La Salute è in voi! ("Health/Salvation is in you!") was an early 1900s
bomb-making handbook associated with the Galleanisti, followers of
anarchist Luigi Galleani, particularly in the United States. The
anonymously written, Italian-language handbook repackaged technical
content from encyclopedias and applied chemistry books into plain
directions for non-technical amateurs to build explosives. It wrapped
this content in a political manifesto advocating for impoverished
workers to overcome their despair and commit to individual,
revolutionary acts. American police and historians used the handbook to
profile anarchists and imply guilt by possession. It figured prominently
in the prosecution of the Bresci Circle, a case that revolved around the
anarchists' right to read. Successful political bombers of this era
ultimately had career backgrounds in explosives and were not the self-
taught amateurs the handbook sought to create.Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Salute_%C3%A8_in_voi> _______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries: 1794: War of the Pyrenees: France regained nearly all the land it lost to Spain the previous year with its victory in the Second Battle of Boulou. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Boulou> 1931: New York City's Empire State Building, at the time the tallest building in the world, opened. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_State_Building> 1974: Argentine president Juan Perón expelled Montoneros from a demonstration in the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, forcing the group to become a clandestine organization. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_Montoneros_from_Plaza_de_Mayo> _____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day: worky: 1. Characterized by or pertaining to work. 2. Especially of attire: appropriate for work; businesslike. 3. Requiring much work; laborious. 4. Tending to be very serious about work; diligent, industrious. 5. (obsolete) Showing the effect of much effort and work; intricate, involved. [...] <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/worky> ___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day: The man who will live above his present circumstances is in great danger of living in a little time much beneath them; or as the Italian proverb runs, "The man who lives by hope, will die by hunger." --Joseph Addison <https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joseph_Addison> _______________________________________________ Wikipedia Daily Article mailing list. To unsubscribe write to: [email protected] Questions or comments? Contact [email protected]
