Milwaukee Lit Supply Podcast, Tai hosts a discussion of "I am an Anarchist" by Lucy Parsons with the Lit Supply's own Kit Francis, Elsa Marks, Emily Sanchez and Ben Turk
Topics: zine, milwaukee, anarchy, i am an anarchist, lucy parsons, iww, haymarket affair, anarchism, marxism
August Spies' Auto-Biography; His Speech in Court and General Notes. Chicago: Nina van Zandt, 1887 Memoir of one of the most prominent of the Chicago Haymarket martyrs of 1887, August Vincent Theodore Spies (born 1855). Spies, the editor of the radical "Chicagoer Arbeiter-Zeitung" (Chicago Workers' News), was a speaker at the ill-fated May 4, 1886 political rally at which a bomb was thrown and policemen killed. In the aftermath, law enforcement authorities rounded up top leaders of...
Topics: Haymarket Affair, Haymarket Riot, radicalism, Chicago history, Socialist Labor Party of America,...
"The Accused the Accusers: The Famous Speeches of the Chicago Anarchists in Court: On October 7th, 8th, and 9th, 1886." Speeches by August Spies, Michel Schwab, Oscar Neebe, Adolph Fischer, Louis Lingg, George Engel, Samuel Fielden, Albert R. Parsons CONTENTS: 1. Address of August Spies................. pp. 1-23 2. Address of Michel Schwab.............. pp. 24-28 3. Address of Oscar Neebe................. pp. 29-35 4. Address of Adolph Fischer.............. pp. 36-38 5. Address of...
Topics: Haymarket Affair, Haymarket Riot, radicalism, Chicago history, Socialist Labor Party of America,...
"A Word to Tramps" by Lucy E. Parsons First published in The Alarm (Chicago), vol. 1, no. 1 (Oct. 4, 1884), pg. 1. Reprinted in Richard T. Ely, The Labor Movement in America. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1886; pp. 364-366. Content published in USA prior to 1923, public domain. Article by Lucy E. Parsons, wife of future Haymarket Affair victim Albert Parsons and herself a committed anarchist, from the front page of the premiere issue of The Alarm. Parsons addresses herself to...
Topics: Anarchism -- United States, International Working People's Association, The Alarm, Albert Parsons,...
Equal Rights by Albert R. Parsons Published in The Alarm [Chicago], vol. 1, no. 7 (Nov. 15, 1884), pg. 2. Published in USA prior to 1923, contents public domain. This editorial from The Alarm notes that the path to wealth and leisure is a chimera, attainable by not one person in ten, of whom not one in ten is capable of maintaining the status. The only way to achieve this, in Parsons' view, is by standing on those beneath them in the role of exploiter. "Suppose some of those underneath...
Topics: Anarchism -- United States, International Working People's Association, The Alarm, Albert Parsons,...
Originally published as "A Female Anarchist: Mrs. Lucy Parsons on the Prospect of Anarchy in America," an interview conducted in New York City and sent by telegram to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for publication in that paper. Published in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, vol. 37, no. 95 (Oct. 21, 1886), pg. 4. Interviewer's name unspecified in original publication. Published in the USA prior to 1923, text public domain. Edited by Tim Davenport for republication by 1000 Flowers Publishing,...
Topics: Radicalism in the United States, Anarchy, Anarchism, Albert Parsons, Haymarket Affair, Haymarket...
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Peter Diamondstone joins with friends to talk about the history of the Liberty Union Party in the United States with a look back at the Haymarket affair among other historical events.
Topics: Vermont, Brattleboro, BCTV, Public Access TV, Community Media, PEG, Youtube, Democracy, BCTV,...
"Pages from an Editor's Sketchbook" excerpt from "August Spiesâ Auto-Biography; His Speech in Court, and General Notes." Chicago: Nina van Zandt, January 1887; pp. 22-35. Chapter-length excerpt from the little known memoir of August Spies, one of five revolutionary socialist leaders judicially murdered in the aftermath of an 1886 bombing at Haymarket Square in Chicago. The German-born Spies (name pronounced "SPEES") was editor of the Chicagoer Arbeiter-Zeitung,...
Topics: Socialism -- United States, Marxism -- United States, Anarchism -- United States, socialism,...
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This is a collection of digital copies of engraved illustrations of scenes related to the Haymarket bombing, trial, executions and legacy from 1886-87. Individual jpegs have title and author information embedded in the files, while file names carry the date and publication where the illustration was originally published. These digital files originally appeared on the web site of the Chicago History Museum here: http://www.chicagohs.org/hadc/hadctoc.htm. Historic photographs related to Haymarket...
Topics: Chicago, police, Haymarket, Martyrs, Haymarket Riot, Haymarket Incident, Haymarket Affair, 1886,...
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Casey Jones Podcast
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oh, you can't scare me! i'm sticking to the union!
Topics: podcast, history, labor actions, strikes, haymarket affair, pinkertons, IWPA
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Sunday is May Day, a day where we commemorate the fight for the eight hour workday and honor those that lost their lives securing a better future for us all. AFSCME Council 40's Ed Sadlowski explains the historic Haymarket Disaster which still shapes labor history in Chicago and the nation. Ed encourages everyone to take to the streets this week in honor of May Day. There is the big Thunda Around The Rotunda rally on the Capitol Square this Saturday and lots of events on Sunday to celebrate...
Topics: Sly in the Morning, labor, may day, haymarket affair, haymarket disaster, haymarket massacre, 1670...
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A 1937 International Publishers work. Scanned by an Internet user named Alexandra Kollontai. https://www.intpubnyc.com/ The top of page 26 is cut off slightly. The sentence (continuing from page 25) reads, "In New Haven, the political activists won Van Patten's permission to nominate local candidates." The top of page 27 reads: "They attacked the people: scores were killed and wounded." Top of page 31: "and moved from yard to yard, and even to shop, factory, mill and...
Topics: Haymarket Affair, Anarchism, Socialism, Socialist Labor Party
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This film consists of two unedited clips from Part 2 of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) American Experience documentary series, "Chicago: City of the Century". It describes the railroad strike of 1877, the development of the labor movement in Chicago, the eight hour day movement and worker protests at McCormick Reaper factories, the bomb that killed Chicago police at Haymarket square, and the execution of Chicago anarchists whose writings and speeches were blamed for the...
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Topics: Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), American Experience, Documentary, film, video, Chicago, police,...
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The story of Anarchism. By going back over the key events of the last two centuries of social history, the series reveals the origins and destiny of a political trend that has been fighting all gods and all masters for over 150 years. Episode info on DocuWiki . Correct/add a subtitle for Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 See also Interview with Mikhail Tsovma: Nestor Makhno, black flag over Ukraine (EN, IT subtitles) Anarchist from the Colony (KR 2017) Thread on the South African fascist Michael Schmidt...
Topics: history, anarchism, anarchisme, anarchist, anthology, freedom, equality, anti-authoritarian, crime,...
