Portal:Anarchism/Anniversaries/June/June 25

Haymarket memorial

1856 - Max Stirner dies (b. 1806), Berlin.
1878 - Ezra Heywood sentenced to two years hard labor for advocating free love/sexual emancipation as part of women's rights. Released on 19 December 1878. President Rutherford B. Hayes issued a pardon the following day.
1893 - Haymarket Martyrs' Monument (pictured) by Albert Weinert is dedicated. Erected by the Pioneer Aid & Support Association, an organization begun by the anarchist Lucy Parsons, Albert Parsons' widow.
1916 - Clandestine meeting of the Council general of the militant Unione Sindacale Italiana (USI; anarcho-syndicalist labor union) in Florence, Italy, June 25, 26 & 27. The government has outlawed all opposition to WWI. The Council, meeting , reaffirms its opposition to the war.
1922 - Delegates of the first congress (June 25-July 1, in Saint-Etienne) of the C.G.T.U. (Confédération générale du travail unitaire) align with the Communist International. This decision marks the defeat of the anarcho-syndicalists within its ranks.
1926 - In Paris, three Spanish anarchists are arrested, accused of preparing to assassinate Alphonse XII: Ascaso, Durruti & Jover. Louis Lecoin mounts a major protest campaign to prevent their extradition; gains their release in July of 1927.
1937 - José Martins Fontes dies.
1944 - Eugene Humbert dies (b. 1870), killed in prison during WWII during an Allied bombing raid — the day before he was to be released.
1955 - Arrest of Pierre Morain, militant of the F.C.L. (Fédération Communiste Libertaire). Sentenced to prison for one year, released in March 1956.

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