Ravachol
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François Claudius Ravachol (; born Koenigstein; 14 October 1859 – 11 July 1892), also known as the Christ of Anarchy, was a French illegalist anarchist mainly known for his terrorist activism, impact, the myths that developed around his figure, and his influence on the anarchist movement, French society and art. He is also credited as being one of the main launchers of the Ère des attentats (1892-1894).
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- Born
- 1859
- Died
- 1892
- Works
- 1
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Ravachol are a band from all corners of the UK. Greg - Guitar Porter - Bass Em - Vocals Mikee - Drums all songs can be downloaded free from - http://ravachol.bandcamp.com * The Revolution Of Every Day Life EP * True Love, Always - split with We Came Out Like Tigers * Great Moments In The Void EP http://ravachol.bigcartel.com/ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ravachol/152079038182574 <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ravachol">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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5 total works indexed
- Characterization of All Family-9 Glycoside Hydrolases Synthesized by the Cellulosome-producing Bacterium Clostridium cellulolyticum
· 2014 · cited 85x
- Combining free and aggregated cellulolytic systems in the cellulosome-producing bacterium Ruminiclostridium cellulolyticum
· 2015 · cited 75x
- Mechanisms involved in xyloglucan catabolism by the cellulosome-producing bacterium Ruminiclostridium cellulolyticum
· 2016 · cited 72x
- A comprehensive finite element Navier-Stokes solver for low- and high-speed aircraft design
· 1994 · cited 29x
- Principes structurants et construction de savoirs en sciences de la vie et de la Terre
· 2011 · cited 23x
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Quotes
- “Si je prends la parole, ce n'est pas pour me défendre des actes dont on m'accuse, car seule la société, qui, par son organisation, met les hommes en lutte continuelle les uns contre les autres, est responsable. En effet, ne voit-on pas aujourd'hui dans toutes les classes et dans toutes les fonctions des personnes qui désirent, je ne dirai pas la mort, parce que cela sonne mal à l'oreille, mais le malheur de leurs semblables, si cela peut leur procurer des avantages.”
- “Oui, je le répète : c'est la société qui fait les criminels, et vous jurés, au lieu de les frapper, vous devriez employer votre intelligence et vos forces à transformer la société. Du coup, vous supprimeriez tous les crimes ; et votre œuvre, en s'attaquant aux causes, serait plus grande et plus féconde que n'est votre justice qui s'amoindrit à punir les effets.”
- “J'ai travaillé pour vivre et faire vivre les miens ; tant que ni moi ni les miens n'avons trop souffert, je suis resté ce que vous appelez honnête. Puis le travail a manqué, et avec le chômage est venue la faim. C'est alors que cette grande loi de la nature, cette voix impérieuse qui n'admet pas de réplique : l'instinct de la conservation, me poussa à commettre certains des crimes et délits que vous me reprochez et dont je reconnais être l'auteur.”
- “Jugez-moi, messieurs les jurés, mais si vous m'avez compris, en me jugeant jugez tous les malheureux dont la misère, alliée à la fierté naturelle, a fait des criminels, et dont la richesse, dont l'aisance même aurait fait des honnêtes gens!”
- “Une société intelligente en aurait fait des gens comme tout le monde!”
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Key facts
- Person.name
- Ravachol
- Person.image
- File:RAVACHOL face (cropped).jpg
- Person.caption
- Ravachol's mugshot taken by Alphonse Bertillon (Anthropometric File of Anarchists - 1892)
- Person.birth_name
- François Claudius Koenigstein
- Person.birth_place
- Saint-Chamond, France
- Person.death_place
- Montbrison, France
- Person.known_for
- Political bombings
- Person.movement
- Anarchism
- Person.criminal_penalty
- Execution
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- Ravachol Portrait.jpg
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- Ravachol
- date of birth
- 1859-10-14
- date of death
- 1892-07-11
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28 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Birth and youth
- Militantism, crimes, anarchism
- Radicalization of 'Ravachol's band'
- Bombings
- Denunciation and arrest
- First part of the trial
- Second part of the trial
- Execution
- Posterity
- Myth(s) of Ravachol
- Anarchist circles, practices and thought
- Popular legend and culture
- Influence on art and French society
- Later inspirations
- Works
- Books
- Speeches
- Correspondance
- Works about Ravachol
- Police sources
- Articles
- Songs
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
François Claudius Ravachol (; born Koenigstein; 14 October 1859 – 11 July 1892), also known as the Christ of Anarchy, was a French illegalist anarchist mainly known for his terrorist activism, impact, the myths that developed around his figure, and his influence on the anarchist movement, French society and art. He is also credited as being one of the main launchers of the Ère des attentats (1892-1894).
Born in 1859 in Saint-Chamond, in the Saint-Étienne area, Ravachol grew up in poverty and domestic violence. Later, he began a life of crime marked by the murder and robbery of a rich hermit. In this city, Ravachol gradually adopted anarchist ideas and met other activists, such as Rosalie Soubère and Joseph Jas-Béala. He managed to escape from arrest, and with these two accomplices, the militant moved to Paris in 1891. There, joined by the young anarchist militant Charles Simon and maybe Gustave Mathieu, they carried out the Saint-Germain and Clichy bombings, targeting the judge and prosecutor responsible for the judicial persecution of anarchists arrested during the Clichy affair (1891).