| October 14, 1943 As the result of an uprising at the Sobibor extermination camp in Poland, about 300 of its Jewish prisoners escaped, though only about 50 survived until the end of the war.Following the escape, the remaining inmates were killed and the camp was promptly closed by the Germans. Though Sobibor’s six gas chambers could exterminate 1200 people at a time, it was the smallest of the death camps.  Some of the people who took part in the uprising at Sobibor (picture taken in 1944). The story of Sobibor |
October 14, 1979 The first national gay and lesbian march for civil rights in Washington, D.C., drew over 100,000 demanding an end to all social, economic, judicial, and legal oppression of lesbian and gay people. More info about the March |
| October 14, 1981 Dock workers in Darwin, Australia, began a seven-day strike, refusing to load uranium on board “Pacific Sky” for eventual use by the U.S. military. After a week, the ship was forced to leave without its cargo. |
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Scottie's Playtime 
I was so damned proud to support my friends in the march into Washington… it still angers me to remember the crowd of “good Christian men and women” as the papers put it screaming insults, death threats and some rocks at us as we walked. My friend and I were unscathed and so hopeful that laws would then change since we seemed to have so much support from others, and other towns were marching as well. It horrifies me that so many laws are being reversed by the MAFGA morons that we fought for. Thanks for bringing back some good memories for me.
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Aww, thank you, Suze, for letting me know that!
Yeah, interesting how the counter-protest crowds at a peaceful rally for human rights are still the good guys, somehow. It’s one of the discouraging things about this newsletter, all throughout time the facial expressions on counter-protestors are always the same when yelling at peace/justice and especially human rights rally participants. sigh Yet any of us would be there for them if they were being marginalized and maltreated.
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