7 July 1864: Isabelo de los Reyes born
On this day, 7 July 1864, Filipino labour leader Isabelo de los Reyes was born in Vigan. He became a journalist and opponent of Spanish colonial rule, for which he was jailed and tortured. He was then deported to Spain and held in the infamous Montjuic Castle in Barcelona, alongside many anarchist political prisoners.
In 1901 he was allowed to return to the Philippines, and he brought with him a library of books by socialists like Karl Marx and anarchists like Mikhail Bakunin. He founded the Unión Obrera Democrática Filipina, and helped organise several strikes.
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Speaker 1: On this day and Working Class History the seventh of
July and on the seventh of July eighteen sixty four.
Filipino labour leader Isabello delos Reeus was born in Vigan.
He became a journalist an opponent of Spanish colonial rule,
for which he was jailed and tortured. He was then
deported to Spain and held in the infamous Monterrich Castle
in Barcelona, alongside many anarchist political prisoners. In nineteen oh one,
he was allowed to return to the Philippines, and he
brought with him a library of books by socialists like
Carl Marx and anarchists like Mikail Bakunin. He founded the
Filipino Democratic Workers Union and helped organize several strikes. And
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Speaker 3: Links in the show notes theme music by de Cardo Arre.
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