Sep 2 1945 - Ho Chi Minh reads the declaration of independence for Vietnam, establishing the Democratic Republic of Vietnam

Sep 2 1867 - Lausanne Congress of the International Working Men's Association (First International) begins. marxists.org/archive/marx/i…

Sep 2 1966 – On first day of school – integrated with 450 black students in Grenada, Mississippi, USA school board postpones opening school for 10 days.

Sep 5 1915 - The Zimmerwald conference of anti-war left begins in Switzerland. Delegates attended from Russia, Germany, France & Balkans.

Sep 5 1981 – Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp established outside the US air base in England opposing the deployment of US nuclear weapons in the UK.

Sep 5 1937 – During the Spanish Civil War, the port of Llanes falls to the Nationalists following a one-day siege.

Sep 5 1917 – Palmer Raids: US federal agents seize records & arrest 100s of radicals involved with the IWW, including Big Bill Haywood.

Sep 6 1941 – All Jews over 6 years old in Nazi-occupied territories ordered to wear the yellow Star of David on their clothing.

Sep 8 1965 – California farm workers in the US, led by Cesar Chavez, start their first grape boycott, lasting 5 years & winning first farm workers contract

Sep 8 1867 - Birth of Alexander Parvus. Marxist theoretician & controversial German socialist activist. marxists.org/archive/cliff/…

Sep 8 1915 - The Zimmerwald conference of anti-war socialists ends in Switzerland. Delegates attended from Russia, Germany, France & Balkans.

Sep 10 1918 – During the Russian Civil War, the Red Army re-captures Kazan a city that had been at heart of the revolution.

Sep 10 1676 – Death of Gerrard Winstanley, founder of “The True Levellers” or “Diggers” during the English Revolution. A radical advocate for Common ownership and communal living. isj.org.uk/a-common-treas…

Sep 11 1973 - A military coup in Chile led by General Pinochet & backed by USA leads to the overthrow of President Salvador Allende's democratically elected leftwing government. Allende is killed. Pinochet's regime institutes mass repression & kills 1000s. socialistworker.co.uk/art/34348/40+y…

Sep 11 1541 – Santiago, Chile, is destroyed during an indigenous uprising against the Spanish, led by Michimalonco.

Sep 11 1649 – The Siege of Drogheda in Irelands ends, Oliver Cromwell's troops take the town and massacre its garrison.

Sep 12 1969 -Argentinean Rosariazo movement begins with indefinite strike. Factories occupied in Córdoba & uprising in Cipolletti, Río Negro

Sep 13 1971 - Attica prison uprising ends in Buffalo, USA, over demands for political rights & living conditions. 31 prisoners & 9 guards are killed (almost all of these, including hostages, by troops when they recaptured the prison).

Sep 13 2007 – The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. un.org/development/de…

Sep 11 1944 - The trial of 50 black US seamen charged with mutiny begins. Following a massive explosion a few weeks earlier that killed 300, mostly black, seamen at the Port Chicago ammunition loading port near San Franciso, 100s of black navy sailors refused to load ammunition.