Chicago anarchist movement

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The Chicago anarchist movement was a late 19th-century radical labor and political current centered in Chicago, best known for its role in the events surrounding the 1886 Haymarket affair and the subsequent trial and execution of several anarchists.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anarchist movement
labor movement
political movement
social movement
activePeriod late 19th century
associatedEvent Haymarket affair
Haymarket affair
surface form: Haymarket bombing

Haymarket affair
surface form: Haymarket trial

execution of the Haymarket anarchists
country United States of America
surface form: United States
focus anti-capitalism
anti-state politics
eight-hour workday campaign
radical labor organizing
workers' rights
historicalSignificance catalyst for international May Day commemorations
major episode in U.S. labor history
symbol of labor martyrdom worldwide
ideology anarchism
libertarian socialism
surface form: anarcho-communism

revolutionary socialism
languageOfActivity Czech
English
German
location Chicago
notableDate 1886
notableFigure Adolph Fischer
Albert Parsons
August Spies
George Engel
Louis Lingg
Lucy Parsons
Michael Schwab
Oscar Neebe
notableOrganization Knights of Labor
surface form: Central Labor Union of Chicago

International Working People's Association
notablePublication Arbeiter-Zeitung
Die Fackel
The Alarm
opposedBy Chicago business elites
Chicago police
mainstream press
organizationalForm labor unions
radical newspapers
workers' clubs
repression execution of four Haymarket defendants in 1887
mass arrests after Haymarket bombing
politically charged trial of anarchists
socialBase Czech-American workers
German-American workers
immigrant workers
skilled industrial workers

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Adolph Fischer associatedWith Chicago anarchist movement
George Engel associatedWith Chicago anarchist movement
Samuel Fielden associatedWith Chicago anarchist movement
August Vincent Theodore Spies associatedWith Chicago anarchist movement