Portal:Anarchism/Anniversaries/October/October 6

• 1894 – A new initiative to have the prison sentence of Alexander Berkman commuted is launched by Emma Goldman
• 1900 – English anarchist author Ethel Mannin (d. 1984) is born in London
• 1934 – Spanish Revolution: Following a miners' uprising in Asturias, a Catalan republic is declared, but quickly suppressed by the Spanish Republic
• 1936 – Spanish Revolution: The Regional Defence Council of Aragon is established by the CNT to administer the eastern half of Aragon
• 1945 – The founding congress of the Fédération Anarchiste (FA) begins in Paris
• 1970 – Shortly before the Days of Rage, the Weathermen destroy a statue (pictured) in Haymarket Square, Chicago which commemorated the policemen who died in the Haymarket affair of 1886