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Regeneración Voltairine de Cleyre

Report of the Mexican Liberal Defense Conference of Chicago – Voltairine de Cleyre (1911)

“All those who would feel interested to join in the work of distributing literature, visiting locals, writing letters to the press, helping to arrange meetings, or subscribing to funds, are invited to communicate with me…”

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Regeneración Voltairine de Cleyre

Chicago Workers Show Sympathy – Voltairine de Cleyre (1911)

“…it is hard for the average Chicagoan, even the more enlightened one, to grasp the Mexican situation and its importance in relation to himself.”

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Albert Parsons K. C. Sinclair Voltairine de Cleyre

Anarchism, May Day and Colonialism – K. C. Sinclair (2026)

“Unbeknownst to many, including many of today’s anarchists, May Day, through the Haymarket martyrs, also has a connection to Indigenous resistance.”

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Freedom K. C. Sinclair Voltairine de Cleyre

American Notes: The Klondike & The Native – Voltairine de Cleyre (1897)

“…the most mournful thing is this final in-surge of the Anglo-Saxon upon the last retreat of the North American Indian.”

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Industrial Worker Joseph Kucera Regeneración Solidarity Voltairine de Cleyre

Will this Struggle be Drowned in Blood? – Voltairine de Cleyre (1911)

“Despite the silence of newspapers in the eastern and central sections of this country, the revolution – the economic revolution – is in full swing, and heading straight for free land.”

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Mother Earth Voltairine de Cleyre

Report of the Work of the Chicago Mexican Liberal Defense League – Voltairine de Cleyre (1912)

“I who write have been as much to blame as any; let me shake off my blame by stirring you to awaken now.”

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Lucy E. Parsons Voltairine de Cleyre

May Day & the Haymarket Martyrs

“Does this rising generation know that those who inaugurated the eight-hour day were put to death at the command of capital?”

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