October 22

October 22 is the 22^nd day of October.

Events

1851 -- Joseph Dejacque, French anarchist, sentenced to two years in prison for a volume of poetry, "Lazaréennes: Socialist Fables & Poems." Escaped to London.

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

1882 -- France: During the night a bomb explodes at the restaurant of the Bellecour Theatre in Lyon, killing an employee. The anarchist Antoine Cyvoct was wrongly suspected.

http://recollectionbooks.com/bleed/10ref.htm#22/1882

1899 -- Arthur Lehning lives. German anarchist. Founder, in 1919, with Rudolf Rocker & Augustin Souchy, of the FAUD. Establishes & becomes curator of the monumental "Bakunin Files", with the International Institute of Social History of Amsterdam, in 1971.

http://recollectionbooks.com/bleed/01ref.htm#01/2000

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

http://perso.club-internet.fr/ytak/octobre4.html#lehning

http://recollectionbooks.com/bleed/gallery/galleryindex.htm#Souchy

1905 -- Chile: Today, during "Semana Roja" (Red Week), a crucial event in early Chilean workers' history, 30,000 people join the uprising in Santiago, inspired by the revolutionary ideas sweeping working class public opinion.

http://recollectionbooks.com/bleed/10ref.htm#22/1905a

1913 -- Action/war photographer Robert Capa lives, Budapest, Austro-Hungary. Instrumental in forming photographer-owned outfit (Magnum) to aid photographers & distribute their work cooperatively without getting ripped-off.

1921 -- George Brassens lives. French anarchist militant, nonconformist poet, began writing/singing songs in 1952. Popular, but reclusive as a star. Songs include "La mauvaise réputation", "La non-demande en mariage," "Les copains d'abord".

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

1922 -- Jacques Ibert tone poem "Ballad of Reading Gaol" premiers, Paris.

1998 -- US: National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression, & the Criminalization of a Generation! Among the signatories is longtime Chicago poet/anarchist protestor Joffre Stewart.

2000 -- US: Stop Police Brutality demonstrations. Prime example this year was a police attack on Errol Maitland, award winning radio producer at WBAI/Pacifica: targeted, beaten & arrested by NYC police while reporting live at Patrick Dorismond's funeral in Brooklyn.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_brutality

2005 -- England: 24th Annual Anarchist Book Fair. Camden Centre, Judd Street. Followed by benefit gig with Chumbawamba & Gertrude.

External link

• http://www.recollectionbooks.com/bleed/1022.htm