#OtD 26 Mar 1971 the biggest agricultural workers' strike in US history ended after 7 months when @UFWupdates and @Teamsters unions reached agreement that the United Farm Workers had jurisdiction over farm workers as they were much bigger in the industry image
#OtD 14 Mar 1883 Engels sent a wire to Friedrich Sorge saying simply "Marx died today!". Karl Marx died in London, aged 64. Marx's magnum opus, Capital, is still the most devastating critique of capitalist political economy. Works by and about him here: image
#OtD 14 Mar 2018 Marielle Franco, bisexual Afro-Brazilian socialist and feminist was assassinated in Rio de Janeiro. She spoke out against extrajudicial killings by police. The suspects so far all have links to police, security forces or Pres Bolsonaro. https://t.co/neBdYWcR5H image