Oct. 14. 1964: Martin Luther King, Jr., awarded Nobel Peace Prize. 1976: Canadian general strike. 1981: Citing official misconduct in the investigation and trial, Amnesty International charges U.S. government with holding Richard Marshall of the American Indian Movement as a political prisoner. 1981: Dock workers in Darwin, Australia, begin seven-day strike, refusing to load uranium on board "Pacific Sky" for use by U.S. military; a week later, ship forced to leave without cargo.

Oct. 15. 1892: 1.8 million acre Crow Indian Reservation, Montana, opened to white settlers by Pres. Harrison. 1961: 7,000 march for nuclear disarmament. La Louviere, Belgium. 1965: David Miller becomes first resister to publicly burn his draft card, New York City. 1966: Huey Newton and Bobby Seale form the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, Oakland, California. 1994: Deposed Haitian Pres. Aristide allowed to return to Haiti only after promising the U.S. he would not implement any human needs proposals which won his election and triggered a U.S.-backed military coup in 1991.

Oct. 16. 1859: Abolitionist leader John Brown leads anti-slavery raid, Harpers Ferry, Virginia, hoping to set off mass slave revolt throughout the south. He is later hanged by the Virginia government. 1890: Reservation Police forcibly remove Kicking Bear from Standing Rock Agency, South Dakota, for teaching the Ghost Dance, a visionary ceremony foretelling the disappearance of white people. 1996: Activists in Penang, Malaysia, stage an anti-corporate demonstration in front of McDonald's Restaurant.

Oct. 17. 1796: Canada passes Antislavery Act. 1920: John Reed, radical journalist, dies in Moscow, age 32. Author of "Ten Days That Shook the World".chronicled Mexican and Soviet revolutions. 1988: About 600 arrested at Pentagon in blockade protesting U.S. war in Central America.

Oct. 18. 1648: First labor organization in American colonies authorized. 1867: U.S. buys Alaska from Russia. Inuit and Native Americans living there are oblivious to the transaction involving two imperialist governments over 5,000 miles away. 1991: Massive public opposition known as the "Nevada Movement" (after grass roots protests at Nevada Test Site) forces permanent closure of primary Soviet nuclear test site.

Oct. 19. 1720: Birth of John Woolman, Quaker anti-slavery activist. 1923: War Resisters League founded, New York City. 1960: U.S. imposes a "temporary" trade embargo on Cuba following nationalization of U.S. enterprises. 1964: Seattle CORE announces campaign boycotting downtown Seattle merchants for discriminatory hiring practices. 1968: Death of Aldo Capitini, co-founder of Movimento Nonviolento in Italy. 1969: Thousands of anti-Vietnam War protesters paralyze streets of Tokyo, Japan. 1993: Air France workers strike against layoffs; direct action closes airports.

Oct. 20. 1926: Death of Eugene Debs, U.S. socialist anti-militarist. 1983: The Mashantucket Pequot of Connecticut are federally recognized, 300 years after white colonists virtually eradicate the tribe.