November 19

November 19 (aka Have a Bad Day day [1]) is the 19^th day in November.

Events

1894 -- George Bernard Shaw writes to fledgling journalist R. E. Golding Bright:

"You must give up detesting everything appertaining

to Oscar Wilde or to anyone else. The critic's first duty

is to admit with absolute respect, the right of every man

to his own style."

http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/ws98/ws53_wilde.html

1915 -- IWW labor organizer, folk-poet Joe Hill murdered by firing squad in Utah. The subject of numerous songs, plays, & books. Some of his songs have been available continuously in the IWW's "Little Red Song Book," now in its 36th edition.

1916 -- Anarchist terrorists?: 1.03 MILLION fatalities at the first battle of the Somme. This is during the "War to End All Wars".

1919 -- Brazil: In Sao Paulo, João Penteado, a teacher & anarchist militant, is ordered to close the Modern School n°1 — open since May 13, 1912 (founded by Neno Vasco, Edgard Leuenroth, Oreste Ristori, & Gigi Damiani)

http://recollectionbooks.com/bleed/11ref.htm#19/1919

1936 -- Spain: This afternoon, Buenaventura Durruti is mortally wounded while helping to defend Madrid.

http://recollectionbooks.com/bleed/Encyclopedia/Durruti.htm

1969 -- Italy: Avviso al proletario italiano sulle possibilità presetni della rivoluzione sociale (Notice to the Italian Proletariat on Current Possibilities for Social Revolution), tract by the Italian section of the Situationist International, Milan.

http://recollectionbooks.com/bleed/sources.htm#Situationists

External link

• http://www.recollectionbooks.com/bleed/1119.htm