December 2
From Anarchopedia
December 2 (aka Feast of pirate utopias) is the 2nd day in December.
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1859 — Emperor Norton I dismisses Beloved & Respected Comrade Leader Governor Wise of Virginia for hanging John Brown & appoints John C. Breckenridge of Kentucky to replace him. See February 2 1819.
1859 — Georges Seurat lives to spend Sundays in the park, hanging out with anarchists like Camille Pissarro. [1]
1875 — Russia: During this month the Ministry of Justice orders Peter Kropotkin be moved to the St. Petersburg House of Detention. [2]
1889 — Octave Garnier lives, Fontainebleau, France. Began work as a 13-year old, became a member of the anarchist Bonnot Gang, stealing cars & robbing banks. [3]
1904 — US: Puget Sound Cooperative officially ends, in Washington State.
1916 — US: Emma Goldman speaks at a large meeting in Carnegie Hall called by the United Hebrew Trades to protest the arrests & trials of those accused of throwing a bomb at the San Francisco Preparedness Day parade. Other speakers include lawyer Frank Walsh, Max Eastman, United Hebrew Trades leader Max Pine, Arturo Giovannitti, and Alexander Berkman.
1926 — France: Premier issue of "Combat Syndicaliste", journal of the Confédération Générale duTravail - Syndicaliste Révolutionnaire (CGT-SR), French anarcho-syndicalist section of the AIT. [4]
1945 — France: First congress, of the post-war period, of the Fédération Anarchiste Française. [5]
1960 — During this month Asger Jorn begins working on Musique phénoménale.
1986 — Eurythmics lead singer Annie Lennox rips off her bra while performing "Missionary Man" in front of 10,000 fans in Birmingham, England.
1999 — WTO Day Three: World Trade Organization delegates meet as the core 50 block area of downtown Seattle is declared off-limits to protestors & most businesses in the area close. A "civil emergency" declared yesterday.
- "It's time to create a new world from the ashes
- after the ruined one . . .
- Fight back & don't get caught."
- excerpt, December 1, 1999, Seattle Times
2002 — Germany: Priest Ivan Illich (1926-2002) dies.
