February 11, 1884: Chinese Cigar Makers in San Francisco Get a Win
February 11 1884, Chinese cigar makers in San Francisco, recently organized into a union, won an increase of $1 per 1000 cigars from their white employers. The white-dominated labor movement ignored militancy by Chinese workers, whom it largely considered unorganizable. Rather than organize with them against factory owners, white workers …
February 11, 1969: 55 years ago, Feb 11 1969, a bomb exploded at the headquarters of the [...]
55 years ago, Feb 11 1969, a bomb exploded at the headquarters of the Concerned Citizens Peace Center in downtown Palo Alto. It was the second attack on the peace center within a few months and connected to a string of bombings targeting left-wing organizations in the peninsula Another bomb …