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Elizabeth Gurley Flynn addressing strikers in Paterson, N.J. (1913) [socialistworker.org]
Missoula Free Speech Fight (1909)Sept 29th, 1909

On this day in 1909, a 19 year old Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, already a prominent member of the IWW, and her husband Jack Jones were arrested for speaking on a street corner during a Free Speech Fight in Missoula, Montana.

Image: Elizabeth Gurley Flynn addressing strikers in Paterson, N.J. (1913) [socialistworker.org]

Samora Machel (1933 - 1986)Sept 29th, 1933

Samora Machel, born on this day in 1933, was a Marxist-Leninist revolutionary who served as President of independent Mozambique in 1975. "Marxism is a shining path, a sun of hope and certainty that never sets, that is always at its zenith."