The Justice of Antonio Ramón Ramón, Vindicator!

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Dec 212011
 

Antonio Ramón Ramón

The story of Antonio Ramón Ramón, a Spanish anarchist of Andalusian origin (Granada) who emigrated to Chile, with his family, as a young child.  In December 1907 his step-brother, Mauricio Vaca, was among the 3,600 striking immigrant nitrate miners massacred in their camp in the Domingo Santa María schoolyard by troops commanded by General Roberto Silva Renard, on the orders of Chile’s interior minister Rafael Sotomayor Gaete.

Ramón Ramón, the step brother, waited 7 years for an opportunity to bring General Silva Renard to justice for his barbarities, which he did on December 14, 1914, in the centre of Santiago de Chile, stabbing him seven times in the head and the back. Renard survived the attack, but was blinded and remained a bed-ridden invalid until his death in 1920. Antonio Ramón Ramón was arrested and subsequently tried to commit suicide by poisoning himself with strychnine. He is believed to have died in 1924, but his ultimate fate remains unknown.

Contemporary press coverage of General Silva Renard facing his nemesis

La venganza de Ramón Ramón 02 from Info Molvízar on Vimeo.

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A Blow to the Heart – Colpo al cuore.

The non-accidental death of a monarch (2010 – Teleimagini)

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Nov 242011
 

Monza, July 29 1900 (Flavio Costantini)

Blow to the Heart (Colpo al cuore) non-accidental death of a monarch: an Italian documentary (English subtitles), with interviews and analysis examining two different strands of the life and motivation of anarchist regicide Gaetano Bresci, the slayer of Italian tyrant Umberto I. The film assesses Bresci’s action in the context of his age and considers the nature of redemption through propaganda by the deed; at what point do people like Bresci say: ‘Enough! Time to do away with the symbols of our oppression’, and respond with violent gestures when faced with cruel injustices. (See ChristieBooks FILMS – or view HERE, please allow time for film to load)

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There is a Place. Mexico City Anarchists (2010 – Abril Schmucler)

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Oct 082011
 

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A documentary about what it means to be an anarchist today in Mexico City, a city of 25 million inhabitants. It reminds us of the possibilities of other ways of living. Toby, now 50 years old, was a punk, and together with Marta, they run the Bilbioteca Social Reconstruir, a project launched by the Spanish anarchist Ricardo Mestre. The library contains files of considerable historical importance, as well as more than five thousand titles on the subject of anarchism. Here, Jacinto and Claudio, historians, studied anarchism, from the time of the Flores Magón brothers to today’s decrepit labor system; Ignacio started the Cultural Multiforum ‘Alicia’ 15 years ago The film has much to teach us about contemporary Mexico and a generation which is searching for another, more just world.

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España en Guerra – 11-12 (1986 – Pascual Cervera)

 Anarchist cinema, Anarchist ideas, Anarchist resistance, anarcho-syndicalism, Documentaries, Fascism, Films, Geopolitics, Historical Memory, Interviews, Nazis/Fascism/Corporatism, Neo-Fascism, Reportage, Second Spanish Republic, Society, Spain, Spanish anarchism, Spanish Revolution/Civil War  No Responses »
Oct 082011
 

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Parts 11 and 12 of Spain at War, a 30-part documentary series produced by Spanish TV in 1986. The films contain many rare and difficult to find images and footage: 11) They shall not pass! 12) Madrid resists

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España en Guerra – 9-10 (1986 – Pascual Cervera)

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Oct 082011
 

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Parts 9 and 10 of Spain at War, a 30-part documentary series produced by Spanish TV in 1986. The films contain many rare and difficult to find images and footage: 9) The Republic pulls back 10) Franco – Caudillo!

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España en Guerra – 7-8 (1986 – Pascual Cervera)

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Oct 082011
 

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Parts 7 and 8 of Spain at War, a 30-part documentary series produced by Spanish TV in 1986. The films contain many rare and difficult to find images and footage: 7) A Country in Flames 8). Bloody August

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España en Guerra – 5-6 (1986 – Pascual Cervera)

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Oct 082011
 

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Parts 5 and 6 of Spain at War, a 30-part documentary series produced by Spanish TV in 1986. The films contain many rare and difficult to find images: 5) The Storm of July 6) Spain Divided

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España en Guerra 3-4 (1986 – Pascual Cervera)

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Oct 082011
 

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Parts 3 and 4 of ‘Spain at War’, a 30-part documentary series produced by Spanish TV in 1986. The films contain many rare and difficult to find images: 3) The Popular Front 4) The Military Rebellion

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España en Guerra 1-2 (1986 – Pascual Cervera)

 Anarchist ideas, Anarchist resistance, Anti-Capitalism, anti-fascism, Art, Article, Church and State, class war, Documentaries, Essay, Films, Geopolitics, Germany, Historical Memory, Italy, Politics, Power elites and brokers, Prisons, Reportage, repression, Resistance movements, Russia, Spain, Spanish anarchism, Spanish Revolution/Civil War  No Responses »
Oct 032011
 

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Parts 1 and 2 of Spain at War, a 30-part documentary series produced by Spanish TV in 1986. The films contains many rare and difficult to find images
1) Decline of a regime 2) The Republic: reform and reaction

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Defensa Interior (2005 – Octavio Alberola and Luis Andrés Edo)

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Oct 022011
 

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Octavio Alberola and the late Luis Andrés Edo, two of the principal organisers of ‘Defensa Interior’ (DI), the clandestine action organisation of the Spanish Libertarian Movement in Exile (CNT, FAI and FIJL), discuss the formation, actions and domestic tensions which led to it being disowned and betrayed by the ‘notables’ of the Toulouse-based CNT-FAI leadership. The ‘charla’ (talk) took place in the CNT local in Joaquín Costa, Barcelona, in November 2005

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