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| Kropotkin, 1870 |
January 9, 1883 – In Lyon, France the trial
continued for the 68 anarchists accused of inciting workers’ strikes and the
abolition of property. The anarchists included Peter
Kropotkin, Emile Gautier, Toussaint Bordat and
Joseph Bernard. (From the Daily Bleed)
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| Karel Capek |
January 9, 1890 -- Karel Capek, internationally
renowned Czech novelist, short-story writer, playwright, essayist, was born on
this date in Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now in Czech Republic). Two of his best
known works includeR.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), which first
introduced the word “robot,” and War with the Newts, which ridicules
Nazi-Germany and fascism. (From theDaily Bleed)
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| Louise Michel in Uniform |
January 9, 1905 – French anarchiste Louise
Michel died on this date. Michel was a leader in the Paris
Commune & co-founder of the Women's Battalion. Founder of the
journal "Le libertaire" with Sébastien
Faure. 100,000 mourners attended her funeral. (From the Daily Bleed)
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| Bloody Sunday massacre, St Petersburg |
January 9, 1905 – Russia’s
"Bloody Sunday" occurred on this date, with revolution breaking out
in St. Petersburg. (From the Daily Bleed)
January 9, 1939 – The Southern Tenant Farmers'
Union led a Missouri Highway sit-in of 1,700 tenant families. (From the Daily Bleed)
January 9, 1997 -- South Korea's primary labor
group called the biggest strike in the nation's history to protest a
controversial new labor law. (From the Daily Bleed)
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