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Remembering Francesc Ferrer and the Modern School

Original: # 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.

Why now: The anniversary of Ferrer's execution is being commemorated on this day in history.

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• # LaEscuelaModerna , the Modern School, was threatening enough to the state that its founder, Catalan radical # FrancescFerrer , was executed by Spain on # ThisDayInHistory in 1909 on trumped-up charged. His # anarchist approach to # education dropped force and gained excellent… · LiamOMaraIV · 1

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