1850 – During June of 1850, Mikhail Bakunin's death sentence in Germany was commuted to life imprisonment. (From the Daily Bleed)
1861
– During June of 1861 Mikhail Bakunin escaped from Siberia via the Amur
River, and arrived in Nikolavsk in July, where he boarded an American
merchant ship, Vickery, to Hakodate, Japan. (From the Daily Bleed)
June 4, 1904 – Members of the International Brotherhood of Paper Makers struck Wisconsin paper mills in. (From the Daily Bleed)
June 4, 1906—Francisco Ferrer (founder of the first Modern Schools) was arrested and imprisoned for participating in Mateo Morral’s assassination attempt against Spanish monarch Alfonso XIII. Ferrer was later released due to lack of evidence. Morral worked in Modern School’s publishing house and was a friend of Ferrer’s.
June 4, 1906—Francisco Ferrer (founder of the first Modern Schools) was arrested and imprisoned for participating in Mateo Morral’s assassination attempt against Spanish monarch Alfonso XIII. Ferrer was later released due to lack of evidence. Morral worked in Modern School’s publishing house and was a friend of Ferrer’s.
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| Nestor Makhno during the Ukranian Free Territory, 1919-1921 |
June 4, 1919
– The 4th (Ukrainian) Congress of Free Soviets, was banned by Leon
Trotsky, Bolshevist troops were sent to destroy the Rosa Luxemburg
Commune near Provkovski, and the Ukrainian anarchist insurgent Nestor
Makhno was declared an outlaw. (From the Daily Bleed)
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| March in support of the Chilean socialist republic, 1932 |
June 4, 1932
-- Chilean politicians and the military carried out a coup d'etat,
installing Marmaduke Grove, who declared Chile a "socialist republic."
However, workers and were given no means to participate. Twelve days
later, the military ended the "workers republic." (From the Daily Bleed)
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| Zoot Suits, 1942 (Library of Congress) |
June 4, 1943 – The Zoot Suit riots began on this date in Los Angeles, with white soldiers attacking blacks & Hispanics. (From the Daily Bleed)
June 4, 1963
– Jimmy Hoffa and seven other members of the International Brotherhood
of Teamsters, were indicted on charges of fraudulently obtaining $20
million in loans from a Teamsters Union Pension Fund. (From the Daily Bleed)
June 4, 1979 – The Sandinistas called for an "insurrectional general strike." (From the Daily Bleed)
June 4, 1989
– The Chinese army massacred at least 2,000 peacefully protesting
students and workers in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. (From the Daily Bleed)
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