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On this day in 2016, water protectors stormed a Dakota Access Pipeline construction site to stop the use of bulldozers to dig up land that contained indigenous artifacts. They were attacked with dogs and pepper spray by a private security team.
Image: Water Protectors demonstrate against the Dakota crude oil access pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in Cannon Ball, North Dakota. Photograph: Andrew Cullen/Reuters
Eduardo Galeano, born on this day in 1940, was a Uruguayan writer known for, among other texts, his work "Open Veins of Latin America", which one review called "the finest description of the primary accumulation of capital since Marx".
Jean Jaurès, born on this day in 1859, was a French socialist politician and outspoken critic of WWI. He was assassinated by a nationalist at the war's outbreak. "Tradition does not mean to look after the ash, but to keep the flame alive."
![A statue commemorating the Original 33 on the grounds of the Georgia State Capitol, titled "Expelled Because of Color" (1973) [Wikipedia]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/original33.jpg)
On this day in 1868, Georgia state legislators voted to expel all black members of the General Assembly during Southern Reconstruction. A 25 mile march in protest, led by Phillip Joiner, was attacked by a white lynch mob.
Image: A statue commemorating the Original 33 on the grounds of the Georgia State Capitol, titled "Expelled Because of Color" (1973) [Wikipedia]
![Members of the National Union of Mineworkers take part in a strike in Johannesburg [theguardian.com]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/southAfrica2013Strike.jpg)
On this day in 2013, an estimated 80,000 - 90,000 gold miners went on strike in South Africa, demanding a 60% wage increase to $775 per month.
Image: Members of the National Union of Mineworkers take part in a strike in Johannesburg [theguardian.com]
![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, a strike involving 400,000 textile workers from all across the U.S. began, the largest strike in U.S. history at the time. Striking workers faced violence from the state, private guards, and deputized vigilantes.
Image: Striking textile workers come up against state troopers in 1934 [libcom.org]