1900s

Matiushenko, Afanasy Nikolaevich 1879-1907

Battlescarred — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:09:13 +0000

Afanasy Nikolaevich Matiushenko
Also spelled Afanasiy Matyushenko, born 1879 - Kharkov, Russia, died 20 October 1907 - Sevastopol, Russia

The Potemkin mutineer
Afanasy Matiushenko was the son of peasants from Kharkov province in the Ukraine. He was born in 1879, in the village of Dergachi. His father had to give up the unrewarding work of farming to become a shoemaker.

1900: The assassination of King Umberto I of Italy

Steven. — Wed, 09 May 2007 15:08:06 +0000

See also our biography of Gaetano Bresci

Revolutionary unionism in Latin America - the FORA in Argentina

Steven. — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:49:29 +0000

REVOLUTIONARY UNIONISM IN LATIN AMERICA
The FORA in Argentina

ASP LONDON & DONCASTER 1987

PREFACE
Anarchism is the philosophy of a new social order based on liberty, and unrestricted by man-made laws; the theory that all forms of government rest on violence and are therefore wrong and harmful, as well as unnecessary.

1880-1945: Yiddish-speaking libertarians in France

Steven. — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 16:04:18 +0000

In the pletzl (Marais) and in Montmartre in Paris (pictured, above), Jewish anarchists had a real influence. In 1907, police reports indicated the presence of about 450 anarcho-communists, an enormous figure if one realises that the immigrant Jewish population living in Paris at the time was about 20,000.

1900-1923: Anarchism in Siberia

Steven. — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:31:37 +0000

A Siberian Makhnovschina?

Academics like Paul Avrich, along with militants like Voline, Gorelik and Archinov, have given us only a sketch of anarchism in Siberia. The important role of anarchism there has remained obscured.

1890-1924: Anarchism in Hungary

Steven. — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:09:44 +0000

In reaction to the pedestrian Hungarian Social-Democratic Party, founded in 1890, which constantly appealed to the bourgeoisie, often forming alliances with its progressive elements, emerged a far more radical anarchist current. Count Ervin Batthany became friends with Russian anarchist Peter Kropotkin whilst in London.

1895-1921: The CGT, France

Steven. — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 10:48:39 +0000

Revolutionary Syndicalism in the French CGT

1901: The assassination of President William McKinley

Steven. — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 22:02:51 +0000

At the beginning of the 20th Century, anarchists were in the middle of what was known as the ‘Propaganda by the Deed’ period. The idea was that by killing members of the ruling order, not only would the ‘fear of God’ be put into them but that it would eventually inspire the masses into rising up against their masters.

1909: The Barcelona revolt

Ed — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 08:43:44 +0000

The spontaneous revolution Spanish anarchists had long hoped for seemed to have started on Monday 26th July 1909 when Barcelona was shut down by a massive general strike. The revolt started after the government called up military reservists to fight in Morocco.

13. The Socialist Challenge

Steven. — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 11:15:37 +0000

War and jingoism might postpone, but could not fully suppress, the class anger that came from the realities of ordinary life. As the twentieth century opened, that anger reemerged. Emma Goldman, the anarchist and feminist, whose political consciousness was shaped by factory work, the Haymarket executions, the Homestead strike, the long prison term of her lover and comrade,

1905: The Russian Revolution

Ed — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 13:25:39 +0000

The revolt started on January 22 when a peaceful, mildly reformist, protest march in St. Petersburg was shoot at by troops with more than 1,000 killed or injured. This day became known as "Bloody Sunday." Rather than squelch the protests, the repression fanned the flames of rebellion.

Remember Kronstadt - Wildcat

libcom — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 17:38:05 +0000

The 70th anniversary of the suppression of the Kronstadt uprising coincided with the collapse of the Soviet Union, giving us two convenient excuses to reexamine the Russian revolution. This brief history of the naval fortress-town in the Gulf of Finland gives us a particular viewpoint on the revolution itself: the viewpoint of some of its most combative participants.

Miscellaneous articles by Lucy Parsons

libcom — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 10:20:48 +0000

Several short news and comment articles written by Lucy E. Parsons in the US radical, anarchist and workers' press.

Lucy Parson's speech to the IWW in 1905

libcom — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 12:18:45 +0000

Lucy Parsons addressed the founding convention [of the Industrial Workers of the World revolutionary union] on two occasions and her speeches touched on issues close to her heart: the oppression of women and how to develop radical new tactics to win strikes. Her ideas clearly were in advance of the time, presage the "sit-in" strikes of the 1930s, the anti-war movement of the 1960s, and her words resonate today. Delegate applause interrupted her speech several times and at the end.