Portal:Anarchism/Anniversaries/June/June 11

• 1832 - Jules Vallès (1832) (pictured) born.
• 1888 - Martyred Italian-American anarchist Bartolomeo Vanzetti born. (See 1920 below.)
• 1914 - Emma Goldman finishes lectures in Los Angeles (May 15-June 11) delivering anarchist propaganda & modern drama lectures, which includes discussion of Irish playwright Seumas O'Kelly.
• 1920 - Bartolemo Vanzetti is indicted for the Bridgewater hold-up. (See 1888 above.)
• 1922 - The anarcho-syndicalist Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) withdraws its provisional affiliation with the Third International in favor of the International Workers' Association (IWA).
• 1931 - National Congress of the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) held in Madrid.
• 1965 - The International Poetry Incarnation attended by philosophical anarchists, Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, as well as other members of the Beat Generation.
• 1970 - Stuart Christie's home is raided with explosives warrant.
• 1990 - June 11-18, anarchists riot, forming barricades in the streets of Sofia against the election manipulations of the various political forces.
• 2001 - Jeff Luers sentenced to 22 years for burning 3 SUVs.