Timeline of Anarchism in North America: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 18:53, 29 April 2019

This is a timeline of various political, legal, military, social, economic and environmental events that have occurred in South America (a region encompassing the states of Canada, Greenland, USA and Mexico) that are relevant to libertarian socialism.

1100s

1100s: The first Hopi villages are established.
1142: The Haudenosaunee Confederacy is created following an anti-authoritarian, egalitarian and pacifist revolution.

1800s

1900s

1905: The IWW is founded at a conference of 200 anarchists, socialists and marxists in Chicago, USA.

1910s

1919: The Seattle Uprising occurs in Seattle, Washington, USA as an attempted anarcho-syndicalist revolution.

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1963: The Birmingham Uprising occurs in Birmington, Alabama, USA.

1970s

1979: Citizens across Maine, USA begin a campaign to close the Yankee Nuclear Power Plant.

1980s

1990s

1990: The Oka Uprising occurs, as Mohawk warriors in Oka, Canada defend themselves police and white supremacists who are backing the destruction of sacred land for a golf course.
1994: The Zapatista Revolution begins, leading to the formation of MAREZ and the beginning of the Chiapas Conflict.
1994: Hotel workers in Bermuda launch an unsuccessful strike over wage theft.
1995: The Gustafsen Lake Standoff occurs in British Columbia, Canada
1995: The Ipperwash Uprising occurs in Ontario, Canada.
1999: The Battle of Seattle occurs in Washington, USA.

2000s

2011: Cherán, Mexico becomes self-governing following a small revolution.
2014: Citizens in South Portland, Maine of a port upgrade that could exploit tar sand oil.
2015: Students in universities across Maine, USA win a disinvestment campaign against the coal industry.
2017: Parkdale Rent Strike.
2018: US Teachers' strike wave begins.

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 == 1900s ==
 * 1905: The [[Industrial Workers of the World|IWW]] is founded at a conference of 200 anarchists, socialists and marxists in Chicago, USA.
+=== 1910s ===
 * 1919: The [[Seattle Uprising]] occurs in Seattle, Washington, USA as an attempted [[Anarcho-Syndicalism|anarcho-syndicalist]] revolution.
-* 1963: The Birmingham Uprising occurs in Birmington, Alabama, USA.
+=== 1920s ===
+=== 1930s ===
+=== 1940s ===
+=== 1950s ===
+=== 1960s ===
+* 1963: The [[1963 Birmingham Uprising|Birmingham Uprising]] occurs in Birmington, Alabama, USA.
+=== 1970s ===
+* 1979: Citizens across Maine, USA [[Yankee Nuclear Power Plant Protests|begin a campaign]] to close the Yankee Nuclear Power Plant.
+=== 1980s ===
 === 1990s ===
 * 1990: The [[Oka Uprising]] occurs, as Mohawk warriors in Oka, Canada defend themselves police and white supremacists who are backing the destruction of sacred land for a golf course.
 * 1994: The [[Zapatista Revolution]] begins, leading to the formation of [[Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities|MAREZ]] and the beginning of the [[Chiapas Conflict]].
+* 1994: Hotel workers in Bermuda launch an [[1994 Bermuda Hotel Strike|unsuccessful strike]] over [[Wage Theft|wage theft]].
 * 1995: The [[Gustafsen Lake Standoff]] occurs in British Columbia, Canada
 * 1995: The [[Ipperwash Uprising]] occurs in Ontario, Canada.
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 == 2000s ==
 * 2011: [[Cherán]], Mexico becomes self-governing following a[[Cherán Revolution| small revolution]].
+* 2014: Citizens in South Portland, Maine of [[2014 South Portland Anti-Oil Campaign|a port upgrade]] that could exploit tar sand oil.
+* 2015: Students in universities across Maine, USA win [[2015 UMaine Coal Disinvestment|a disinvestment campaign]] against the coal industry.
 * 2017: Parkdale Rent Strike.
 * 2018: US Teachers' strike wave begins.