Portal:Anarchism/Anniversaries/July/July 27

• 1894 - France: Théodule Meunier is sentenced to "life" in prison in Cayenne. Practitioner of "propaganda by the deed."
• 1921 - France: Léon Prouvost (the "Libertarian Philanthropist") is raided. A few days from now he ends his life, a suicide, after having bequeathed part of his fortune to his fellow publisher André Lorulot.
• 1924 - Holland: 20th anniversary of the creation of the A.I.A. (Association Internationale Antimilitariste). Many well-known militants attend, such as Rudolf Rocker, Emma Goldman, Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, Barthélemy de Ligt, & Pierre Ramus.
• 1936 - Spanish Revolution:
  • In Catalonia, the New Unified School Council is founded, based & run upon the "Modern School" principles of Francisco Ferrer.
  • In Cantabria, the Santander Defence Council is established by republican forces.
• 1949 - France: Jean Roumilhac dies in car accident. Fought in the Spanish Revolution. First president of the French section of the S.I.A. (International Solidarity Antifascist). In the 1940s Roumilhac created an agricultural company in the Rhone delta, enabling Spanish anarchist refugees to obtain legal residence permits.
• 1970 - Netherlands: Albert de Jong dies the evening of the 27/28th, Heemstede. Militant anarcho-syndicalist & antimilitarist writer & speaker.
• 2002 - Russia: Bakunin Celebration Readings, Priamukhino, Tver.
• 2004 - The Bl(A)ck Tea Society organizes its largest event, a Really Really Democratic Bazaar during the 2004 Democratic National Convention.
• 2005 - Arsonists identifying themselves as the Earth Liberation Front damage two homes under construction in Whatcom County, Washington.