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January 6

  • 1858 – Sébastien Faure born, Saint-Etienne. Studied to be a Jesuit priest, was a candidate for the Marxist Workers Party, but under the influence of Peter Kropotkin, Élisée Reclus & Joseph Tortelier he moved towards anarchism. Closely associated with Louise Michel, he became a major figure in his own right, & one of the best-known anarchists in the country.
  • 1907 – Emma Goldman is arrested by the New York City Anarchist Police Squad while delivering the same lecture she had successfully presented the previous month; Emma is charged with publicly expressing "incendiary sentiments." Alexander Berkman & two others are also arrested. Police evidence presented before the New York City magistrate's court on the 11th; case is later dismissed.
  • 1912 – Christian anarchist Jacques Ellul lives, Bordeaux, France.
  • 1918 – Dispersal of the Russian Constituent Assembly, by a detachment led by the anarchist sailor Zheleznyakov, who announces: "The Guard is Tired."
  • 1920 – Josep Lluís i Facerias born in Barcelona, Spain.
  • 1982 – Albert Meister (1927-1982) dies, Kyoto, Japan. Swiss author & anarchist sociologist. Founder of the international review "Community Development." In a totally unrelated "field" Meister & Jacques Vallet, founded, in 1977, "Le Fou parle" ("The Insane One Speaks"), a magazine of art & humor.

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January 7

  • 1895 – Georgette Ryner (1895-1975) lives, Nogent-le-Rotrou, France. Poet, writer, teacher & collaborator in many anarchist newspapers. Partner of Han Ryner. Devoted to children, to whom she brought aid in Algeria in 1966. Author of numerous books & poems. Wrote Dans la ronde éternelle (1926), Adolescente passionnée (1969).
  • 1900 – Ludovic Masse lives (1900-1982), in Roussillon, France. Proletarian & libertarian writer.
  • 1920 - Albert Meltzer born in London, England.
  • 1920 – Leah Feldman (1899-1993) is cremated in London, England. One of the ordinary women & men who rarely get into history books but provide the backbone of radical movements.

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January 9

  • 1870 – France: Alexander Herzen dies, Paris. A Russian socialist strongly influenced by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon & other anarchists. He helped finance his close friend Mikhail Bakunin's escape from Tsarist Russia.
  • 1883 – France: Lyon, 68 anarchistes are on trial. These include Peter Kropotkin, Emile Gautier, Toussaint Bordat & Joseph Bernard. They wrote a document, "The Manifesto of the Anarchists," describing what anarchy is, & what anarchists want: "We claim bread for all, knowledge for all, work for all, independence & justice for all." For such perfidy they will get their bread — in prison, some of them for four years.
  • 1905 – Louise Michel died in Marseille, France.
  • 1924 – France: Jean-Baptiste Thuriault dies. French labor militant, considered by authorities to be the "Grand Master" of anarchism in the Nièvre department.
  • 1943 – Giovanni Rossi (aka Cardias) dies, aged 87. Italian veterinarian, teacher, collectivist anarchist, a founder of Cittadella Colony &, in Brazil, the Cecilia Colony. See the Anarchist Encyclopedia page,

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January 10

  • 1859 – Francisco Ferrer was born in Alella, Spain.
  • 1919 – Germany: Arrest of the author, poet, publisher, anarchist Erich Mühsam [Muehsam] & 11 other radicals.
  • 1919 – US: Prison quarantine lifted during this month; influenza outbreak under control. Emma Goldman visited by M. Eleanor Fitzgerald, who brings her a smuggled communication from Alexander Berkman. Emma Goldman, anarchist
  • 1933 – Spain: Anarchist Uprising in Spain 1933. Rioting, bombings & gunfighting continue throughout the country as the Revolution spreads to the southern cities. Anarchists & Syndicalists besiege Barcelona. Armed anarchist risings in Barcelona (January-February) & several other cities are defeated by the Republican government; left-right polarization develops further in Spain.
  • 1950 – Clovis-Abel Pignat (alias "Tschombine Pategnon") dies.
  • 1977 – Italy: The anarchist monthly "Sicilia Libertaria" premiers during this month.
  • 2019 – Syrian Civil War: The militant unit Anarchist Struggle announces its existence, having been active in the war since August 2017.

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January 11

  • 1856 – Giovanni Rossi (aka Cardias) lives (1856-1943). Italian veterinarian, teacher, collectivist anarchist, a founder of Cittadella Colony & the Brazilian Cecilia Colony.
  • 1887 – The trial of French anarchist Clément Duval began, but ended in chaos, with Duval dragged from the court shouting "Long live Anarchy!".
  • 1911 – The first Modern School in the USA was founded in New York City.
  • 1931 – Living My Life, Emma Goldman's autobiography was finished.
  • 1932 – Spain: Rising of Casas Viejas Pueblo in Cadiz, Spain, heralds Civil War; anarchist elder "Seisdedos" fights to the death against the hated Civil Guards. See The Anarchists of Casas Viejas by Jerome Mintz.
  • 1943 – Carlo Tresca was assassinated, no-one was ever charged.
  • 1999 – Italy: Fabrizio De André, Sardinian anarchist songster, dies in Milan. Buried two days later, in Genoa, the ceremony is attended by an immense crowd of about 10,000.

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January 12

  • 1883 – France: In Lyon at the trial of the workers' International, begun on January 8 against the anarchists known as "The 66", the 'Anarchist Declaration' is read out to the court. Likely written by Peter Kropotkin, one of those tried & convicted, it is a summary of the ideals of the accused.
  • 1983 – Spain's Confederación Nacional del Trabajo held its sixth Congress in Barcelona.
  • 1913 – Emma Goldman delivers six Sunday lectures in New York City (January 12-February 16) on the modern drama. Emma Goldman, anarchist
  • 1926 – Pedro Augusto Mota (189?-1926) dies. Brazilian graphics worker, journalist & militant anarchist & labor activist.
  • 1933 – Spain: The anarchist uprisings which began on 8 January are brutally suppressed.
  • 1940 – Canada: During this month Emma Goldman's mail is intercepted by pinch-faced censors, their suspicion raised by the many letters containing money pouring into her address for the defense of Arthur Bortolotti, whose case attracts further attention in the US through articles in the Nation & the New Republic by Goldman. Emma Goldman, anarchist feminist
  • 1983 – Spain: 6th CNT-AIT anarchist Congress, Barcelona (January 12-16th). Anarchist Conference poster
  • 2002 – England: Anarchist flag appears atop the Argentine Embassy! Scaling the heights of one of the slag heaps of authority to signal the need of a large dustbin for this debt-ridden sodbag.

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  • 1883 – France: In Lyon at the trial of the workers' International, begun on January 8 against the anarchists known as "The 66", the 'Anarchist Declaration' is read out to the court. Likely written by Peter Kropotkin, one of those tried & convicted, it is a summary of the ideals of the accused.
  • 1983 – Spain's Confederación Nacional del Trabajo held its sixth Congress in Barcelona.
  • 1913 – Emma Goldman delivers six Sunday lectures in New York City (January 12-February 16) on the modern drama. Emma Goldman, anarchist
  • 1926 – Pedro Augusto Mota (189?-1926) dies. Brazilian graphics worker, journalist & militant anarchist & labor activist.
  • 1933 – Spain: The anarchist uprisings which began on 8 January are brutally suppressed.
  • 1940 – Canada: During this month Emma Goldman's mail is intercepted by pinch-faced censors, their suspicion raised by the many letters containing money pouring into her address for the defense of Arthur Bortolotti, whose case attracts further attention in the US through articles in the Nation & the New Republic by Goldman. Emma Goldman, anarchist feminist
  • 1983 – Spain: 6th CNT-AIT anarchist Congress, Barcelona (January 12-16th). Anarchist Conference poster
  • 2002 – England: Anarchist flag appears atop the Argentine Embassy! Scaling the heights of one of the slag heaps of authority to signal the need of a large dustbin for this debt-ridden sodbag. Edit January 12 anniversaries]

January 13

  • 1874 – Spain: The Cantonal rebellion is brought to an end, with the surrender of Cartagena.
  • 1894 – Anarchist armed insurrection in Lunigiana, Italy.
  • 1894 – England: During this month the anarchist-communist monthly "Liberty" premiers in London. Founded by James Tochatti, the magazine runs until December 1896, its columns present a wide range of libertarian ideas, & articles by Louise Michel & Peter Kropotkin.
  • 1909 – US: Emma Goldman lectures on "The Dissolution of Our Institutions" in San Francisco, California, followed by a statement by William Buwalda, a soldier court-martialed last year & recently pardoned by President Roosevelt. This event actually takes place without police interference.
  • 1910 – Russia: Moishe Tokar, a young Russian Jewish anarchist who attempted to assassinate Hershelman, the hated military commander of the Vilna Fortress, is sentenced to death.
  • 1924 – The originator of Epistemological anarchism, Paul Feyerabend was born in Vienna, Austria.

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January 14

 
  • 1850 – Germany: While held in the Königstein fortress, the anarchist Michael Bakunin is condemned to death by Saxon tribunal.
  • 1888 – Émile Bachelet born (1888-1967). Anarchiste individualiste, antimilitariste, impliqué dans les affaires liées à la bande à Bonnot. Wrote Trimards (roman; 1951).
  • 1909 – Dr. Ben Reitman & Emma Goldman arrested on charges of conspiracy against the government; both are held on bail. Buwalda arrested for disturbing the peace. Supporters of Goldman & Reitman rally to protest the arrests tomorrow; police forcibly end gatherings.
  • 1909 – Spain: Félix Likiniano born (1909-1983).
  • 1918 – Emma Goldman (pictured) sentenced to 2 years in prison for obstructing the draft.
  • 1919 – Russia: Voline, Russian revolutionary & anarchist historian, arrested & dragged from one prison to another.
  • 1921 – Murray Bookchin born.
  • 1945 – France: Jean Ajalbert dies.

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January 16

  • 1880 – Paulette Brupbacher lives (1880-1967), Pinsk (Pelta), Russia (today in Bielorussia). A physician, militant feminist, anarchist, author of numerous books & articles. An opponent of all conformisms & partisan disciplines. Partner & collaborator of Fritz Brupacher (also a doctor) (1874-1945), friend of James Guillaume, Pytor Kropotkin, et al. Translated The Confession of the Russian anarchist Michael Bakunin.
  • 1908 – France: Jean Bourguer lives. Textile worker, militant anarchist, antimilitarist, anticlérical & revolutionary syndicalist.
  • 1919 – Argentina: End of « Semaine Sanglante ». ("Bloody Week") in Buenos Aires. The General Strike begun a week ago, on the 7th, is crushed in blood, with as many as 700 dead & 2000 wounded. The militant Argentinean anarchist movement is decimated by the repression which follows & trade union reformists gain control of the workers' movement.
  • 1936 – Spain: Socialists / communists / anarchists form "Unidad Popular."
  • 1958 – Eusebio C. Carbó (b. 1883), militant Spanish anarchist, dies.
  • 1968 – The Youth International Party was founded in the USA by Abbie Hoffman and others.

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January 17

  • 1885 – Japanese anarchist Sakae Osugi was born in Marugame, Japan.
  • 1898 – Italy: Two day General Strike and riots in Ancône following an increase in bread prices. The army occupies the city. Errico Malatesta (publishing the newspaper L'agitazione), Luigi Fabbri and several other anarchists are charged (tried on April 21-28, 1898), with a "criminal conspiracy" against public security and property.
  • 1915 – Lucy Parsons led the Chicago Hunger Demonstrations.
  • 1917 – Ben Reitman was convicted of advocating birth control, and sentenced to six months in jail.
  • 1920 – After being deported from the USA, Luigi Galleani restarted publishing the newspaper Cronaca Sovversiva (Subversive Chronicle) in Turin, Italy.
  • 1920 – The US Military ship, the S.S. Buford, nicknamed the Red Ark, landed at Hangö, Finland after leaving New York Harbor December 21, 1919. On Board were 249 "undesirables" consisting of labor activists, anarchists and radicals, including famous anarchist Emma Goldman. On January 19 the deportees are met at the Russo-Finnish border by Russian representatives and received warmly at a mass meeting of soldiers and peasants in Belo-Ostrov.
  • 1947 – Eugène Lanti (true name Eugène Adam) (1879-1947), ardent Espérantist, anarchist, dies. A founding member of the French Communist Party, he left it after several disillusioning trips to the USSR. Founder of Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda (SAT), dedicated to the liberation of the working class, the eradication of national boundaries, and the use of Esperanto as a means in this struggle.
  • 1985 – Japan: Hashimoto Yoshiharu, 55, dies in Tokyo.

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January 26

 
Noam Chomsky

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January 27

 
Madalyn Murray O'Hair

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January 28

 
Peter Kropotkin

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January 29

 
Germaine Greer

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