Happy Ricardo Flores Magon year, everyone!

[hitmouse]

Saw this:

In Defense of Anarchist Memory: One-Hundred Years Since the Death of Ricardo Flores Magón

Statement from anarchists in so-called Mexico calling for a year of activity to defend and continue the anarchist memory of Ricardo Flores Magón, one-hundred years since his death. La versión en español sigue a la versión en inglés. Let every man and woman who loves freedom and the anarchist...

itsgoingdown.org

And thought, huh, is the Mexican government really doing a year in celebration of Flores Magon? And apparently they are:

Gobierno de México presenta su nueva imagen oficial para el 2022

¿Por qué se decidió tomar a Ricardo Flores Magón como nueva imagen oficial del Gobierno de México para el 2022?

cnnespanol.cnn.com

https://presidente.gob.mx/presidente-destaca-apoyo-de-gobernadoras-y-gobernadores-al-proyecto-de-transformacion/

Are there any other anarchists who are that exalted by the governments of "their" countries? I suppose Louise Michel is quite a big deal in France, and Makhno likewise in Ukraine. Maybe some of the Koreans but I dunno much about them... any others?

 

[AmateurAgitator]

Saw this:

In Defense of Anarchist Memory: One-Hundred Years Since the Death of Ricardo Flores Magón

Statement from anarchists in so-called Mexico calling for a year of activity to defend and continue the anarchist memory of Ricardo Flores Magón, one-hundred years since his death. La versión en español sigue a la versión en inglés. Let every man and woman who loves freedom and the anarchist...

itsgoingdown.org

And thought, huh, is the Mexican government really doing a year in celebration of Flores Magon? And apparently they are:

Gobierno de México presenta su nueva imagen oficial para el 2022

¿Por qué se decidió tomar a Ricardo Flores Magón como nueva imagen oficial del Gobierno de México para el 2022?

cnnespanol.cnn.com

https://presidente.gob.mx/presidente-destaca-apoyo-de-gobernadoras-y-gobernadores-al-proyecto-de-transformacion/

Are there any other anarchists who are that exalted by the governments of "their" countries? I suppose Louise Michel is quite a big deal in France, and Makhno likewise in Ukraine. Maybe some of the Koreans but I dunno much about them... any others?

Unfortunately Makhno seems to have been completely appropriated by Ukrainian nationalists - despite him having personally shot atleast one nationalist leader and fighting against such people. He is now on bank notes and there is a Nestor Makhno financial award I believe. Not what he would have wanted at all

 

[AmateurAgitator]

Are there any other anarchists who are that exalted by the governments of "their" countries? I suppose Louise Michel is quite a big deal in France, and Makhno likewise in Ukraine. Maybe some of the Koreans but I dunno much about them... any others?

There was some stuff in the USSR named after Kropotkin (a metro station atleast), don't know if that really counts though. I think that's all I can think of right now.

Kropotkinskaya - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Pickman's model]

Saw this:

In Defense of Anarchist Memory: One-Hundred Years Since the Death of Ricardo Flores Magón

Statement from anarchists in so-called Mexico calling for a year of activity to defend and continue the anarchist memory of Ricardo Flores Magón, one-hundred years since his death. La versión en español sigue a la versión en inglés. Let every man and woman who loves freedom and the anarchist...

itsgoingdown.org

And thought, huh, is the Mexican government really doing a year in celebration of Flores Magon? And apparently they are:

Gobierno de México presenta su nueva imagen oficial para el 2022

¿Por qué se decidió tomar a Ricardo Flores Magón como nueva imagen oficial del Gobierno de México para el 2022?

cnnespanol.cnn.com

https://presidente.gob.mx/presidente-destaca-apoyo-de-gobernadoras-y-gobernadores-al-proyecto-de-transformacion/

Are there any other anarchists who are that exalted by the governments of "their" countries? I suppose Louise Michel is quite a big deal in France, and Makhno likewise in Ukraine. Maybe some of the Koreans but I dunno much about them... any others?

there are a peter and a painter house near sidney street

Anger at naming of tower blocks after gang of police killers

A housing association in Tower Hamlets has sparked anger after naming two tower blocks after the leader of a gang of police killers.

www.standard.co.uk

 

[AmateurAgitator]

there are a peter and a painter house near sidney street

Anger at naming of tower blocks after gang of police killers

A housing association in Tower Hamlets has sparked anger after naming two tower blocks after the leader of a gang of police killers.

www.standard.co.uk

Isn't it debatable as to wether Peter the Painter was an anarchist though? According to those who gave them shelter, those at Sidney Street were Bolsheviks, not anarchists.

 

[Pickman's model]

Isn't it debatable as to wether Peter the Painter was an anarchist though? Apparently those at Sidney Street were Bolsheviks, not anarchists.

i prefer to rely on the many years of in-depth research of phil ruff, who declares them latvian anarchists

 

[hitmouse]

As far as the Koreans go, I suppose there's Kim Chwa-Chin:

Kim Chwa-chin - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

As a leader of the Korean independence movement, Kim is remembered in both North and South Korea. In 1991, the town of Hongseong restored his birthplace. A festival is now held in his honor every October

In passing, I love his last words, which sound like an incredibly relaxed response to getting assassinated:

Just before he died, Kim Jwa-jin said, “What to do… I have to die at this time with so much work to do. How regrettable...”

Dunno much else about that subject though... wow, Chwa-Chin/Jwa-jin's kid sounds like a memorable character, but also a right dick:

Kim Du-han - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Pickman's model]

Isn't it debatable as to wether Peter the Painter was an anarchist though? Apparently those at Sidney Street were Bolsheviks, not anarchists.

 

[Kevbad the Bad]

If you include Emiliano Zapata, and why not, then Mexico are quite protective of his memory as well, even having him on their bank notes at times.

 

[Kate Sharpley]

Magon:
The Return of Comrade Ricardo Flores Magón - Zone Books
(reviewed here The Return of Comrade Ricardo Flores Magón by Claudio Lomnitz [Book review] "The ‘return’ of the title refers to the return of his body to Mexico, where the eventually he and his brothers were converted into anti-Díaz ‘precursors’ of the revolution. But it also refers to Lomnitz’s own project of looking at these rebel lives as they unfolded, and not as safe, static icons.")

 

[Kate Sharpley]

Zhaklis/ Peter the Painter
You don't even need to learn Latvian, A Towering Flame is available in English: Philip Ruff – A Towering Flame – Breviary Stuff Review: Portrait of the artist as a wanted man: Philip Ruff’s search for Peter the Painter

 

[Kevbad the Bad]

Magon:
The Return of Comrade Ricardo Flores Magón - Zone Books
(reviewed here The Return of Comrade Ricardo Flores Magón by Claudio Lomnitz [Book review] "The ‘return’ of the title refers to the return of his body to Mexico, where the eventually he and his brothers were converted into anti-Díaz ‘precursors’ of the revolution. But it also refers to Lomnitz’s own project of looking at these rebel lives as they unfolded, and not as safe, static icons.")

That review of the book is very positive. Personally I found it really difficult to read and far more concerned about the personalities of some individuals than their policies and what occurred outside their own small circle.

 

[hitmouse]

Ah yeah, I think I've been vaguely meaning to read it since seeing that review, although the to-read list is always a long one.

 

[hitmouse]

Just learned that Sergey/Serhiy Kemsky is another for the "posthumous national heros" list:

Do you hear, Maidan?

Serhiy Kemsky Do you hear, Maidan? December 19, 2013 The following article was written by the Ukrainian anarchist Serhiy Kemsky, an activist that...

theanarchistlibrary.org

Heavenly Hundred Hero’s father: It is important for me to know the name of the person who gave an order to kill my son, and not the person who pulled the trigger

On the Memorial Day of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes, relatives of the activists Sergey Kemsky and Ustim Golodnyuk, who...

english.gordonua.com

 

[hitmouse]

Just seen about this:

Explosive Attack against “Ricardo Flores Magón” Police Station in Mexico

Are there any other police stations named in memory of famous anarchists, or is it just that one?

 

[phildwyer]

Mexico's a self-consciously revolutionary society. Rivera murals glorifying Lenin adorn the National Palace, and there's roads and metro stations named after Magon in every city:

 

[hitmouse]

Magon:
The Return of Comrade Ricardo Flores Magón - Zone Books
(reviewed here The Return of Comrade Ricardo Flores Magón by Claudio Lomnitz [Book review] "The ‘return’ of the title refers to the return of his body to Mexico, where the eventually he and his brothers were converted into anti-Díaz ‘precursors’ of the revolution. But it also refers to Lomnitz’s own project of looking at these rebel lives as they unfolded, and not as safe, static icons.")

Have now started reading this!