Portal:Anarchism/Anniversaries/January/January 8

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• 1883 - In Lyon the trial of the Internationale, against the anarchists known as "The 66", begins.
• 1892 - Anarchist revolt in Andalusia, to the cry of "Vive la révolution sociale". Hundreds of farm laborers take the town of Jerez. The uprising is quickly subdued and its leaders captured & tortured.
• 1907 - Carmen Conde (aka Florentina) (1907-1996), born. Anarchist feminist, lecturer, member of Mujeres Libres and contributor to journal of the same name.
• 1911 - Pietro Gori (pictured) (1865-1911), Italian lawyer, anarchist & legal defender of anarchists, dramatist, poet, and songwriter, dies (age 46).
• 1933 - Anarchist uprisings begin in Barcelona, Madrid & Valencia.
• 1970 - Ammon Hennacy (1893-1970), Christian anarchist writer, dies (age 67) due to heart attack while picketing against capital punishment.
• 1972 - Kenneth Patchen (1911-1972), poet, novelist, painter, graphic designer, pacifist, early anarchist participant in the San Francisco Libertarian Circle — dies (age 61).
• 1973 - Tupamaros guerillas kidnap British ambassador Geoffrey Jackson. The Anarchist Black Cross in London is asked to mediate between the involved parties, with Albert Meltzer as negotiator. Jackson is released eight months later, unharmed.