Calendar
Chris Hedges, born on this day in 1956, is an American journalist, activist, and professor, known for his texts such as "Death of the Liberal Class", "Days of Descrution, Days of Revolt", and "America: The Farewell Tour".
On this day in 1918, American socialist labor organizer Eugene V. Debs was sentenced to prison for violating the Espionage Act after he urged resistance to the WWI draft. From prison, Debs ran for President, receiving 919,799 votes (~3.4%).
Flora Sanhueza was a Chilean socialist, anti-fascist soldier, and teacher who died on this day in 1973 as a result of torture and sexual assault inflicted in the Pisagua concentration camp, by the new fascist regime of Augusto Pinochet.
On this day in 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the U.S. Congress as part of the Compromise of 1850, compelling all in free states to return fugitive slaves to their would-be masters and banning suspected slaves from legal appeal.
On this day in 2012, footage of penitentiary guards torturing detainees at Gldani Prison in Tbilisi, Georgia's capital city, were broadcast on television, leading to weeks of revolutionary protests and widespread prison reform.
Image: Georgian students protest against prison abuse
![Pavlos Fyssas, giving a performance on June 21st, 2011. Photo credit: John D. Carnessiotis [Wikipedia]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Individuals/pavlosFyssas.jpeg)
Pavlos Fyssas was a Greek anti-fascist rapper who was killed by members of the fascist group Golden Dawn on this day in 2013. "Let them come and find me at the mountain top, I'm waiting for them and I will not bother with fear."
Image: Pavlos Fyssas, giving a performance on June 21st, 2011. Photo credit: John D. Carnessiotis [Wikipedia]