Some notable events around anarchism that happened in 1957.
August[]
- 4: The Argentine National Congress declares 4 August to be "National Bakers Day" to celebrate the anarchist bakers union that formed in 1887.[1]
- 30: At 10:45am, Josep Lluis Facerias is ambushed by police in Barcelona, Spain while trying to meet with underground anarchists. He is shot several times before falling into a trench, he pulled a grenade from his pocket but was shot before he could use it. He died at 37 years old.[2]
October[]
- 8: The Soviet Union renames a Moscow train station from the "Palace of Soviets" to "Kropotkinskaya" after Peter Kropotkin.[3]