Portal:Anarchism/Anniversaries/January/January 10

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  • 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.