Portal:Anarchism/Anniversaries/January/January 3

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• 1899 - Alphonse Cannone (1899-1939) born. French anarchist sailor who participated in the Black Sea Mutiny (1919).
• 1903 - Anarchist Jack Frager born. An Anarchist and labour activist, he was arrested at age 88 during a Hiroshima Day protest, for painting the shadows of bomb victims on sidewalks in New York City.
• 1904 - Ricardo Flores Magón, with his brother Enrique (both pictured), seeking to escape constant government repression, leaves Mexico for the United States.
• 1917 - The trial of Tom Mooney, anarchist, socialist and labor activist, after the Preparedness Day Bombing, begins in San Francisco.
• 1922 - The Anarchist Review (La Revue Anarchiste) appears in Paris. It runs for 35 issues, until August 1925, & counts many talented collaborators.
• 1925 - Benito Mussolini gives a speech before the Italian Chamber of Deputies, ending the parliamentary system and issues a decree ordering the dissolution of the anarcho-syndicalist Unione Sindacala Italiana (USI).
• 1937 - Emma Goldman begins organizing publicity campaign about the Spanish Revolution, including planning mass meetings in London & the provinces, but is hampered by poor communication with & lack of urgency among key anarchist leaders in Barcelona.
• 1961 - Carloman François Rose (1879-1961) dies (age 82), Paris. Anarchiste, trade unionist (CGT, UD, CGTU), served on the editorial board of Germinal & a salesman for Libertaire. Organized support for the Black Sea Mutineers in 1921.
• 1972 - Frans Masereel (1889-1972) dies (age 82) in Avignon. A graphic designer best known for his wooodcut novels.
• 2003 - The 25th Congress of the Italian Anarchist Federation (Federazione Anarchica Italiana, FAI) is held in Imola, Italy.