On this day in 1931, anarchist workers and students in Paraguay seized control of the city of Encarnación and attempted to declare an anarchist community, holding the town for 16 hours before it was reclaimed by state forces.

The uprising took place amidst widespread a backdrop of widespread social discontent amongst the working classes of Paraguay, with a strong existing anarcho-syndicalist movement.

The rising in Encarnación had been planned in tandem with actions in Asunción and Villarrica, but the government had arrested and deported labor leaders there in the days preceding. Workers had planned to seize control of rail links between the cities, paralyzing the country's transport links.

Due to the lack of instantaneous communication at the time, revolutionaries were unaware that their compatriots in the other cities had been arrested before they crossed the Paraná River from Argentina into the city on February 20th.

Despite this setback, 150 revolutionaries, among them notable communists Oscar Creydt, Marcos Kanner, and Félix Cantalicio Aracuyú, successfully held the commune in Encarnación for sixteen hours before it was recaptured by the state.

Many rebels successfully managed to flee, using two seized steamboats to travel towards Brazil, attacking "yerba mate" plantations and burning records of indentured servitude along the way. Seventeen who were unable to flee were arrested and subject to torture and incarceration.

In 1985, Paraguayan researcher Fernando Quesada published a book about the uprising, titled "1931, la toma de Encarnación".

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  • GorbinOutOverHere [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    I love having no supervision on a slow night

    Made my own special stromboli to take home, leftover bacon and tomatoes, pepperoni, cheddar (in addition to the mozzarella), and the spicy sausage i seasoned for tomorrow (with a shitload of cayenne, sriracha, and a bit of paprika). Based on how spicy it was with all the extras I think I got a good "white people spicy +2" on the sausage which is pretty much what I was aiming for.

    Anyway the one I made tonight was so fucking good I'd put that shit on the menu if I had any authority at all and I ate it all sad and reheated after it steamed in a container for like an hour, it would be so good fresh

    • Dolores [love/loves]
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      2 years ago

      better to have a strom bol unappreciated than a strombol in demand my granmama always said