537 -- Goths lay siege to Rome. 1811 -- England: Luddites attack machines designed to replace them in the weaving of wool. As part of their strike, Luddites riot, protesting capitalism by smashing machines that dehumanise them -- 63 frames broken up at Arnold near Nottingham. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRluddites.htm 1845 -- New Zealand: Maori uprising against British rule. Today Ngapuhi attack & take Kororareka (now Russell) township, Bay of Islands. Approx 50 deaths altogether. British settlers flee to Auckland. The Maoris realized that the white settlers were increasing at a fast rate, & several violent Maori uprisings occurred between 1845 & 1848, & between 1860 & 1872. These uprisings are known as the New Zealand Wars. http://hammer.prohosting.com/~penz/encycl/l1aencyc.htm 1858 -- India: During the Great Indian Indian Mutiny (also known as the Sepoy Rebellion, sepoys being the native soldiers), the battle of Lucknow rages, Mar. 9-16. 1892 -- France: Ravachol takes retribution for the Clichy defendants, bombing the homes of the presiding judge (Mar. 11, 1892) & the prosecutor (Mar. 27, 1892). Police in Clichy had attacked a six-man anarchist labor rally. The workers defended themselves with guns & ended up behind bars with long terms of hard labor. http://burn.ucsd.edu/~mai/TEXT/mirbeau_ravachol.html 1907 -- Bulgarian Premier Nicolas Petkov is slain by an anarchist. 1921 -- Russia: The paper Izvestia n09 of the Provisional Revolutionary Committee of the Sailors, Workers & Soldiers of Kronstadt, notes:alt: Cronstadt " We sent out a call to all the workers of Russia to fight for freely elected Soviets. Our cry was heard. Already, the revolutionary sailors, workers & soldiers of Petrograd are coming to lend us a strong hand." http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mhuey/HOME.html http://www.islandnet.com/~citizenx/kronstadt.html http://www.spunk.org/library/writers/makhno/sp001781/chap7.html http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/anarchist_archives/bright/berkman/kronstadt/berkkron.html The text of Voline's Unknown Revolution is online in French, including his chapter "Cronstadt (1921)", http://noradd.virtualave.net/Textes/Voline/tdm.htm 1953 -- US: Nice Catch?: An American B-47 accidentally drops a nuclear bomb on South Carolina, the bomb doesn't go off due to 6 safety catches. 1958 -- USA: H-Bomb falls on Mars Bluff, South Carolina; the nuclear device does not detonate, but does leave a crater 35 feet deep. Didn't they just do this a couple years ago?
1973 -- US: FBI agent fatally shot at occupation of Wounded Knee by Oglala Sioux where the formation of independent Oglala Sioux Nation is proclaimed at Wounded Knee, South Dakota. 1986 -- Spain: During fights with the cops, steelworkers in Reinosa surround the Guardia Civil, beat them up, strip them naked, & march them out of town. 1988 -- US: Beginning of 10 days of direct actions at Nevada Test Site which result in over 2,200 arrests, the largest number of arrests at a political protest outside Washington, D.C. in U.S. history. The event is almost completely ignored by mainstream media. 1991 -- US: In LA a citizen videotapes Officer Friendlies beating the crap out of other citizens. 2001 -- Mexixo: Over 100,000 greet Zapatistas at the conclusion of their 15-day trek to Mexico City in demand for indigenous rights.
