Portal:Anarchism/Anniversaries/January/January 9

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  • 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,