#OtD 22 Feb 1943 three German White Rose activists, Christoph Probst, Hans and Sophie Scholl, were executed by guillotine for urging the overthrow of the Nazi government. As the blade fell, Hans called out "Let freedom live!". More on anti-Nazi youth: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/72-edelweiss-pirates-swing-kids/
#OtD 22 Feb 1943 three German White Rose activists, Christoph Probst, Hans and Sophie Scholl, were executed by guillotine for urging the overthrow of the Nazi government. As the blade fell, Hans called out "Let freedom live!". More on anti-Nazi youth: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/72-edelweiss-pirates-swing-kids/
#OtD 21 Feb 1848 the Communist Manifesto, by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels was published. Widely read by workers across the world, it remains one of the most influential texts ever written. A modern edition of the text is available in our online store: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/books/products/the-communist-manifesto-a-modern-edition-karl-marx-and-frederick-engels
#OtD 21 Feb 1848 the Communist Manifesto, by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels was published. Widely read by workers across the world, it remains one of the most influential texts ever written. A modern edition of the text is available in our online store: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/books/products/the-communist-manifesto-a-modern-edition-karl-marx-and-frederick-engels
#OtD 20 Feb 1924 Italian anarchist tailor, Ernesto Bonomini, killed a leading Italian fascist in a Paris restaurant, declaring that he wanted to avenge the victims of fascism. Sentenced to 8 years hard labour, then commuted to simple imprisonment https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9262/ernesto-bonomini-kills-fascist
#OtD 20 Feb 1924 Italian anarchist tailor, Ernesto Bonomini, killed a leading Italian fascist in a Paris restaurant, declaring that he wanted to avenge the victims of fascism. Sentenced to 8 years hard labour, then commuted to simple imprisonment https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9262/ernesto-bonomini-kills-fascist
#OtD 20 Feb 1919 during the revolutionary upsurge of the Biennio Rosso (Two Red Years), metalworkers in the Confederazione Generale del Lavoro union achieved a maximum eight-hour working day from employers, to be implemented in May and August that year https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/11002/metalworkers-win-eight-hour-day
#OtD 20 Feb 1919 during the revolutionary upsurge of the Biennio Rosso (Two Red Years), metalworkers in the Confederazione Generale del Lavoro union achieved a maximum eight-hour working day from employers, to be implemented in May and August that year https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/11002/metalworkers-win-eight-hour-day
#OtD 19 Feb 2000, Spanish anti-fascist resistance fighter Maria Mombiola died aged 85. After the Spanish civil war, she escaped a French concentration camp and joined the French resistance, and later the anti-Franco underground https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9089/maria-mombiola-dies
#OtD 19 Feb 2000, Spanish anti-fascist resistance fighter Maria Mombiola died aged 85. After the Spanish civil war, she escaped a French concentration camp and joined the French resistance, and later the anti-Franco underground https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9089/maria-mombiola-dies
33 years ago today, on Thursday the 18th of February 1993, Fugazi played 40 Watt, Athens, GA, USA with Shudder to Think.
https://www.dischord.com/fugazi_live_series/athens-ga-usa-21893
“I think the driving thing was curiosity about the universe. That fascinated me. I didn't think anything about being famous or anything like that, I was just interested in the concepts involved.”
Pluto was discovered #OTD in 1930 by Clyde W. Tombaugh, making it the first known object in the Kuiper belt. It was immediately hailed as the ninth planet. However, its planetary status was questioned when it was found to be much smaller than expected. via @wikipedia
33 years ago today, on Thursday the 18th of February 1993, Fugazi played 40 Watt, Athens, GA, USA with Shudder to Think.
https://www.dischord.com/fugazi_live_series/athens-ga-usa-21893
Recorded #OnThisDay 35 years ago:
The Melvins - Leech (Peel Session)
Leech by The Melvins, taken from the Peel Session recorded on 17 February 1991.
Recorded #OnThisDay 35 years ago:
The Melvins - Leech (Peel Session)
Leech by The Melvins, taken from the Peel Session recorded on 17 February 1991.
#OtD 16 Feb 2013 Syrian anarchist Omar Aziz died in Adra central prison. During the Arab Spring, Aziz helped establish the first local committee the Damascus suburb of Barzeh, through which local community could self-organise resistance and mutual aid. https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7772/omar-aziz-dies
#OtD 16 Feb 2013 Syrian anarchist Omar Aziz died in Adra central prison. During the Arab Spring, Aziz helped establish the first local committee the Damascus suburb of Barzeh, through which local community could self-organise resistance and mutual aid. https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7772/omar-aziz-dies
#OtD 16 Feb 1943 US-born translator, writer and German anti-Nazi resistance activist Mildred Fish-Harnack was beheaded in Berlin: the only US woman executed on Hitler's personal orders. She helped Jews and forced labourers escape. More in our podcast: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e63-64-mildred-fish-harnack/
#OtD 16 Feb 1943 US-born translator, writer and German anti-Nazi resistance activist Mildred Fish-Harnack was beheaded in Berlin: the only US woman executed on Hitler's personal orders. She helped Jews and forced labourers escape. More in our podcast: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e63-64-mildred-fish-harnack/
#OtD 16 Feb 1963 Spies for Peace broke into secret UK govt bunker, RSG 6. They stole classified documents showing that they had built network of bunkers to protect key government officials while the general population was annihilated in nuclear war https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8781/spies-for-peace-break-into-rsg-6
