A longer bio of DeCoster is at https://www.historylink.org/File/11029
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On February 1, 1944, 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" by Attila Kotanyi and Raoul Vaneigem) into English, for Chicago's Rebel Worker.
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Spotted in Olympia.
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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.
https://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
http://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.
http://louisecrowleylibrary.org/rise-like-lions
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On December 27, 1900, Charles L. Govan, the 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 entered a plea of no contest and was fined $115.
http://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.
http://louisecrowleylibrary.org/donald-vose
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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.
You can read more about Anna Falkoff at https://thetransmetropolitanreview.wordpress.com/2023/04/30/the-anarchist-school-teacher-anna-falkoff/
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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"
http://louisecrowleylibrary.org/obscenity
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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 draft age men to consider draft resistance during World War I. Olivereau was given a 10-year sentence, though she was released after 28 months.
http://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.
http://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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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.
http://louisecrowleylibrary.org/abner-pope
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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.
http://louisecrowleylibrary.org/bartolomeo-massullo
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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.
http://louisecrowleylibrary.org/bo-brown
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