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#OtD 7 Jan 2019 Wet’suwet’en land defenders in Canada were attacked by the RCMP, who had been authorised to use deadly force in order to assist the construction of an oil pipeline through Wet’suwet’en ancestral lands. Learn more in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e88-...
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 AM
#OtD 7 Jan 2019 Wet’suwet’en land defenders in Canada were attacked by the RCMP, who had been authorised to use deadly force in order to assist the construction of an oil pipeline through Wet’suwet’en ancestral lands. Learn more in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e88-...
On this day in 1865, Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Lakota forces are victorious over American troops at the Battle of Julesburg.
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January 7, 2026 at 4:29 PM
On this day in 1865, Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Lakota forces are victorious over American troops at the Battle of Julesburg.
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On this day in 1569, Mapuche forces are victorious over Spanish imperial troops in the Battle of Catirai.
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January 7, 2026 at 4:03 PM
On this day in 1569, Mapuche forces are victorious over Spanish imperial troops in the Battle of Catirai.
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Italy in particular saw fascism and colonialism as interlinked. From the constant invocation of Libya as the "Fourth Shore" of Italy and the notion of spazio vitale being used to justify territorial expansion, Mussolini saw fascism as the way to compete with the UK and France in colonial affairs.
The first fascist country in the world, Italy, already had a colonial empire from the jump (Eritrea, Somalia and Libya) and proceeded to commit a genocide in Libya between 1929–1934, before invading Ethiopia in 1935. But people talk about fascism like it has nothing to do with colonialism.
January 6, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Italy in particular saw fascism and colonialism as interlinked. From the constant invocation of Libya as the "Fourth Shore" of Italy and the notion of spazio vitale being used to justify territorial expansion, Mussolini saw fascism as the way to compete with the UK and France in colonial affairs.
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#tdih 2021
“My students weren’t caught off-guard by Jan. 6,” --
@dcpublicschools.bsky.social teacher Alysha Butler
"Why? Because they'd been studying Reconstruction era Colfax Massacre & SCOTUS rulings."
Defend right to #TeachTruth #CriticalLiteracy
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“My students weren’t caught off-guard by Jan. 6,” --
@dcpublicschools.bsky.social teacher Alysha Butler
"Why? Because they'd been studying Reconstruction era Colfax Massacre & SCOTUS rulings."
Defend right to #TeachTruth #CriticalLiteracy
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Jan. 6, 2021: Attempted Coup in the United States
There was an attack on the U.S. Capitol by an armed white supremacist mob, determined to block the democratic process.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:13 PM
#tdih 2021
“My students weren’t caught off-guard by Jan. 6,” --
@dcpublicschools.bsky.social teacher Alysha Butler
"Why? Because they'd been studying Reconstruction era Colfax Massacre & SCOTUS rulings."
Defend right to #TeachTruth #CriticalLiteracy
More⬇️ 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/at...
“My students weren’t caught off-guard by Jan. 6,” --
@dcpublicschools.bsky.social teacher Alysha Butler
"Why? Because they'd been studying Reconstruction era Colfax Massacre & SCOTUS rulings."
Defend right to #TeachTruth #CriticalLiteracy
More⬇️ 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/at...
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So I don't know if you follow @historyiswhat.bsky.social, or have seen the absolute UNIT of a collection on Marxism, Anarchism, and Indigenous perspectives (etc) on historyiswhat.noblogs.org, but you must, on both counts. Personally I can't bloody wait to use this a resource in my courses.
“We are not allowed to make those basic human choices and decisions about our personal life and about the destiny of our communities which is the mark of free mature people.”
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January 6, 2026 at 4:38 PM
So I don't know if you follow @historyiswhat.bsky.social, or have seen the absolute UNIT of a collection on Marxism, Anarchism, and Indigenous perspectives (etc) on historyiswhat.noblogs.org, but you must, on both counts. Personally I can't bloody wait to use this a resource in my courses.
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Check out this great Indigenous-led history page!
On this day in 1903, the US Supreme Court decides in the Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock case that Congress can change Treaty terms without tribes' consent.
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January 6, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Check out this great Indigenous-led history page!
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Wow, California did racist gun control first, twice! Truly a tradition that runs through generations.
On this day in 1855, settlers in northern California hold a meeting in which they ban the sale of weapons to Native peoples. The Red Cap War soon breaks out.
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January 6, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Wow, California did racist gun control first, twice! Truly a tradition that runs through generations.
On this day in 1855, settlers in northern California hold a meeting in which they ban the sale of weapons to Native peoples. The Red Cap War soon breaks out.
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anticolonialhistory.com/event/3/
January 6, 2026 at 3:47 PM
On this day in 1855, settlers in northern California hold a meeting in which they ban the sale of weapons to Native peoples. The Red Cap War soon breaks out.
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this case is important to understanding the very basics of Native law in this country and the condition of colonialism that Indigenous peoples live under. this racist case and the precedent it set stand and are still referenced today.
Also to honor Ǥûib̶à:gàui work for his people and the drip 🔥
Also to honor Ǥûib̶à:gàui work for his people and the drip 🔥
On this day in 1903, the US Supreme Court decides in the Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock case that Congress can change Treaty terms without tribes' consent.
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anticolonialhistory.com/event/2/
January 5, 2026 at 5:46 PM
this case is important to understanding the very basics of Native law in this country and the condition of colonialism that Indigenous peoples live under. this racist case and the precedent it set stand and are still referenced today.
Also to honor Ǥûib̶à:gàui work for his people and the drip 🔥
Also to honor Ǥûib̶à:gàui work for his people and the drip 🔥
On this day in 1903, the US Supreme Court decides in the Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock case that Congress can change Treaty terms without tribes' consent.
anticolonialhistory.com/event/2/
anticolonialhistory.com/event/2/
January 5, 2026 at 5:08 PM
On this day in 1903, the US Supreme Court decides in the Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock case that Congress can change Treaty terms without tribes' consent.
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anticolonialhistory.com/event/2/
On this day in 1945, Korean anti-colonial fighter Min Yeong-hak dies by suicide after being wounded by Japanese soldiers in Indonesia.
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anticolonialhistory.com/event/298/
January 5, 2026 at 4:41 PM
On this day in 1945, Korean anti-colonial fighter Min Yeong-hak dies by suicide after being wounded by Japanese soldiers in Indonesia.
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anticolonialhistory.com/event/298/
On this day in 1977, the Orakei Māori Action Committee begins the 506 day occupation of Takaparawhau (Bastion Point).
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anticolonialhistory.com/event/279/
January 5, 2026 at 3:45 PM
On this day in 1977, the Orakei Māori Action Committee begins the 506 day occupation of Takaparawhau (Bastion Point).
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anticolonialhistory.com/event/279/
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Fifty years ago today, the Kaho‘olawe Nine protest helped spark rebirth of the sacred island that was being used as a bombing range by the US military. mauinow.com/2026/01/04/k...
Kaho‘olawe Nine protest helped spark rebirth of sacred island 50 years ago today | Maui Now
Two events will be held today to mark the 50th anniversary of a watershed moment that eventually led the U.S. military to stop bombing Kaho'olawe and put the island at the center of the Hawaiian right...
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January 5, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Fifty years ago today, the Kaho‘olawe Nine protest helped spark rebirth of the sacred island that was being used as a bombing range by the US military. mauinow.com/2026/01/04/k...
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Wrote one of the greatest sports books ever
January 4, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Wrote one of the greatest sports books ever
On this day in 1901, CLR James is born in Trinidad. James was an important anti-colonial activist, socialist historian, theorist, journalist and cricket aficionado.
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anticolonialhistory.com/event/148/
January 4, 2026 at 3:53 PM
On this day in 1901, CLR James is born in Trinidad. James was an important anti-colonial activist, socialist historian, theorist, journalist and cricket aficionado.
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anticolonialhistory.com/event/148/
On this day in 1938, the Serge Island strike takes place in Jamaica.
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anticolonialhistory.com/event/203/
January 4, 2026 at 3:49 PM
On this day in 1938, the Serge Island strike takes place in Jamaica.
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anticolonialhistory.com/event/203/
On this day in 1961, a strike in Baixa do Cassange in Portuguese controlled Angola leads to generalized revolt and the Angolan War of Independence
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January 3, 2026 at 6:17 PM
On this day in 1961, a strike in Baixa do Cassange in Portuguese controlled Angola leads to generalized revolt and the Angolan War of Independence
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anticolonialhistory.com/event/202/
On this day in 1915, Black-Choctaw historian John Hope Franklin is born in Oklahoma.
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Jan. 2, 1915: John Hope Franklin Born
John Hope Franklin, born this day in Rentiesville and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was one of most important historians of the 20th century.
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January 2, 2026 at 9:48 PM
On this day in 1915, Black-Choctaw historian John Hope Franklin is born in Oklahoma.
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On this day in 1963, the Battle of Ấp Bắc results in the first major victory for the Viet Cong over combined South Vietnamese and American forces.
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January 2, 2026 at 3:13 PM
On this day in 1963, the Battle of Ấp Bắc results in the first major victory for the Viet Cong over combined South Vietnamese and American forces.
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anticolonialhistory.com/event/201/
New Year’s Day March, Greenville, South Carolina (1960)
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New Year’s Day March, Greenville, South Carolina (1960)
The New Year’s Day March, the first major civil rights demonstration in South Carolina, was a 1,000-person march that protested segregated facilities at the Greenville, South Carolina Municipal Airpor...
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January 1, 2026 at 11:03 PM
New Year’s Day March, Greenville, South Carolina (1960)
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#1 Haitian Independence #tdih 1804 "We owe much to Walker for his appeal; to John Brown. . . but we owe incomparably more to Haiti . . . I regard her as original pioneer emancipator of 19th cent. — F. Douglass ⬇️ Art by @rlmartstudio.bsky.social
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#1 Haitian Independence #tdih 1804 "We owe much to Walker for his appeal; to John Brown. . . but we owe incomparably more to Haiti . . . I regard her as original pioneer emancipator of 19th cent. — F. Douglass ⬇️ Art by @rlmartstudio.bsky.social
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Jan. 1, 1804: Haitian Independence
Haiti became a free republic after a revolution, declaring independence for ALL people.
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January 1, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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#1 Haitian Independence #tdih 1804 "We owe much to Walker for his appeal; to John Brown. . . but we owe incomparably more to Haiti . . . I regard her as original pioneer emancipator of 19th cent. — F. Douglass ⬇️ Art by @rlmartstudio.bsky.social
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#1 Haitian Independence #tdih 1804 "We owe much to Walker for his appeal; to John Brown. . . but we owe incomparably more to Haiti . . . I regard her as original pioneer emancipator of 19th cent. — F. Douglass ⬇️ Art by @rlmartstudio.bsky.social
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#OtD 1 Jan 1994 the Zapatista uprising began, when indigenous people in Chiapas, Mexico rose up and took control of their communities, redistributing power and organising new, directly democratic ways of running society. Learn more about the Zapatistas: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
January 1, 2026 at 10:55 PM
#OtD 1 Jan 1994 the Zapatista uprising began, when indigenous people in Chiapas, Mexico rose up and took control of their communities, redistributing power and organising new, directly democratic ways of running society. Learn more about the Zapatistas: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...