3 février

1902 -- Author Ramon J. Sender lives, Spain. Sender's Seven Red Sundays was written in 1936 during the Spanish Revolution. The novel is about group of revolutionaries in Madrid affiliated with the anarchist FAI. An upheaval begins with the murder of a comrade at a syndicalist meeting, followed by a General Strike throwing the country into a chaos — a situation in which it is unclear as to whether or not there will be a revolution or if things will return to normal..

1906 -- England: Acquisition of a house at 165 Jubilee Street, which becomes the "Workers' Friend Club & Institute," a place for meetings, a print shop, & an anarchist school.

1909 -- France: French philosopher, syndicalist Simone Weil (1909-1943) lives, Paris.

1912 -- US: 32,000 textile mill workers now involved in the "Bread & Roses" strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

1912 -- US: Emma Goldman is a scheduled speaker at a meeting organized by the Italian Socialist Federation in Union Square to raise support for the Lawrence strikers.

1913 -- US: Opening of "Casa del Obrero Internacional," in Los Angeles, California. One of the founders is Juan Francisco Moncaleano. Anarchist activities housed here include a Ferrer school & the offices of the newspaper "Regeneracion."

1913 -- France: Beginning of the trial of the surviving members of the Bonnot Gang, in Paris. The trial concludes on 27 February

1931 -- Italy: Michael Schirru is arrested in Rome.

1931 -- US: The Second Oldest Profession, a study of pimps, by the good anarchist & whorehouse doctor, Ben Reitman, is published.

1936 -- During this month Emma Goldman considers publishing a new book of essays drawn from her recent lectures, not only as a source of income but also to appease contributors to the Emma Goldman Publication Fund established to enable her to write another book.

1946 -- Japan: Hiroshima A-bomb toll is officially reported at 78,150 dead. No Americans are indicted as war criminals.

1956 -- US: Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) says it will release selected H-bomb data to private businesses.

1964 -- US: 464,000 students (45%) boycott NYC schools to protest segregation.

1994 -- Ecuador: A third general strike of 500,000 workers is declared.