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“When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called ‘the People's Stick" - Bakunin
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The killing of Renee Good was no accident. Like the Nazis, Trump has legalized the private paramilitary elements of the fascist movement, to act as forces of domestic terror. This is why they lowered the requirements to join ICE. ICE is a clearing house for fascist violence.
January 8, 2026 at 1:52 AM
The killing of Renee Good was no accident. Like the Nazis, Trump has legalized the private paramilitary elements of the fascist movement, to act as forces of domestic terror. This is why they lowered the requirements to join ICE. ICE is a clearing house for fascist violence.
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My long essay debunking myths about historical anarchist views on democracy and collective decision-making will be released early next week. Covers their critiques of democracy, views on majority voting, and usage of democratic language in exhaustive detail.
December 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
My long essay debunking myths about historical anarchist views on democracy and collective decision-making will be released early next week. Covers their critiques of democracy, views on majority voting, and usage of democratic language in exhaustive detail.
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#OtD 27 Dec 1861 Mikhail Bakunin, Russian anarchist and leading figure in the First International, landed in Liverpool, having travelled the long way around the globe (via Japan, across the Pacific, USA and Atlantic) after escaping exile in Siberia stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9889...
December 27, 2025 at 9:20 AM
#OtD 27 Dec 1861 Mikhail Bakunin, Russian anarchist and leading figure in the First International, landed in Liverpool, having travelled the long way around the globe (via Japan, across the Pacific, USA and Atlantic) after escaping exile in Siberia stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9889...
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#OtD 22 Dec 1997 45 Indigenous people who were supporters of the Zapatista rebel movement in Chiapas, Mexico were massacred by paramilitaries with the assistance of govt troops, as they attended a pacifist prayer meeting. Learn more about the movement: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
December 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
#OtD 22 Dec 1997 45 Indigenous people who were supporters of the Zapatista rebel movement in Chiapas, Mexico were massacred by paramilitaries with the assistance of govt troops, as they attended a pacifist prayer meeting. Learn more about the movement: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
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#OtD 4 Dec 1853 Errico Malatesta, mechanic and key anarchist theorist and organiser was born in Italy. Despite being repeatedly jailed, exiled and sentenced to death 3 times, he remained active and lived until the age of 78. Learn more in this book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/lif...
December 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
#OtD 4 Dec 1853 Errico Malatesta, mechanic and key anarchist theorist and organiser was born in Italy. Despite being repeatedly jailed, exiled and sentenced to death 3 times, he remained active and lived until the age of 78. Learn more in this book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/lif...
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#OtD 6 Dec 2008 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos was shot at point-blank range by police in Exarchia, Athens. It sparked weeks of national protests and riots and resulted in the imprisonment of the two officers involved stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1060...
December 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
#OtD 6 Dec 2008 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos was shot at point-blank range by police in Exarchia, Athens. It sparked weeks of national protests and riots and resulted in the imprisonment of the two officers involved stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1060...
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#OtD 9 Dec 1842 one of the founders of contemporary anarchist-communism, Peter Kropotkin, was born. An activist, scientist, and philosopher, he abandoned his aristocratic background in favour of the revolutionary class struggle. Works available here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
December 9, 2025 at 7:10 AM
#OtD 9 Dec 1842 one of the founders of contemporary anarchist-communism, Peter Kropotkin, was born. An activist, scientist, and philosopher, he abandoned his aristocratic background in favour of the revolutionary class struggle. Works available here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
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#OtD 12 Dec 1969 amid the huge Hot Autumn strike wave, a bomb exploded at a Milan bank, killing 16 and wounding 88. Blamed on anarchists, one of whom was killed by police, it was later discovered to have been carried out by the far-right and the state stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8380...
December 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
#OtD 12 Dec 1969 amid the huge Hot Autumn strike wave, a bomb exploded at a Milan bank, killing 16 and wounding 88. Blamed on anarchists, one of whom was killed by police, it was later discovered to have been carried out by the far-right and the state stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8380...
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#OtD 14 Dec 1841 Sam Mainwaring (pictured, centre), machinist and libertarian socialist credited with coining the term "anarcho-syndicalism," was born in Penrhiwtyn, Neath, Wales stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8550...
December 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
#OtD 14 Dec 1841 Sam Mainwaring (pictured, centre), machinist and libertarian socialist credited with coining the term "anarcho-syndicalism," was born in Penrhiwtyn, Neath, Wales stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8550...
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#OtD 14 Dec 1914 Gen Silva Renard, the officer responsible for Chile's worst massacre was stabbed by Spanish anarchist, Antonio Ramón Ramón. Silva's troops killed up to 3500 people in 1907, including Ramón's brother. He survived with permanent injuries stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8554...
December 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
#OtD 14 Dec 1914 Gen Silva Renard, the officer responsible for Chile's worst massacre was stabbed by Spanish anarchist, Antonio Ramón Ramón. Silva's troops killed up to 3500 people in 1907, including Ramón's brother. He survived with permanent injuries stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8554...
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#OtD 6 Dec 1907 the worst mining disaster in US history took place in West Virginia killing all but 5 of 367 workers. It left over 1000 mostly Italian children fatherless and inspired the first Fathers' Day the following year stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1059...
December 6, 2025 at 5:25 AM
#OtD 6 Dec 1907 the worst mining disaster in US history took place in West Virginia killing all but 5 of 367 workers. It left over 1000 mostly Italian children fatherless and inspired the first Fathers' Day the following year stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1059...
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#OtD 2 Dec 1914 German anarchist Rudolf Rocker was arrested and interned as an enemy alien in England. This happened shortly after he made statements against World War I in the Yiddish Arbeter Fraint (Workers' Friend) paper stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1246...
December 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
#OtD 2 Dec 1914 German anarchist Rudolf Rocker was arrested and interned as an enemy alien in England. This happened shortly after he made statements against World War I in the Yiddish Arbeter Fraint (Workers' Friend) paper stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1246...
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#OtD 26 Nov 1920 the Red Army attacked its allies, the Makhnovists in Ukraine, after the latter defeated the Whites. Russian troops attacked in Crimea and Huliaipole, and arrested and executed many. Rebel leader Nestor Makhno managed to escape. More: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
#OtD 26 Nov 1920 the Red Army attacked its allies, the Makhnovists in Ukraine, after the latter defeated the Whites. Russian troops attacked in Crimea and Huliaipole, and arrested and executed many. Rebel leader Nestor Makhno managed to escape. More: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
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#OtD 23 Nov 1912 anarcho-syndicalist union, Unione Sindacale Italiana, was founded in Modena mainly by radical metal workers, builders, farm workers and miners. It played a key role in both the factory occupation movement and anti-fascist resistance stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9595...
November 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
#OtD 23 Nov 1912 anarcho-syndicalist union, Unione Sindacale Italiana, was founded in Modena mainly by radical metal workers, builders, farm workers and miners. It played a key role in both the factory occupation movement and anti-fascist resistance stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9595...
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#OtD 21 Nov 1922 Mexican anarchist communist of Zapotec descent, Ricardo Flores Magón, died after months of illness and neglect in Leavenworth Prison, Kansas. He was one of the major thinkers and activists of the Mexican revolution stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9420...
November 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
#OtD 21 Nov 1922 Mexican anarchist communist of Zapotec descent, Ricardo Flores Magón, died after months of illness and neglect in Leavenworth Prison, Kansas. He was one of the major thinkers and activists of the Mexican revolution stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9420...
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Kropotkin's analysis of women's domestic labour remains relevant over a century later.
November 20, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Kropotkin's analysis of women's domestic labour remains relevant over a century later.
“The freedom of all is essential to my freedom” - Bakunin
November 16, 2025 at 1:41 AM
“The freedom of all is essential to my freedom” - Bakunin
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#OtD 11 Nov 1919 the Centralia incident took place, during which @IWW member and war veteran, Wesley Everest, was lynched. A mob had attacked the union hall, and some were killed in self defence. Everest was murdered, and his killers went unpunished stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8343...
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
#OtD 11 Nov 1919 the Centralia incident took place, during which @IWW member and war veteran, Wesley Everest, was lynched. A mob had attacked the union hall, and some were killed in self defence. Everest was murdered, and his killers went unpunished stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8343...
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#OtD 10 Nov 1891 Jewish Ukrainian anarchist, Simón Radowitzky, was born. At 15, he took part in the 1905 Russian Revolution, killed a police chief in Argentina at 18, endured 20 years of prison, fought fascism during the Spanish Civil War, and more stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1264...
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
#OtD 10 Nov 1891 Jewish Ukrainian anarchist, Simón Radowitzky, was born. At 15, he took part in the 1905 Russian Revolution, killed a police chief in Argentina at 18, endured 20 years of prison, fought fascism during the Spanish Civil War, and more stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1264...
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"Communists" when they are asked if the workers should be in charge.
November 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
"Communists" when they are asked if the workers should be in charge.
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#OtD 7 Nov 1879 French anarchist-syndicalist Benoît Broutchoux was born. He edited multiple syndicalist papers, and was sent to prison many times throughout his life for printing radical ideas and taking part in labour struggles stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1248...
November 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
#OtD 7 Nov 1879 French anarchist-syndicalist Benoît Broutchoux was born. He edited multiple syndicalist papers, and was sent to prison many times throughout his life for printing radical ideas and taking part in labour struggles stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1248...
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#OtD 7 Nov 1880 Shin Chae-ho, a Korean historian, journalist, novelist, independence activist and collectivist anarchist was born. His works, including his historiography, are still read in Korea today, where he is still held up as a national hero stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1248...
November 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
#OtD 7 Nov 1880 Shin Chae-ho, a Korean historian, journalist, novelist, independence activist and collectivist anarchist was born. His works, including his historiography, are still read in Korea today, where he is still held up as a national hero stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1248...
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#OtD 6 Nov 1986 the Iran-Contra scandal — where the US sold arms to Iran to fund right-wing paramilitaries in Nicaragua — began to break. Acting Pres Ronald Reagan said the revelations had "no foundation", which turned out to be a lie stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1065...
November 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
#OtD 6 Nov 1986 the Iran-Contra scandal — where the US sold arms to Iran to fund right-wing paramilitaries in Nicaragua — began to break. Acting Pres Ronald Reagan said the revelations had "no foundation", which turned out to be a lie stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1065...
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If your workplaces are dictatorial, so is your society.
November 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
If your workplaces are dictatorial, so is your society.