#OnThisDay in 1913, Seattle's third Golden Potlatch celebration erupted into fistfights and riots. historylink.org/File/2540

On July 17, 2008, anonymous individuals disabled and removed the surveillance camera facing the PitchPipe Infoshop. A week later, pictures of the high-powered camera were anonymously posted on the internet. louisecrowleylibrary.org/pitchpipe-infoshop

Got another edition, this one by SF's Revolutionary Workers Group, unknown publication year.

Louise Crowley Library@lcrowleylibrary.bsky.social · 3y ago

We've got several editions of the Seattle General Strike pamphlet, a 1971 edition by Shorey Books, the red one done by some Seattleites before the 1999 WTO demonstrations, and two by Left Bank Books. Still need the 1919 original, the 1972 edition by Root & Branch, and the pink one from Left Bank.

On July 11, 1933, French-born anarchist, and editor of Home, WA anarchist newspaper The Demonstrator, Laurent Casas died. louisecrowleylibrary.org/laurent-casas

We just got hard copies of the two published issues of Seattle insurrectionary anarchist magazine "A Murder of Crows," you can read PDFs of both at louisecrowleylibrary.org/a-murder-of-crows

On July 4, 1997, the Animal Liberation Front freed 4000 mink from the David Smith Mink Farm in Cle Elum, Washington. The farm did not survive this action.

On July 3, 1921, the accursed snitch Donald Vose got spit on by Home, WA resident Gaston Lance at a community baseball game. This would be the last time that Vose attempted to visit the anarchist community before his comical death. louisecrowleylibrary.org/donald-vose

On July 1, 1914, the final issue of Why? was published by Enrico Travaglio in Tacoma. You can get a full set of these issues at www.louisecrowleylibrary.org/shop/p/why-1...

Just got three more issues of Seattle's Black Autonomy scanned and uploaded.

Louise Crowley Library@lcrowleylibrary.bsky.social · 2y ago

I spent the weekend scanning and editing issues of Black Autonomy, and transcribing a few texts from it as well. Really trying to find more issues though! louisecrowleylibrary.org/black-autonomy

Added Jay Fox's eulogy for Voltairine de Cleyre to the texts section: louisecrowleylibrary.org/voltairine-de-cleyre

A short documentary on the NWDC that anarchists made in 2008: youtu.be/bTrR1s7du6s?...

Smash ICE Northwest Detention Center - docushort

YouTube video by Acumensch

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Louise Crowley Library@lcrowleylibrary.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We added an article about the Northwest Detention Center, published in Autonomy//253, way back in 2011, while Obama was president. louisecrowleylibrary.org/a-brief-analysis-of-the-northwest-detention-center

Found three related flyers, two for noise demos at the detention center, one for an info night about it, all from 2010.

Louise Crowley Library@lcrowleylibrary.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We added an article about the Northwest Detention Center, published in Autonomy//253, way back in 2011, while Obama was president. louisecrowleylibrary.org/a-brief-analysis-of-the-northwest-detention-center

We added an article about the Northwest Detention Center, published in Autonomy//253, way back in 2011, while Obama was president. louisecrowleylibrary.org/a-brief-analysis-of-the-northwest-detention-center

A former collective member of Seattle's Black Cat Cafe is looking for people to collaborate on a collective history of the project. www.faythelevine.com/blackcatcafe

I just randomly remembered that in 1903 the state of Washington made it illegal to be an anarchist. louisecrowleylibrary.org/washington-criminal-anarchy-law

The US government has always been a force for censorship.

Louise Crowley Library@lcrowleylibrary.bsky.social · 2y ago

On July 26, 1915, after losing his appeal to the US Supreme Court, anarchist Jay Fox was taken into custody to serve his two month sentence for publishing matter “which shall tend to encourage or advocate disrespect of the law or for any court or courts of justice.” (1/2)

Time is a spiral.

Louise Crowley Library@lcrowleylibrary.bsky.social · 2y ago

On July 2, 1967, Floyd Turner was convicted of burning an American flag, despite the fact that Seattle anarchist Stan Iverson admitted burning the flag with another man. Eventually the Washington Supreme Court exonerated Turner. louisecrowleylibrary.org/stan-iverson

Just got a hard copy of Anarcho-Feminism: Two Statements, published by the Seattle branch of the Social Revolutionary Anarchist Federation in the early 1970s.

Just got a copy of Home resident Henry Addis' pamphlet "Essays on the Social Problem," published by Free Society out of San Francisco (formerly Portland) in June, 1898.

On May 29, 1899, Emma Goldman spoke at the Germania hall in Seattle. louisecrowleylibrary.org/anarchy-at-germania-hall

On May 12, 1967, Seattle anarchist Stan Iverson burned an American flag in Seattle. Despite Iverson admitting that he burned the flag, Floyd Turner was convicted of it and served 45 days before being released on bond and acquitted by the WA Supreme Court. louisecrowleylibrary.org/stan-iverson

On May 11, 1898 the first issue of Discontent: Mother of Progress was published at Home, Washington. Discontent was published weekly for four years, until it was suppressed by the US Post office for publishing “obscenity.” louisecrowleylibrary.org/discontent

On May 8, 1903, anarchist William Dorenson was sent to the chain gang for 50 days for having praised Leon Czolgosz’s assassination of President William McKinley while drinking in the Pioneer saloon in Tacoma.

On May 4, 2021 Tacoma anarchist Arthur J. Miller died. Miller was the publisher of the anarchist newspaper "Bayou La Rose" for 26 years, as well as a key organizer for supporting imprisoned American Indian Movement member Leonard Peltier. louisecrowleylibrary.org/arthur-j-miller

On May 3, 1886, 16-year-old Jay Fox was shot in the finger by a Chicago cop, and watched another worker killed by the same bullet. He would be present the next night as a bomb was thrown into a crowd of police that was trying to break up the rally in the Haymarket. louisecrowleylibrary.org/jay-fox

The longer story of all the trials suffered by Home's publishers is here: louisecrowleylibrary.org/obscenity

Obscenity at Home: The Trials of an Anarchist Community on Puget Sound — Louise Crowley Library

This pamphlet tells the stories of the trials that anarchist publishers were subjected to in the early 1900s at Home , Washington. Included is the four essays that so offended some in the government ...

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Louise Crowley Library@lcrowleylibrary.bsky.social · 2y ago

On April 30, 1902, following two trials for publishing obscenity, one of which ended in conviction for Lois Waisbrooker, the Home, Washington post office was disestablished, and the final issue of Discontent: Mother of Progress was published. louisecrowleylibrary.org/discontent

On 4/28/1919, amidst a wave of mail bombs intended by anarchists to be delivered on May 1, Seattle Mayor Ole Hanson's office received a bomb, which failed to go off. After, Hanson declared that the government should “buck up and hang or incarcerate for life all the anarchists.”

On April 20, 2013, the Olympia Anarchist Convergence began at Evergreen State College, but was moved to a different location after a hostile blogger had his camera smashed. louisecrowleylibrary.org/olympia-anarchist-convergence

Tacoma anarchist Andrew Klemencic had it right. louisecrowleylibrary.org/andrew-klemencic

The Transmetropolitan Review (Unofficial)@transmetropolitanr.bsky.social · last yr.

'It is certainly distressing to see so much energy wasted on such small demands. The poorest of the poor are still satisfied with crumbs, while the plutocrats revel in luxury, strike or no strike.' -Andrej Klemencic, April 4, 1906

On April 13, 1890, anarchist/feminist/spiritualist Lois Waisbrooker delivered two lectures at Tacoma Hall, the first on “Modern Spiritualism”. This is the earliest evidence we can find of anarchist activity in our area. louisecrowleylibrary.org/clothed-with-the-sun