đź“… 8 November 1917
The Land Decree sanctioned the seizure of landed estates and the redistribution of land according to local peasant practice. It drew on peasant resolutions and met a long-standing demand against...
đź“… 12 September 1974
Military officers deposed Emperor Haile Selassie amid popular unrest, peasant demands, labor organizing, and student protest. The USSR was not the author of the revolution; later Soviet alignment with...
đź“… Mei 1936
Activists organized a campaign to collect grievances and petition the French Popular Front government. It opened temporary space for political organizing but was constrained by colonial authorities...
đź“… 1 Oktober 1949
Mao Zedong announced the founding of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing after Communist forces defeated the Nationalist government on the mainland. The new state emerged from a long...
đź“… 25 April 1936
The Arab Higher Committee called a general strike demanding an end to British rule, an end to Jewish immigration and land purchases, and an independent representative government. The strike became the...
