November 2010
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November Sunday
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The Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) founded, formalizing its split from the American Federation of Labor. 1938
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The first sit-down strike in the auto industry, at Bendix Products Company in South Bend, Indiana. 1936
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Massive protests challenge the World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle, Washington.1999
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Japanese American internees begin general strike at Poston Relocation Center in Arizona.1942.The Colorado River Indian ReservationTribal Council opposed the use of their lands to perpetrate injustice.
Indigenous activists take control of Alcatraz Island under the Fort Laramie treaty of 1868. The 19-month occupation brings national attention to Native issues.1969
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"Uprising of the 20,000" textile strike begins in New York.1909
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Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers union activist Karen Silkwood is killed in suspicious car crash while on her way to deliver evidence of missing nuclear materials to a reporter. 1975
The Haymarket Martyrsactivists framed on riot charges-are hanged in Chicago. Industrialists pay admission to watch. 1887
First general strike in the United States. New Orleans.1892
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Saturday
The Everett Massacre. Police fire on boatloads of Industrial Workers of the World demonstrators killing at least 5. The are protesting shingle mill owners refusal to restore wage concessions once profits returned. Washington state. 1916
The Great Anthracite Coal Strike begins. It wins broad public support and is ended by intervention from President Theodore Roosevelt. 1902
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Friday
Ricardo Levins Morales
art studio
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2010
November Sunday
Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday
2
3
4
8
9
10
15
The Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) founded, formalizing its split from the American Federation of Labor. 1938
21
11
16
17
18
The first sit-down strike in the auto industry, at Bendix Products Company in South Bend, Indiana. 1936
22
12
23
24
25
19
29
30
Massive protests challenge the World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle, Washington.1999
13
20
Japanese American internees begin general strike at Poston Relocation Center in Arizona.1942.The Colorado River Indian ReservationTribal Council opposed the use of their lands to perpetrate injustice.
Indigenous activists take control of Alcatraz Island under the Fort Laramie treaty of 1868. The 19-month occupation brings national attention to Native issues.1969
26
27
"Uprising of the 20,000" textile strike begins in New York.1909
28
6
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers union activist Karen Silkwood is killed in suspicious car crash while on her way to deliver evidence of missing nuclear materials to a reporter. 1975
The Haymarket Martyrsactivists framed on riot charges-are hanged in Chicago. Industrialists pay admission to watch. 1887
First general strike in the United States. New Orleans.1892
14
5
Saturday
The Everett Massacre. Police fire on boatloads of Industrial Workers of the World demonstrators killing at least 5. The are protesting shingle mill owners refusal to restore wage concessions once profits returned. Washington state. 1916
The Great Anthracite Coal Strike begins. It wins broad public support and is ended by intervention from President Theodore Roosevelt. 1902
7
Friday
Ricardo Levins Morales
art studio
Sign up at the RLM Art Studio website for a free monthly e-newsletter and be notified when each month’s calendar is available for download. © 2010 Ricardo Levins Morales w w w. r l m a r t s . c o m
