11+ hour, 12+ min ago  (866+ words) Law enforcement tightened the circle around 350 workers who were lying non-violently on the ground, shirtless. Rushing on them, the police unleashed a shocking onslaught of violence. Bloodied autoworkers fled, shielding their faces and pursued by their attackers." Despite the fact…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago  (987+ words) In the early morning of April 1, 2001, Slobodan Milo'evi, the former president of Yugoslavia, was arrested at the behest of the Clinton administration. His jailer was his presidential successor, Vojslav Kostunica, who had won the previous year's election with 51 percent of…...

2+ week, 11+ hour ago  (456+ words) In the early hours of March 26, 2001, a catastrophic fire swept through a boarding school in Machakos, Kenya. The early morning blaze spread quickly, filling the room with flames and toxic smoke, followed by a roof collapse that pinned and crushed…...

4+ week, 7+ hour ago  (666+ words) Museveni drew heavy support from the south and northeast of the country. Born and raised in Uganda's southwest, he cultivated a network of local government patronage through local government appointments and targeted economic investments, buttressing a strong base of supporters....

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (810+ words) On March 3, 1976, Spanish Armed Police carried out a bloody massacre in the Basque city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, killing five workers and wounding over 150. The event marked a decisive turning point in the so called "Spanish Transition," revealing the murderous lengths to…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (897+ words) On March 1, 1976, the British Labour government officially rescinded Special Category Status (SCS) for prisoners convicted of paramilitary offenses in Northern Ireland. The decision marked a fundamental shift in British state policy, moving away from the de facto recognition of the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (590+ words) On February 16, 2001, 180 autoworkers at Star Metal Manufacturing occupied their factory in a dramatic escalation of a bitter lockout that had begun six weeks earlier. The facility produced metal racks used by the Big Three automakers'Ford, General Motors and Chrysler'to transport…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (785+ words) Hitler's own fanatic hostility toward the Jews and communism was formed in response to the October Revolution and the German Revolution of 1918. Hellbeck writes: His analysis in this regard coincides with the assessment of Hitler by his early biographer Konrad…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (581+ words) On February 9, 2001, off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii, the US nuclear-powered submarine USS Greeneville collided with the Japanese fishing vessel Ehime Maru, killing nine." On February 13, 1976, General Murtala Ramat Muhammed, the 37-year-old head of the Nigerian Federal Military Government, was…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (734+ words) On February 5, 2001, public train drivers in the United Kingdom launched a one-day strike that virtually shut down the entire London Underground (LU) transportation system. Around 92 percent of the Underground shut down; only 40 out of 476 trains managed to run. The strike,…...