Mar. 24. 1965: First Vietnam War teach-in, University of Michigan.

Mar. 25. 1972: Thirty thousand in Children's March for Survival, Washington, DC, protesting welfare cuts.

Mar. 26. 1892: Death of gay US poet laureate Walt Whitman. "To states everywhere, resist much; obey little." 2003: Over one million students in Spain strike in opposition to their government's support of the US/UK invasion of Iraq.

Mar. 27. 1912: Start of eight-month Fraser River Strike by IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) railroad construction workers, BC, Canada. 1998: Five thousand demonstration in Washington, DC, in support of Mumia Abu-Jamal, Leonard Peltier, and other political prisoners in the US.

Mar. 28. 193: Anticipating the American democratic process, Didius Julianus, highest bidder in Praetorian auction, becomes Emperor of Rome. 1976: FBI discloses it burglarized the Socialist Party at least 92 times between 1960 and 1966.

Mar. 29. 1970: Death of Vera Brittain, author/pacifist/feminist/poet. 1975: Last US troops flee Vietnam. Saigon would fall a month later.

Mar. 30. 1869: Birth of anarchist, feminist writer/activist Emma Goldman, Kaunas, Lithuania. 1978: Philippines: Ten thousand demonstrate against US-backed Marcos dictatorship.

Mar. 31. 1927: Birth of nonviolent activist and labor organizer Cesar Chavez, 20 miles north of Yuma, Ariz. 1966: Two-day boycott of Seattle schools begins, protesting de facto segregation.

Apr. 1. 1649: England: Diggers occupy St. Georges Hill, near Cobham, Surrey, seizing land to hold in common and to plant; other communities follow in Northants, Bucks, Kent, Herts, Middx, Leics, Beds, Glos, and Notts. 1983: Fourteen-mile-long human chain links nuclear arms establishments at Burghfield, Greenham Common and Aldermaston, Britain, to oppose cruise and Pershing missiles.

Apr. 2. 1250: The 7th Crusade surrenders to the Muslims. 1960: Nearly 100 student sit-iners from 19 states attend workshop at the activist Highlander School in eastern Tennessee; Guy Carawan teaches them 1930s labor songs: "We Shall Not Be Moved," "Keep Your Eyes on the Prize," "This Little Light of Mine," "We Shall Overcome."

Apr. 3. 1913: Emmeline Parkhurst gets three years for inciting suffragettes to assassinate British Prime Minister.

Apr. 4. 1967: Martin Luther King, Jr., preaches against Vietnam War and calls for common cause between civil rights and anti-war movements, Riverside Church, New York City. 1984: Oceania: Winston Smith opens his journal. It doesn't look good for our hero. Thankfully, he has Big Brother to help him through his difficult times. Today, we have Dubya.

Apr. 5. 1955: Farmers Home Administration offers loan guarantees for home fallout shelters. Just like for a tornado, only you'll stay a bit longer. 1982: Nuclear free zone declared by city of Dublin, Ireland.

Apr. 6. 1866: Birth of American muckraker Lincoln Steffens, San Francisco. 1980: France: Raiders destroy one computer center, and two others two days later. The actions were claimed by Action Directe. The Committee for the Liquidation and Misappropriation of Computers stated: "We are computer workers, well-placed to know the present and future danger of computer systems...They are used to clarify, control, and repress. We do not want to be shut up in the ghettos of programs and organizational patterns."