Aug. 31. 1925: US Marines end 11-year occupation of Haiti. The dictatorship they leave in place continues to pillage and murder Haitians for another 60 years, rendering destitute what was once the wealthiest country in the Western Hemisphere.

Sep. 1. 1986: Charles Liteky and George Mizo begin Fast For Life against US support of Nicaraguan contras, Washington DC. 1997: Kurdish and British activists blockade an arms trade exhibition outside London. 89 arrested.

Sep. 2. 1923: The Irish Free State holds its first elections after winning independence from Britain the year before. 1987: Hundreds trash ROTC headquarters at Univ. of CA-Berkeley.

Sep. 3. 1752: This day never happened--nor the next 10--as England adopts the Gregorian Calendar. People riot, thinking the government stole 11 days of their lives. True, but it was more days than that.

Sep. 4. 1639: US's first prohibition law, outlawing the drinking of toasts, passed in Massachusetts. The law was repealed in 1645 as unenforceable. 1978: Simultaneous demonstrations against nuclear weapons and nuclear power in Red Square, Moscow, and on White House lawn, Washington DC.

Sep. 5. 1882: Thirty thousand workers march in the first US Labor Day parade in New York City. 1957: Publication of Jack Kerouac's "On the Road," an inspiration for a generation of restless spirits.

Sep. 6. 1963: Anti-nuclear march from Glasgow, Scotland, arrives in London, and attempts to present a dummy missile to the British Imperial War Museum. Apparently too many dummies are already in the museum. 1974: Housing occupations and barricade of San Bailio neighborhood of Rome, Italy, leads to legalized squatting.

Sep. 7. 1954: Integration of public schools begins in Washington DC and Baltimore MD. 1977: Workers in Ghaziabad, India, burn factory and lynch two finks; solidarity strike of 40,000 follows.

Sep. 8. 1909: Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) strikers at the Pressed Steel Car Plant in McKees Rock, PA, force management to improve shop conditions, hike wages by 15 percent, and drop a "pool system," which determined a worker's pay according to the output of a group. The company paid a group's entire pay to the foreman, who doled it out as he saw fit. 1911: Birth of naturalist Euell Gibbons. Many parts are edible. Clarksville, TX.

Sep. 9. 1911: Birth of influential '60s anarchist, alternativist writer Paul Goodman, New York City. 1934: Birth of black radical poet Sonia Sanchez.

Sep. 10. 1941: Trade union leaders shot by German firing squads in reprisal for workers' strike, Norway. 1980: Manila, Philippines: 10,000 people defy government order and hold "Freedom March"; US-supported Marcos dictatorship government kills eight.

Sep. 11. 1773: Benjamin Franklin writes, "There never was a good war or bad peace."

Sep. 12. 1912: 2,500 US marines invade Nicaragua to "protect interests;" United States remains until 1925. 1932: Unemployed workers, near starvation after county authorities cut off relief, march on grocery stores and take food, Toledo, OH.

Sep. 13. 1814: "Star-Spangled Banner" written to the tune of a drinking song. 1983: First accompaniment group from Peace Brigades International arrives in Guatemala to provide nonviolent witness and protection for indigenous leaders.