February 16
1916: Emma Goldman is arrested in New York for lecturing on birth control.
February 17
1938: The Amalgamated Engineers Union is deregistered after refusing to discontinue a strike in Sydney.
1942: Black Panther Party founder Huey Newton is born.
February 18
2001: Laid-off workers seize a Daewoo factory in Pupyung, South Korea.
February 19
1951: Aborigines refuse to stage a "corroboree" for US tourists until two strike leaders are freed.
February 20
2004: Strikes disrupt production of the Melbourne Age newspaper after printing workers are sacked.
February 21
1801: The Ann arrives at Sydney carrying 137 Irish political prisoners.
1848: The Communist Manifesto is published.
1934: Nicaraguan revolutionary leader Augusto C. Sandino is assassinated.
1965: Malcolm X is assassinated.
February 22
1855: Trials begin in Melbourne for 13 charged with treason during the Eureka stockade.
From Green Left Weekly, February 16, 2005.
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