Portal:Anarchism/Anniversaries/January/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.