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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 5h

#OtD 3 Oct 1952 the Mau Mau campaign against British colonialism in Kenya escalated when they killed the first white European victim of the uprising. Despite only 32 white casualties, tens of thousands of Kenyans were butchered stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1024...

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 7h

#OtD 3 Oct 2019 Indigenous peoples in Ecuador protested an austerity package by the IMF that increased fuel costs by ~30%. Over 2 weeks protesters disrupted the economy by drastically reducing oil production before the gov't caved and scrapped the bill stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1025...

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Anti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 7h

Born on this day in 1949, scholar, poet, and champion of Hawaiian sovereignty, Haunani-Kay Trask. anticolonialhistory.com/event/265/

Haunani-Kay Trask at the ʻOnipaʻa Peace March on Jan. 17, 1993. At this speech she famously said “We are not American! Say it in your heart, say it when you sleep! We are not American, we will die as Hawaiians, we will never be Americans!”

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Quincy Scott Jones @quincyscottjones.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Happy Birthday #NatTurner!

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Anti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

On this day in 1800, Nat Turner is born. He goes on to lead a rebellion by both free and enslaved Black people in Virginia in August of 1831. anticolonialhistory.com/event/446/

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History Keeps Happening @historykeeper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

read Forced Founders (Holton) and Internal Enemy (Taylor) for more context

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naomi @skuaenjoyer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

for a good documentary about land struggles in Nevada and the Dann sisters available on youtube: Newe Segobia is Not for Sale

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Newe Sogobia Is Not For Sale!

YouTube video by Jesse Drew

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 01/10/2026

#OtD 1 Oct 1935 Antonio Soberanis Gomez, a barber and radical, spoke at a public meeting in Corozal, Belize, and was subsequently prosecuted by British colonial authorities for using "seditious language" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8149...

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 01/10/2026

#OtD 1 Oct 1946 police in Daegu attacked Koreans demonstrating against US and Japanese domination following World War II, killing 3 and injuring many. Protesters responded with a mass counter-attack, killing 38 officers stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8151...

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Anti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

From @workingclasshistory.com: "On 1 October 2020 two members of the al-Huwaitat Indigenous tribe in Saudi Arabia were arrested for criticising the Saudi government and its NEOM development project on social media." anticolonialhistory.com/event/238/

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Anti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

On this day in 1863, the Treaty of Ruby Valley is signed by the Newe people (western Shoshone) in Nevada. anticolonialhistory.com/event/116/

Shoshone people. Photo courtesy Noowuh Knowledge Center. Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, born Ireland, 1840–1882) Date: 1867–72

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Anti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

On this day in 1804, the Second Battle of Sitka begins, as Tlingit forces resist Russian colonization. anticolonialhistory.com/event/396/

A modern reconstruction of a battle ready Katlian, leader of the Kiksadi clan and of the Tlingit resistance to the Russians in the Battle of Sitka. In addition to the Tlingit armor and dagger, Katlian wears his famous raven war helmet and he holds a Russian blacksmith's hammer that he acquired when storming the fortress of St. Archangel Michael in 1802. The hammer became his favorite weapon afterwards. Sitka National Historical Park.

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Anti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

On this day in 1771, James Somerset escapes slavery, leading to the Somerset v. Stewart decision in Britain that validates his self-liberation and terrifies the slave owners in the colonies who went on to fight for independence as the United States of America. anticolonialhistory.com/event/117/

Official Medallion of the British Anti-Slavery Society

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Debbie Iron Bow @ironbow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They are no better today. Elders, survivors of residential schools completed another walk. To ask that funding for residential school survivors be continued when this government is ending it. So much for reconciliation. It is up to you, the voter, to demand better. 🪶

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Anti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

On this day in 2013, the first Orange Shirt Day is observed, in this case by the Cariboo-Chilcotin School District 27. anticolonialhistory.com/event/320/

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Anti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

On this day in 1974, RCMP brutally attack the Native Peoples' Caravan on Parliament Hill in Ottawa following a cross-country trek starting in Vancouver. RCMP officers indiscriminately swing batons at Native women and children, as well as men. anticolonialhistory.com/event/299/

Flier for the caravan's arrival in Toronto (before heading on to Ottawa)

"Support the Native Peoples' Fight!
Indians Stand Up for Rights"

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Anti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

On this day in 1809, the Treaty of Fort Wayne is signed by William Henry Harrison and some tribes, while purposely excluding others, leading eventually to Tecumseh's War. anticolonialhistory.com/event/115/

A print depicting the famous confrontation between Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison at Vincennes, Indiana, in 1810. Tecumseh biographer John Sugden describes this depiction of this "famous event" as "extremely inaccurate", particularly the clothing of the Native Americans

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naomi @skuaenjoyer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

essentially the western 1/3 of Colorado was stolen from Ute people. Their 1868 treaty says that land was “set apart for the absolute and undisturbed use and occupation”

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Anti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

On this day in 1879, Ute forces attack and kill Indian Agent Nathan Meeker and US Army Major Thomas T. Thornburgh at the Battle of Milk Creek. American troops are eventually rescued by reinforcements on October 5, by which time the Utes had already left. anticolonialhistory.com/event/114/

The Milk Creek Canyon disaster - death of the gallant Major Thornburgh, of the Fourth United States Infantry, while heading a charge of his men against a band of hostile Ute Indians in their ambuscade. 1879

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Anti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"On 28 September [2000], Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon and a Likud party delegation guarded by hundreds of Israeli riot police visited the Temple Mount... considered the third holiest site in Islam... angry demonstrations by Palestinian Jerusalemites outside erupted into rioting."

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 28/09/2025

#OtD 28 Sep 1907 socialist revolutionary and anti-colonialist Bhagat Singh was born in what is now Pakistan. An advocate of working-class uprising, he attacked Gandhi for his fear of the proletariat. He was executed by the British in 1931 stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1006...

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naomi @skuaenjoyer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I highly recommend the book Bernie Whitebear: An Urban Indians Quest for Justice written by his brother. Available at the Tacoma library and for sale at Daybreak Star. crucial PNW history www.abebooks.com/978081652521...

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Bernie Whitebear: An Urban Indian's Quest for Justice - Reyes, Lawney L.: 9780816525218 - AbeBooks

When American Indians left reservations in the 1950s, enticed by the federal government?s relocation program, many were drawn to cities like Tacoma and Seattle. But in these new homes they found unemp...

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Anti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

somewhat surprisingly, somewhat expectedly, there was very little interest in anarchist perspectives on Palestine or Native perspectives on colonialism in North America from the white anarchist bookfair attendees

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Anti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

the Anti-Colonial History project tabled at the Seattle Anarchist Bookfair yesterday (only). popular items included Dystopia-font LandBack bookmarks and stickers, an anti-zionist zine by Israeli socialists, and Shoatz' zine on resistance to slavery & colonization. thanks to everyone who stopped by!

anti-colonial history table with unity/warrior flag, various zines and books and superimposed cute stars, clouds, hearts and a fox

anti-colonial history table with unity/warrior flag, various zines and books and superimposed cute stars, clouds, hearts, fox and beaver

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Anti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

On this day in 1937, Sin-aixt, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, activist and leader of the successful Fort Lawton takeover, Bernie Whitebear is born. anticolonialhistory.com/event/188/

Bernie Whitebear speaking to Senator Henry M. Jackson (not shown in this crop) during the dedication ceremony for the lease agreement held at Fort Lawton, November 14, 1971, which led to the foundation of Daybreak Star Cultural Center. Courtesy of the Seattle Municipal Archives

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Anti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

On this day in 1878, Cheyenne forces prevail over American forces at the Battle of Punished Woman's Fork, allowing the Cheyenne to continue their journey home to Montana. anticolonialhistory.com/event/113/

145th Anniversary of Punished Woman’s Fork Battle, celebrated by fifty Northern Cheyenne who journeyed to Scott City to memorialize the battle. 2023. From an article by Clara Caufield, Northern Cheyenne Correspondent

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Anti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

On this day in 1858, the Chatham Vigilance Committee in Canada rescues a boy, Sylvanus Demarest, from an American enslaver. anticolonialhistory.com/event/441/

Mary Ann Shadd Cary, a member of the Chatham Vigilance Committee, artwork by Dorcas Markwei, a Black-Canadian illustrator and designer.

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Anti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

On this day in 1945, intelligence operative A. Peter Dewey is killed by the Việt Minh, the first of nearly 59,000 Americans to be killed in Vietnam. anticolonialhistory.com/day/9/26/

On 2 September 1945, President Ho Chi Minh read the Declaration of Independence at Ba Dinh Square, giving birth to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.

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HistoryLink.org @historylink.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#OnThisDay in 1858, Yakama warrior Lokout escaped hanging at the camp of Col. George Wright. historylink.org/File/22936

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âpihtawikosisân @apihtawikosisan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

And her book, Thunder in My Soul, was a huge influence on me after I graduate from law school. It helped me make the decision to NOT become a lawyer and to use my training in other ways.

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Eggs and Rulers @heradasha.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I was never taught this in school.

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Anti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

On this day in 1958, Mohawk lawyer, activist, educator, and author, Aywahande Patricia Monture-Angus is born. As an abolitionist, she played a key role in getting Canadian prisons to allow Indigenous ceremonies and healing circles inside. anticolonialhistory.com/event/297/

Cover of Thunder in My Soul A Mohawk Woman Speaks

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#tdih 1968 The Young Lords were established in Chicago to fight gentrification, police brutality, racism, & more. Watch doc “Takeover: How We Occupied a Hospital and Changed . . . ” ⬇️ Read “The Young Lords: A Radical History” by Johanna Fernández 🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/yo...

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Sept. 23, 1968: Young Lords Founded

The Young Lords were established in Chicago, Illinois in 1968, led by a street activist named Cha Cha Jiménez, who organized the group to fight local gentrification, police brutality, and racism.

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Anti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

On this day in 1860, the Black community of Victoria, British Columbia, helps Charles Mitchell escape slavery in Olympia, Washington. anticolonialhistory.com/event/436/

The sidewheel steamer Eliza Anderson at Yesler Wharf in Seattle circa 1884. Image by Asahel Curtis Photo Company, courtesy of the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.

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Anti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"On 23 September 2019 one student was reported to have been killed during fresh [West Papuan] protests, with the Indonesian military claiming that protesters had burned down a government office in Wamena."

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2019 Papua protests - Wikipedia

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Anti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

On this day in 1855, Yakama warriors kill Indian Agent Andrew J Bolon, leading to the Yakima War. anticolonialhistory.com/event/335/

George H. Himes (secretary of the Oregon Historical Society), Gen. Hazard Stevens, W.T. Bonney (secretary of the Washington Historical Society), rancher Lucullus McWhorter, and Klickitat tribesman William Charley unveil a monument to Andrew Bolon in 1918.

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Anti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

On this day in 1711, the Tuscarora War begins, as attacks are made on "homesteads along the Roanoke, Neuse, and Trent rivers and in the city of Bath..." (Wikipedia) anticolonialhistory.com/event/112/

Map of Colonel James Moore's 1713 expedition against the Tuscarora at Fort Nohoroco. Courtesy of the State Archives of North Carolina.

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 20/09/2026

#OtD 20 Sep 1763 Filipina revolutionary anti-colonial leader Gabriela Silang was executed by Spanish authorities. The previous week she attempted to besiege Vigan, but was forced back to Abra, where she was captured stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9327...

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Dreez🌵 @dr33zy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

White supremacy tries to create a mythos of Europeans being "conquerors" but in reality throughout history First Nations dragged down European powers and settlers into steady stalemates and it was only through fraud and broken treaties that they were to gain much of their stolen territory.

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Anti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

On this day in 1737, the fraudulent "walk" of the Walking Purchase Treaty between the family of William Penn and the Lenape occurs. In 2006, a US court upheld that fraud, such as the 1737 walk, is a legitimate way to obtain lands from Indigenous people. anticolonialhistory.com/event/111/

In 1735, Swedish painter Gustavus Hesselius, who lived in Philadelphia, painted this portrait of Lenape chief Lapowinsa, showing his facial painting. A signer of the infamous 1735 Walking Treaty, Lapowinsa and other Lenape chiefs would spend the next twenty years trying unsuccessfully to have the treaty voided.

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 18/09/2026

#OtD 18 Sep 1990 Canadian soldiers and police tried to invade the Kahnawake reservation. Kanyen'kehà:ka (Mohawk) First Nations people who were resisting construction of a golf course fought back, and forced them to retreat after seven hours of fighting stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1259...

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Anti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

On this day in 1883, Indian freedom fighter Madan Lal Dhingra is born. Wikipedia: "Whilst a student at University College London in 1909, [he] assassinated Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie, the political Aide-de-camp to the secretary of State for India, in London." anticolonialhistory.com/event/430/

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Anti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

On this day in 1823, the Treaty of Moultrie Creek is signed, establishing a large reservation in central Florida, which was meant to remove all Native peoples from the coastal areas and give them 20 years to remain in Florida. anticolonialhistory.com/event/110/

Reservation land of the Seminoles in the 1820s and 1830s. Published in 1831 by A. Finley

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Teiowí:sonte Thomas Deer @teyowisonte.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

36 years ago today. The attempted invasion of Kahnawà:ke. www.youtube.com/watch?v=11xD...

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kahnawake island

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Ma$on @masonfromtwitter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

177 years ago today, Harriet Tubman made her first escape from a plantation in Maryland with her two brothers.

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Anti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"The Battle of Mabitac (Filipino: Labanan sa Mabitac, Spanish: Batalla de Mabitac) was an engagement in the Philippine–American War, when on September 17, 1900, Filipinos under General Juan Cailles defeated an American force commanded by Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham, Jr."

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Anti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

On this day in 1711, the Tuscarora capture and kill English explorer John Lawson, setting off the Tuscarora War in North Carolina. anticolonialhistory.com/event/109/

Capture of John Lawson by the Indians. Copy from Voyage to Carolina, 1709. From the General Negatives Collection. Courtesy of the State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC.

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 16/09/2026

#OtD 16 Sep 1874 (or 1873) Mexican anarchist communist Ricardo Flores Magón was born in an Indigenous Mazatec community in Oaxaca. He was one of the major thinkers of and activists in the Mexican revolution stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8835...

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Anti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

On this day in 1975, the Māori land march led by Te Rōpū O Te Matakite (Those with Foresight) begins. anticolonialhistory.com/event/386/

Participants in Māori land march leaving Te Reo Mihi Marae, Te Hapua, 14 September 1975,by Christian Heinegg, Ref: 35mm-87491-2 Alexander Turnbull Library.

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Anti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

On this day in 1763, during Pontiac's resistance, Seneca warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Devil's Hole near Niagara Falls, suffering only one wounded, while the British suffer 81 soldiers killed. anticolonialhistory.com/event/108/

Devil's Hole Niagara. John James Reilly mid 1860s.

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