Today in Labor History March 19, 1742: Tupac Amaru was born. Tupac Amaru II had led a large Andean uprising against the Spanish. As a result, he became a mythical figure in the Peruvian struggle for independence and in the indigenous rights movement. The Tupamaros revolutionary movement in Uruguay (1960s-1970s) took their name from him. As did the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary guerrilla group, in Peru, and the Venezuelan Marxist political party Tupamaro. American rapper, Tupac Amaru Shakur, was also named after him. Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda, wrote a poem called “Tupac Amaru (1781).” And Clive Cussler’s book, “Inca Gold,” has a villain who claims to be descended from the revolutionary leader.
Today in Labor History February 4, 1979: Six workers were killed by police in the massacre of Cromotex, Lima Peru. The workers had taken over the factory after it went bankrupt and its owners tried to close it down. Led by a hardline revolutionary, Hemigidio Huertas, workers armed with sticks took the premises over. They held out for a week, killing a police captain in the process. When police later stormed the factory, they killed six workers including Huertas. One of the survivors, Nestor Cerpa, was arrested and jailed for 10 months. After his release, he went underground and started to organize the MRTA, or Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement.
Today in Labor History November 4, 1780: The Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II against Spanish rule in the Peru began. The Spanish captured and executed Tupac in 1781, but the rebellion continued for another year. Many women participated in the rebellion, including Tupac’s wife, Micaela Bastidas, who commanded her own battalion, and who many claimed was even more daring than her husband. The uprising began because of “reforms” by the colonial administration that increased taxes and labor demands on both indigenous and creole populations. However, there was also an ongoing desire to overthrow European rule and restore the pre-conquest Incan empire. And though this would merely replace one feudal power with another, there were also Jacobin and proto-communist elements to the rebellion. Most of the Tupamarista soldiers were poor peasants, artisans and women who saw the uprising as an opportunity to create an egalitarian society, without the cast and class divisions of either the Spanish or Incan feudal systems.
"California knows how to party
California knows how to party
In the city of L.A
In the city of good ol' Watts
In the city, the city of Compton
We keep it rockin', we keep it rockin' …"
Today in Labor History October 8, 1969: Disguised as a funeral procession, the leftist Uruguayan Tupamaro urban guerrilla organization occupied the town of Pando, robbing three banks of over 40 million pesos. Numerous other robberies followed. They distributed the stolen food and money among the poor in Montevideo. The Tupamaros, named for the revolutionary Túpac Amaru II, who led a major indigenous revolt against the Viceroyalty of Peru in 1780, were active in the 1960s and ‘70s. They also committed political kidnappings and assassinations, including the murder of FBI and CIA agent Dan Mitrione, who had been advising and training Uruguayan police in torture and counterinsurgency. José Mujica, who later became president of Uruguay, had been a member of the Tupamaros.
Tupac's Mom was Afeni Shakur, an activist and a member of the Black Panthers, which she quit after her acquittal of 150+ charges in May 1971. Tupac was born June 1971.
@admin Crazy that it has taken so long for someone to get arrested for this. I remember when I first got into #Tupac#music in High School and getting into all of the conspiracies of who did it
Erschossener US-Rapper: Anklage im Mordfall Tupac Shakur
Er war einer der erfolgreichsten US-Rapper der 90er-Jahre - bis er im Alter von 25 Jahren erschossen wurde. Auch drei Jahrzehnte später ist der Mord an Tupac Shakur nicht aufgeklärt. Nun hat die Polzei einen Verdächtigen angeklagt.
A grand jury has indicted Duane Keith “Keffe D” Davis on charges of murder with use of a deadly weapon in connection with the 1996 killing of rapper #Tupac Shakur, Las Vegas authorities announced.
This goes out to my kindred black soul sista in Vancouver ❤ @rowenamonde
Give her a follow!
This is my fave #Tupac track. It helped me through so many hard days in the past...when my friends were dropping like flies from poor choices. It helped several of my friends bounce back after really shitty times too ❤❤
Today in Labor History August 21, 1831: Nat Turner launched a 2-day slave revolt in Virginia. They killed over 50 whites. In response, scores of African-Americans were lynched, including many who did not participate in the revolt. Turner survived in hiding for more than two months. Mobs & militias killed around 120 enslaved and free African Americans. In the aftermath, state legislatures passed new laws prohibiting education of free and enslaved black people and restricted the civil liberties for free blacks.
The rebellion is referenced in “Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown.” Thomas R. Gray wrote an 1831 pamphlet, “The Confessions of Nat Turner,” based on his jailhouse interview with Turner. Harriet Beecher Stowe referenced Turner's Confessions in her 1855 novel “Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp.” Harriet Jacobs, an escaped slave, refers to the pogrom against blacks following Turner's rebellion in her 1861 classic, “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.” In the 1990s, Tupac Shakur honored Turner with a cross tattoo on his back "EXODUS 1831."
Lyrics:
I hear Brenda's got a baby
But Brenda's barely got a brain
A damn shame, the girl can hardly spell her name
(That's not our problem, that's up to Brenda's family)
Well, let me show ya how it affects the whole community
Tupac Shakur's killing brought ‘10 days of hell’ to Compton. The bloodshed helped crack the case (www.latimes.com)
How Tupac Shakur's killing in 1996 brought "10 days of hell" to Compton, with multiple shootings that helped crack the case.
Last living suspect in 1996 drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur indicted in Las Vegas on murder charge (www.wesh.com)