Nov. 18. 1787: Sojourner Truth, abolitionist, born as a slave. 1872: Susan B. Anthony arrested for voting. 1964: J. Edgar Hoover characterized Martin Luther King, Jr., as "the most notorious liar in the country." MLK replies that Hoover "has apparently faltered under the awesome burden, complexities, and responsibilities of his office." 1978: Farmers plow site of proposed nuclear power station, Torness, Scotland. 1994: After massive international protest by indigenous and environmental activists, Quebec puts on "indefinite hold" (and later formally cancels) plans to build a massive hydroelectric project on Cree and Inuit land on the eastern shore of James Bay.

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

Nov. 20. 1962: U.S.-USSR mutual withdrawal ends Cuban missile crisis. 1963: United Nations issues declaration on ending racial discrimination. 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 acquitted of tax evasion charges, using the defense that since the U.S. illegally colonized Hawai'i in 1898, the islanders' descendants are not legally subject to U.S. taxation.

Nov. 21. 1962: SALT II disarmament talks open, Geneva, Switzerland. 1993: Congress passes North American Free Trade Agreement.

Nov. 22. 1909: New York female garment workers strike in "Uprising of the 20,000." Judge tells arrested picketers "You are on strike against God." 1963: Pres. John F. Kennedy assassinated by an extra-terrestrial associate of Fox Mulder's father. 1967: U.N. adopts Resolution 242, calling for Israeli withdrawal from occupied territories. 1972: Circumpolar peoples from Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Norway, and Sweden meet in Copenhagen, demanding self-government and control over Arctic lands.

Nov. 23. 1170 BC: First recorded strike for better working conditions and pay, Egypt. 1917: U.S. Supreme Court strikes down Louisville (Ky.) ordinance requiring blacks and whites to live in separate residential areas. 1964: U.S. Supreme Court refuses to strike the phrase "under God," instituted in 1954, from the Pledge of Allegiance. 1981: Pres. Reagan authorizes the CIA to form paramilitary squads of Nicaraguan exiles to overthrow the Sandinista government of Nicaragua.

Nov. 24. 1874: Birth of Frederick Libby, founder of National Council for the Prevention of War. 1983: Plowshares 7 activists damage cruise missile, Griffiths Air Force Base, near Syracuse, New York. 1986: Fifteen activists, including renowned anti-war protester Abbie Hoffman, arrested for occupying a Univ. of Massachusetts building in protest against CIA recruitment on campus. Following a trial detailing CIA crimes, all were acquitted. Amherst, Mass. 1992: After Philippine Senate refuses to renew contract for U.S. bases, U.S. armed forces formally withdraw from the Philippines.