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On this day in 1935, ~5,000 striking workers in Minneapolis clashed with police in the "Battle for Seward". By the end of the night, two people were killed by police. Workers later won a 40 hour week, higher wages, and overtime pay.
Image: The Flour City Ornamental Iron Company building, with broken windows after a clash between union organizers and police escalated into a gun battle on September 11th, 1935. From the Minnesota Historical Society.
![Striking textile workers come up against state troopers in 1934 [libcom.org]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/textileStrike1934.jpg)
On this day in 1934, as part of a national textile strike, 25,000 workers initiated a general strike in Hazelton, PA. Despite worker demands not being met, anti-communist union leadership declared victory and called off the strike.
Image: Striking textile workers come up against state troopers in 1934 [libcom.org]
Mary Elizabeth Lease, born on this day in 1850, was an orator, author, and activist associated with the "People's Party". Of the government, she said "Our laws are the output of a system which clothes rascals in robes and honesty in rags".
On this day in 1973, democratically elected socialist Chilean president Salvador Allende was ousted in a fascist, U.S.-backed coup led by Augusto Pinochet. He died the same day of a gunshot wound to the head, later ruled a suicide.
On this day in 1988, armed supporters of the Haitian government attacked and burned down the Saint-Jean Bosco church, the parish of liberation theologian Jean-Bertrand Aristide, killing between 13 and 50 people, wounding ~80 more.
Image: A still from a video from a pro-Aristide rally in 2014, from AFP News Agency
Vinayak "Vinoba" Bhave, born on this day in 1895, was an Indian human rights advocate associated with the Bhoodan Movement, which attempted to persuade wealthy landowners to give a percentage of their land to landless people.