Nov. 18. 1910: Hundreds of suffragists march on House of Commons, London, with reinforcements arriving to replace the "fallen" and arrested. 1992: 1,000 join memorial run to honor a woman murdered while training for a local marathon, Buffalo, New York.

Nov. 19. 1915: Singer and IWW labor organizer Joe Hill executed by state of Utah. 1973: Unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decision supports Puyallup tribal fishing rights vs. state of Washington and Slade Gorton.

Nov. 20. 1969: American Indian Movement activists occupy Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, offering to purchase the island from the federal government for $24 worth of beads. 1995: Native Hawai'ian activist John Marsh is acquitted in Honolulu of tax evasion charges, using the defense that since the U.S. illegally invaded and annexed Hawai'i in 1898, the islanders' descendents are not legally subject to U.S. taxation.

Nov. 21. 1993: Congress passes the North American Free Trade Agreement. Pres. Clinton (R-Wall Street) signs it immediately so that it can take effect at the beginning of the new year.

Nov. 22. 1909: New York female garment workers strike in the "Uprising of the 20,000." A judge tells arrested picketers that "You are on strike against God." (Nowadays, God outsources.)

Nov. 23. 1170 BC: First recorded strike for better working conditions and pay takes place in Egypt. 1964: U.S. Supreme Court refuses to strike the phrase "Under God," inserted at the height of McCarthyism in 1954, from the Pledge of Allegiance. 1981: Pres. Reagan authorizes CIA to form paramilitary squads of Nicaraguan exiles to overthrow the Sandanista government of Nicaragua.

Nov. 24. 1986: 15 activists, including renowned anti-war protester Abbie Hoffman, arrested for occupying a Univ. of Massachusetts building as part of a protest against CIA recruiters on campus. Following a trial detailing CIA crimes, all were acquitted of charges. Amherst, Mass. 1992: After Philippine Senate refuses to renew contract for U.S. bases, U.S. armed forces formally withdraw from the Philippines.