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Manuel Pardiñas
Manuel Pardiñas Serrato (1880 – 12 November 1912) was an Aragonese anarchist assassin, responsible for the of José Canalejas, the Prime Minister of Spain. Biography Manuel Pardiñas Serrato was born in the Aragonese town of El Grado in 1880. He moved to Zaragoza for work, before emigrating to France in 1901. Due to his anarchist activities, he was soon wanted by the French police and forced to flee to the Americas. He attempted to find work at the Panama Canal, but soon emigrated to Cuba. With a number of Cuban anarchists, he moved to Tampa, Florida, where he joined an anarchist group led by Pedro Esteve. He later went to London, where he made contact with an international anarchist committee. He then went to Bordeaux, where he reunited with a number of other emigrants from Tampa. At this time, several European leaders, including Spanish king Alfonso XIII, had been targetted for assassination by anarchists. Following the suppression of the Tragic Week uprising, in 191 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Grado
El Grado is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. According to 2009 data ( INE), the municipality has a population of 506 inhabitants. There is a large reservoir, managing the waters of river Cinca in this town's municipal term. See also * List of municipalities in Huesca This is a list of the municipalities in the province of Huesca, in the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. F ... References Municipalities in the Province of Huesca {{huesca-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Esteve
Pedro Esteve (1865–1925) was a Catalan American anarchist activist and newspaper editor. He first became involved in trade union organizing while working as a typographer, through which he joined the Federation of Workers of the Spanish Region (FTRE) and co-founded the Pact of Union and Solidarity (PUS). Facing heightened political repression in Spain, which followed in the wake of the Jerez uprising, Esteve emigrated to the United States in 1892. In New York City, he contributed to the newspaper ''El Despertar'', taking over as editor after Cuban anarchists left due to his opposition to Cuban independence. He then moved to Paterson, New Jersey, and joined the immigrant Italian anarchist community. He took over editing the newspaper '' La Questione Sociale'' in 1899, but he was forced to leave the city in 1902, following the assassination of William McKinley. During a lecture tour of the country, he co-founded the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), before moving to Tam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |