May Day in Ft. Leavenworth: Socialist, IWW, & Anarchist Prisoners Celebrate (1919)
Submitted by R Totale on Feb 12 2021 16:13
An article from the Liberator newspaper, describing how socialist, anarchist and IWW prisoners celebrated May Day at Fort Leavenworth in 1919. This article was made available online by We Never Forget, and the full issue of the newspaper can be found at the Marxists Internet Archive.
Lansing Correctional: Prison uprising put down as US inmates demand protection from coronavirus :
Submitted by Reddebrek on Apr 10 2020 17:22
Inmates riot after over a dozen cases of COVID-19 infections are confirmed, and authorities do nothing.
August 11-12, 1917: when thousands of Kansas City citizens spent their weekend deporting professional strikebreakers
Submitted by Steven. on Aug 16 2017 10:21
The history of a militant strike of streetcar workers in Kansas City in 1917 by Jeff Stilley, during which the population of the town drove out scabs who had been brought in by the employers.
Wichita students sit-in for US civil rights, 1958
Submitted by Steven. on Jul 19 2017 10:09
A short history of the first successful sit-in protest of the civil rights movement in the Dockum Drug Store in Kansas.
1921-22: Kansas Miners Strike and Women's March
Submitted by Reddebrek on Jan 18 2017 19:12
In 1921 strikes were effectively illegal in the state of Kansas due a state arbitration system (the Industrial Court). In response the Kansas miners struck, the strike nearly failed due to actions of their own Union leadership, but rallied when the women of the mining community began their own campaign.
