My God They're Killing Us - The Kent State University Shootings
An account of the shooting of students at Kent State University by the National Guard in an attempt to end anti war protests on the campus. Four students were killed with ten more wounded, one of which was paralysed.
Kent State Shooting Protest Posters
Submitted by Reddebrek on May 5 2018 18:00
Posters relating to the murder of four Kent State students by national guardsman at an anti-war protest on May 4, 1970. Another 30 students were wounded, one of whom was paralyzed for life after the troops opened fire on the large crowd of youths on the campus.
Call for solidarity actions around the 25th anniversary of the Lucasville uprising
Submitted by R Totale on Apr 7 2018 11:17
As the 25th anniversary of the Lucasville prison uprising approaches, organisers have put out a call for solidarity with the survivors of the uprising, some of whom remain on death row.
Repression Breeds Resistance: Greg Curry on the Lucasville Uprising and Aftermath
Greg Curry, one of the people who was made a scapegoat for the 1993 Lucasville Uprising that brought Ohio prisoners together across racial lines, describes the repression he faced in the aftermath of those events. "Here is one prisoner's story about fighting back - more pointedly surviving - while coming to consciousness."
The women's day massacre, 1937
Submitted by Steven. on Jun 19 2017 10:32
A short account of the 19 June killing of 16 people and wounding of 283 by police during a demonstration of women and children in support of a steel workers' strike.
2011: Ohio Death Row Inmates Hunger Strike
Submitted by Reddebrek on Jan 24 2017 20:48
Four inmates in death row for there role in the Lucasville Prison Rebellion were kept in extreme solitary confinement, in desperation they hunger struck to receive the same treatment as other death row inmates.
An overview of the 1934 Toledo Auto-Lite strike - Philip A. Korth & Margaret R. Beegle
Submitted by Juan Conatz on May 29 2016 02:42
A summary by Philip A. Korth and Margaret R. Beegle of the 1934 Toledo Auto-Lite strike. Originally appeared as the second chapter of I remember like today: the Auto-Lite strike of 1934, an oral history.
Origins of the sit-down era: worker militancy and innovation in the rubber industry, 1934-1938 - Daniel Nelson
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Jun 7 2015 06:56
An article by Daniel Nelson about the Akron, Ohio rubber workers of the 1930s.
The CIO at bay: labor militancy and politics in Akron, 1936-1938 - Daniel Nelson
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Jun 6 2015 08:18
An article by Daniel Nelson about the CIO's efforts at flexing their muscles in local politics in Akron, Ohio during the late 1930s.
Vulnerable Akron: the first great sit-down - Rose Pesotta
An account by anarchist and union organizer Rose Pesotta of the 1936 Akron rubberworkers strike, which utilized the sit-down tactic. From the book Bread Upon the Waters.
