January 10

1879: Ned Kelly’s Jerilderie letter recounting his reasons for revolt is published.

2000: Blockades temporarily halt logging on the Errinundra Plateau, Gippsland.

1932: CNT general strike in Spain leads to insurrection.

1990: 800 loot food markets in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, as striking security guards watch.

January 11

1990: Nelson Mandela is released from prison.

February 13

1917: Strikes and meetings in factories in St Petersburg launch the Russian Revolution.

1945: Allied forces begin three nights of carpet bombing of Dresden, Germany, killing more than 100,000 civilians.

February 14

1956: Kruschev publicly reveals the details of Stalin’s terror.

February 15

2003: Millions march around the world against the US-led invasion of Iraq.

2004: A riot breaks out in Redfern, Sydney, following the death of 17-year-old Aboriginal man TJ Hickey.

From Green Left Weekly, February 9, 2005.
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