace.
Against a rhetoric of war-mongering, revenge and hate, let’s celebrate the peace makers and the social reformists
Today, I’m joining Working Class History to celebrate Mary Brooksbank.
stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8655/m…
#OtD 15 Dec 1890 Hunkpapa Lakota leader Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake (Sitting Bull) was killed by Indian police in the Standing Rock Reservation in South Dakota when he refused to cooperate with arrest. Learn more about Indigenous genocide & resistance in this book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/500-y…