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“Here you will tread upon a spark, but here, and there, and behind you, and in front of you, and everywhere, flames will blaze up. It is a subterranean fire. You cannot put it out.”
— August Spies, Haymarket martyr, revolutionary anarchist

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“Here you will tread upon a spark, but here, and there, and behind you, and in front of you, and everywhere, flames will blaze up. It is a subterranean fire. You cannot put it out.”
— August Spies, Haymarket martyr, revolutionary anarchist

https://libcom.org/article/address-august-spies

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The quote in the illustration can be found in Lucy Parsons: Freedom, Equality & Solidarity, Writings and Speeches, 1878-1937, edited and introduced by Gale Ahrens with an afterword by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, from AK Press.

The portrait in the illustration was drawn from a photo reference. The photo is a studio portrait made of Lucy in 1886, the year of the Haymarket Tragedy. You can see it on this page: https://www.lucyparsonsproject.com/images.html

The photograph was monochrome (not a color photo); the red of the scarf in the illustration is artistic license.

This illustration is the first of a series in progress which will feature the words, wisdom, and deeds of anarchist revolutionaries.

The series is called Subterranean.

Up next: August Spies.

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Warum ist der 1. Mai der Tag der Arbeit?

https://fm4.orf.at/sendung/1008425/morning-show?j=11730457

#TagDerArbeit #Paris #Chicago #ZweiteInternationale #AchtStundenTag #Anarchisten #AugustSpies #Haymarket #ArbeiterZeitung

Teach-in on the Haymarket Anarchists and the history of May Day

At the May Day Gathering 2026 in so-called Kingston, NY

Friday, May 1st, 2 PM – 7 PM
(Teach-in time TBD)
Forsyth Park, “Kingston, NY”

Learn about the Haymarket Tragedy, the founding of the IWW, and the origins of May Day in revolutionary labor organizing.

“Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.” – Lucy Parsons

"Here you will tread on a spark, but there and there, behind you—and in front of you, and everywhere, flames blaze up. It is a subterranean fire. You cannot put it out." – August Spies, 1886.

More info: https://commoningkingston.com/action/gathering/may-day-2026

#MayDay #anarchism #gathering #teachIn #Haymarket #HaymarketAnarchists #HaymarketMartyrs #LucyParsons #AugustSpies #LaborHistory

"The day will come when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you are throttling today."

The last words of August Spies, with a noose around his head.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Spies

Note: Wikipedia says he was found guilty of throwing a bomb. Howard Zinn says it was a stick of dynamite and he was still on stage when it happened. It was a show trial.

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An diesem #1Mai22 erinnern wir an die von der Klassenjustiz in den #USA verurteilten und ermordeten Arbeiter-Anarchisten des #Haymarket in #Chicago. Danke an unsere brasilianische Schwester @twitter@LUTAFOB für die Memes im Rahmen des #GlobalMayDay2022 [1/8]

Wenn du wissen willst, was am #Haymarket geschah und was das damit zu tun hat, dass Arbeiter:innen am 1. Mai auf die Strasse gehen: https://direkteaktion.org/der-1-mai-eine-anarchistische-annaeherung/

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