Seeds of Fire: A People’s Chronology

Recalling events that happened on this day in history.
Memories of struggle, resistance and persistence.

Compiled by Ulli Diemer

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May 22, 1565  
Start of the Dagami Revolt in the Philippines against Spanish colonial rule.
May 22, 1895
Railway union leader Eugene Debs is imprisoned for his role in the Pullman railway strike. In prison, he has time to read, and discovers the works of Karl Marx. He emerges from prison a radical socialist.
May 22, 1969
Ottawa announces that immigration officials will not ask immigration applicants' about their military status if they show up at the border seeking permanent residence in Canada. The change brings a flood of American draft resisters to Canada.



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