A People's Calendar

Calendar

Battle of Evarts (1931)May 5th, 1931

On this day in 1931, the Battle of Evarts began in Harlan, Kentucky when armed, striking miners stopped a motorcade of supplies being delivered to scabs, killing four people and leading to an occupation by the National Guard.

Image: Children walking their way through the town of Evarts [Wikipedia]

Labor

Camillo Berneri Assassinated (1937)May 5th, 1937

Camillo Berneri was a militant anarchist professor of philosophy who was assassinated in Barcelona on this day in 1937. Berneri had joined the Spanish resistance and organized the first column of Italian volunteers in the Aragon front.

Image: Camillo Berneri, c. 1910 [Wikipedia]

Labor

Assassinations

Anarchism

Farabundo Martí (1893 - 1931)May 5th, 1893

Farabundo Martí, born on this day in 1893, was a communist revolutionary who led a guerrilla revolt of indigenous farmers in El Salvador that was to be crushed in the peasant massacre known as "La Matanza".

Image: A photo of Farabundo Marti, unknown year [telesurenglish.net]

Birthdays

Indigenous

Massacre

Karl Marx (1818 - 1883)May 5th, 1818

Karl Marx, born on this day in 1818, was a foundational political theorist and journalist associated with the philosophy of Marxism. "The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways. The point, however, is to change it."

Sands Dies From Hunger Strike (1981)May 5th, 1981

Bobby Sands was a militant Irish revolutionary who died from a hunger strike at 27 on this day in 1981, just one month after winning the election to serve as MP to Fermanagh and South Tyrone while imprisoned.

Image: A mural depicting Bobby Sands, reading "Everyone, Republican or otherwise, has their particular role to play...our revenge will be the laughter of our children" [irishtimes.com]

Protests