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Francesc Ferrer
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- 1Remembering Francesc Ferrer, executed in Spain in 1909●Today in Labor History October 13, 1909: Francesc Ferrer, founder of the Modern School movement, was executed in Spain b
On October 13, 1909, anarchist educator Francesc Ferrer was executed in Spain by Catholic Monarchist forces after the events of the Tragic Week. Ferrer founded the Modern School movement, founding Spain's first secular schools and challenging the Catholic Church's monopoly over education. His execution sparked international protest, and labor historians mark the anniversary today.
- 2Remembering Francesc Ferrer and the Modern School●# LaEscuelaModerna , the Modern School, was threatening enough to the state that its founder, Catalan radical # Francesc
Posts are marking the anniversary of the 1909 execution of Francesc Ferrer, the Catalan anarchist educator who founded the Modern School (La Escuela Moderna). Comments recall that his secular, anti-coercive approach to education was seen as so threatening by the Spanish state that he was executed on widely regarded trumped-up charges after the Tragic Week in Barcelona, and note the school's influence on radical and free schooling movements.