In the chapter, "What Is Anarchism?" social revolutionary Parsons
explained how his strain of anarchist socialism derived its name and
purpose from the Greek words for "no" and "government." Albert R.
Parsons (1848-1887), former Confederate soldier, American anarchist
and Haymarket martyr, was one of the four hanged for his alleged
involvement in the bombing in Chicago's Haymarket Square on May 4,
1886. Albert, was one of the Haymarket martyrs, those labor and
anarchist leaders fighting for an eight-hour day who were unfairly
tried and hung for their role in police riots on May 3, 1886. Albert
was not even present at the meeting where a mysterious bomb killed a
police officer. The last lines in this book were written as he was
being taken from his cell to the gallows. He met his wife, Lucy, in
1870 and they were soon married, in violation of laws against
"race-mixing." She was born in Texas during the Civil War to parents
who were likely slaves; she had Black, Mexican and American Indian
roots. Lucy was among the organizers of the attempted strike in 1886
that led to the bombing, and she continued to be active in the
radical wing of the labor movement until her death in 1942. May Day,
International Workers Day, celebrated every May 1, commemorates the
Haymarket martyrs and the struggle of all working people.
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