Difference between revisions of "November 16"

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November 16 (aka Resident Alients' day) is the 16^th day in November.

Events[edit]

1861 — Arvid Järnefelt lives. Finnish writer, pacifist, lawyer & farmer, influenced by anarchist Leo Tolstoy's Christian thinking & philosophy.

1871 — France: Élisée Reclus is sentenced for his role in the Paris Commune; famed geographer & anarchist Source: Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th edition, page 957. [1] [2]

1895 — France: Premier issue of French weekly newspaper "Le libertaire," founded by Sébastien Faure & Louise Michel.

1897 — England: Released from Reading Gaol, Oscar Wilde writes his friend Robert Ross:

"It is curious how vanity helps keep the successful man &

wrecks the failure. In old days half of my strength was my

vanity."

1938 — Spain: the Republican army of Catalonia, made up of anarchist & communist forces, is defeated after three months by pro-Franco forces, leaving tens of thousands of casualties & dead.

1942 — Australia: The murder of the Italian-Australian anarchist Fransesco Fantin in an internment camp at the hands of fascists. [3]

1952 — Roman Delgado (1894-1952) dies. Spanish-Mexican anarchist, who emigrated to America at 16 & joined a Magoniste group in San Antonio, Texas. Active with anarchist groups in Mexico City until his death.

1966 — "Poverty of Student Life" printed by University of Strasbourg students sympathetic to situationists -- blows the whole years student government budget, causing a huge scandal. This pamphlet remains in print in numerous languages ever since. [4]

2001 — US: Protesters gather for three days demanding the shutdown of the American terrorist training camp, the School of the Americas, Fort Benning, Georgia. Making the world safe for Haliburton & Banana pie. [5]

External link[edit]

• The Daily Bleed: Anarchist Calendar