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Digital/physical archive in infancy, focusing on anarchist activity in western Washington. Send your handbills, flyers, posters, zines, books, etc.: https://linktr.ee/louisecrowleylibrary Olympia, Tacoma, Seattle, Bellingham, etc.
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In March 1897, the first issue of Washington’s first anarchist periodical, The New Era, was published in Home, Washington. The paper would only make it a few issues before being suppressed by the US Post Office. louisecrowleylibrary.org/the-new-era

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On February 19, 1916, Feds tried to arrest Wm. C. Owen for “using the mails to incite murder, arson and treason” at Home, WA, for working with the Magons on their paper, Regeneración, but he'd fled to Tacoma. Owen made it back to England w/o arrest. louisecrowleylibrary.org/william-c-owen

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On February 18, 1915, anarchist David Caplan was arrested on Bainbridge Island and charged with supplying the dynamite used in the bombing of the Los Angeles Times building. louisecrowleylibrary.org/dynamite-fugitive-arrested

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On February 10, 1896, three families founded the anarchist colony at Home on 26 acres. They had left a failed Bellamite colony, and decided that they would incorporate more individual autonomy into their model. The experiment lasted for about 20 years. louisecrowleylibrary.org/home

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On February 4, 1900, Johann Most refused to speak to an audience that he considered too small at the Germania Cafe in Seattle. The audience demanded he speak, and when he wouldn’t, they demanded their money back. Most however did speak to a reporter from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. (1/2)

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On 2/1/44, Seattle anarchist Dotty DeCoster was born. DeCoster was a part of several projects, including Seattle Group, Black River, Revolutionary Anarchist, Lilith, Black Star, as well as being the first person to translate a Situationist text (Unitary Urbanism) into English, for Rebel Worker.

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On January 26, 1916, Donald Vose got beaten by anarchists in Tacoma for snitching to private detectives on the whereabouts of David Caplan and Matthew Schmidt, anarchists charged with supplying dynamite for the bombing of the Los Angeles Times building. louisecrowleylibrary.org/donald-vose

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On January 22, 1921, Vasily Sedov and Stepan Shatuka, members of the Seattle branch of the Union of Russian Workers, were deported to the Soviet Union, a year after having been arrested at the Union’s school a year earlier.

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On January 19, 1914, after ~3 years imprisonment, Ricardo and Enrique Flores Magon, Liberado Rivera, and Anselmo Figueroa were released from McNeil Island Penitentiary. That night a jollification and reconsecration meeting was held at the Eagles’ Hall in Tacoma in their honor.

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On January 19, 1920, thirty-five members of the anarchist Union of Russian Workers were arrested by federal agents in Seattle, while three more were arrested at their school the following day. louisecrowleylibrary.org/union-of-russian-workers

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"If we can wish death on politicians, cops, and CEOs, it is only because we cannot ignore the feeling of rage for all the ways they have brutalized us and our world."—July 2010 louisecrowleylibrary.org/the-people-vs-the-united-states

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Added a page for the defunct Seattle publisher/distro Rise Like Lions, please DM if you know of any files that are missing from their output. louisecrowleylibrary.org/rise-like-lions

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On January 12, 1912 the initial guilty verdict came down against Home, Washington’s anarchist editor and former bicycle tramp Jay Fox for publishing “The Nude and the Prudes” in an issue of his paper, The Agitator. Fox was sentenced to two months in jail.

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On December 27, 1900, Charles L. Govan, printer of Discontent: Mother of Progress, appeared before a judge on the charge of “mailing obscenity” because of an article in Discontent which discussed free love. Govan pleaded no contest and was fined $115. louisecrowleylibrary.org/obscenity

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On December 16, 1945 the accursed snitch, Donald Vose died. Vose had grown up in the anarchist community at Home, but wasted his life snitching on anarchists David Caplan and Matthew Schmidt. He died a pathetic death, drunkenly falling into San Francisco Bay.

 louisecrowleylibrary.org/donald-vose

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On December 14, 1908, with her reputation preceding her, Emma Goldman was arrested in Bellingham, Washington, before she could deliver a planned lecture. The next day, authorities sent her away on a Canada-bound train.

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On December 13, 1908, Seattle police took Emma Goldman into custody after the lock on the closed Hibernian Hall was broken to allow Goldman entry to speak; Goldman was released when she promised to leave the city.

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In December 1910, inspired by assassinated Spanish educator Francisco Ferrer, anarchists Bruce Rogers and Anna Falkoff opened the Modern School in Seattle at 601 Columbia St. The school ran until 1912 or 1913.

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You can about this trial, and read the offending article, in our pamphlet "Obscenity at Home: The Trials of an Anarchist Community on Puget Sound" louisecrowleylibrary.org/obscenity

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#PeoplesHistory 25 years ago today over 50,000 of us came together to SHUT DOWN the World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle with mass direct action. The historic "Battle of Seattle" united a diverse movement of movements to oppose corporate globalization, free trade and elite rule. 1/2

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#OnThisDay in 1917, Seattle anti-war activist Louise Olivereau was convicted of sedition. https://historylink.org/File/3483

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25 years ago today, WTO protests engulfed downtown Seattle. Check out our front page feature this week for a full account of the events as they happened, and learn why the The New York Times called HistoryLink the "digital diary of the disturbances." https://www.historylink.org/

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On November 30, 1999, thousands of anarchists and others began four days of demonstrations to shut down the WTO meeting in Seattle with lockdowns, blockades, broken windows, dumpster fires, and attacks on the police.

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On November 30, 1917, Seattle anarchist Louise Olivereau was convicted of espionage after having mailed 2000 copies of a letter encouraging men to consider draft resistance. Olivereau was given a 10-year sentence, though she was released after 28 months. louisecrowleylibrary.org/louise-olivereau

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On November 29, 1917, Charles Greenlough was arrested in Seattle for being associated with known anarchists.

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Just transcribed and translated a report about this from Luigi Galleani's Cronaca Sovversiva. louisecrowleylibrary.org/the-seattle-affair

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On November 25–27, 1917, 55 anarchists were arrested in Seattle, Cle Elum, Roslyn, Black Diamond, and Renton, Washington, and accused of working to destroy the morale of the Italian armies fighting in World War I.

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Spotted in Olympia.

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Got a scan of an issue of Seattle/Olympia anarchist zine *Antimedia* that ran for more than 20 issues in the late '80s, but know next to nothing about it. Who knows more?

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#OnThisDay in 1917, vigilantes attacked the Hoquiam IWW Hall. https://historylink.org/File/8783

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On November 16, 1995, the Western Wildlife Unit of the Animal Liberation Front freed 400 mink from the Jordan Mink Ranch outside of Olympia, Washington. Within a year the farm was closed permanently.

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On November 15, 1908, Abner J. Pope died in Home, Washington. A resident of the anarchist community at Home, Pope was also the editor of Portland’s anarchist newspaper, The Firebrand.

 louisecrowleylibrary.org/abner-pope

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On November 15, 1910 the first issue of The Agitator was published at Home, Washington. Edited by Jay Fox, a witness to the Haymarket bombing, The Agitator was the fourth newspaper published at Home by anarchists.

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On November the 12th, 1917, federal authorities arrested Italian-American anarchist Bartolomeo Massullo in Seattle. Bartolomeo was a member of the Circolo di Studi Sociali, an anarchist social group that hosted events and a reading room. louisecrowleylibrary.org/bartolomeo-massullo

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On November 11, 1913, Lucy Parsons lectured at the Social Science League, at 1705 Jefferson Ave in Tacoma.

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On November 4, 1977, George Jackson Brigade member Rita “Bo” Brown was arrested in Seattle and charged with five bank robberies and violation of the Federal Firearms Act. louisecrowleylibrary.org/bo-brown

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On October 19, 1913, the anarchist Lucy Parsons lectured at Liberty Hall in Everett, Washington on the French Revolution.

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On October 18, 1870, James F. Morton Jr. was born. Morton was, for a time, a resident of Home, Washington, and editor of two of its anarchist newspapers, Discontent: Mother of Progress, and The Demonstrator. louisecrowleylibrary.org/james-f-morton-jr

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If you were at the Seattle Anarchist Bookfair and I told you I would send you a zine, please DM, I've been too busy to track that stuff 😖

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On October 12, 1945, Dave Brown was born in Seattle. Brown was a tireless anarchist who participated in numerous anarchist projects and publications. louisecrowleylibrary.org/dave-brown

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On September 11, 1915, WA Governor Lister signed a pardon for Jay Fox, freeing him 2 weeks early from his 2 month sentence in Pierce County Jail. Fox’s trial is covered in our pamphlet "Obscenity at Home: The Trials of an Anarchist Community on Puget Sound." louisecrowleylibrary.org/obscenity

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On August 13, 1870, anarchist Frances Moore was born. Moore was the first editor of Tacoma’s first anarchist newspaper, “Why?”, which we’ve anthologized in a hardback edition. louisecrowleylibrary.org/why

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On August 9, 1913 while distributing flyers for Emma Goldman’s upcoming lectures, anarchists Dr. Ben Reitman and Herman Michaelovitch were arrested in Seattle on the charge of "peddling bills without a license," and released on five dollars bail each.

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On August 4, 1978 anarchist tailor and union organizer Becky Beck died. Beck spent time living and working in Tacoma, Seattle, and Home, Washington.

 louisecrowleylibrary.org/becky-beck

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On July 26, 1915, after losing his appeal to the US Supreme Court, anarchist Jay Fox was taken into custody to serve his two month sentence for publishing matter “which shall tend to encourage or advocate disrespect of the law or for any court or courts of justice.” (1/2)

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