Oct. 26. 1880: Birth of Manuel Quintin Lame, leader of Indian revolt against forced labor and land seizures in Colombia.

Oct. 27. 1917: Birth of Oliver Tambo, leader of African National Congress. 1997: Teachers in the province of Ontario--the largest school system in the Western Hemisphere, with 2.1 million students--strike over budget cutbacks.

Oct. 28. 1932: US Dept. of Interior removes Papago tribal land in Arizona from mineral exploration. This horrifying precedent is rescinded two years later by the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. 1971: Alberta Indians begin sit-in at Indian Affairs office in Edmonton, Alberta, to protest conditions at reserve schools. The sit-in lasts six months.

Oct. 29. 1918: Germany: Sailors mutiny, take over naval base, garrison, and city of Kiehl; Soldiers, Sailors, and Workers' Councils elected. 1979: "Up Against The Wall Street Journal" direct actions disrupt New York Stock Exchange and financial district on 50th Anniversary of the stock market crash of 1929. Over 1,000 arrested.

Oct. 30. 1950: Pedro Campos stages rebellion against US colonialism in Puerto Rico. 1986: Attorney General Ed Meese urges employers to begin spying on workers in "locker rooms, parking lots, shipping and mail room areas and even the nearby taverns" to try to catch them using drugs.

Oct. 31. 1517: Protestant Reformation begins as Martin Luther nails his 95 theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg. 1954: Algerian war of independence from France begins.

Nov. 1. 1866: First Civil Rights Act passed over veto of President Andrew Johnson. 1930: Jesse Daniel Ames founds Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching, Atlanta, Georgia.

Nov. 2. 1972: Five hundred protesters from "Trail of Broken Treaties" Native American march occupy Bureau of Indian Affairs offices, Washington DC, for six days.

Nov. 3. 1896: Idaho grants suffrage to women by popular vote. 1969: Pres. Nixon announces "Vietnamization" program to shift Vietnam fighting from US troops to US-trained local troops. (Sound familiar?)

Nov.4. 1984: First free elections in Nicaraguan history. Sandanistas defeat six other parties.

Nov. 5. 1875: Susan B. Anthony and friends arrested for attempting to vote, Rochester, NY. 1949: Peace Pledge Union sets up Nonviolence Commission, leading to direct action against nuclear weapons. Britain.

Nov. 6. 1887: Death of Eugene Potter. Poet, revolutionist. Participant in the Revolution of 1848, Paris Commune of 1881. It was then he wrote the Internationale, put to music by Pierre de Geyter in 1888, which brought him recognition as it is adopted by workers worldwide. Condemned to death, fled to England and the US before eventually returning to France. 1949: Birth of Judi Bari, environmental and labor activist.

Nov. 7. 1972: 7th Circuit Court of Appeals reverses convictions of last five of Chicago Seven.

Nov. 8. 1892: Thirty thousand black and white workers stage general strike, New Orleans, demanding union recognition, closed shops, and hour and wage gains. Joined by non-industrial laborers, such as musicians, clothing workers, clerks, utility workers, streetcar drivers, and printers. 1967: Five hundred University of Washington students protest against campus visit by recruiters for Dow Chemical.