Andrew Sage

Labourers, called peonies, were typically paid in vouchers or scrip that could only be redeemed at the estate store, where prices were exorbitantly inflated. Any attempt to leave or challenge the conditions was met with violent repercussions from estate managers, creating a cycle of economic entrapment that was essentially slavery by another name.

Labourers, called peonies, were typically paid in vouchers or scrip that could only be redeemed at the estate store, where prices were exorbitantly inflated. Any attempt to leave or challenge the conditions was met with violent repercussions from estate managers, creating a cycle of economic entrapment that was essentially slavery by another name.

Paraguay became a country of ever more wealthy and powerful landowners with a struggling rural working class. As the 20th century approached, the labour struggles and social divisions within Paraguayan society were glaring.

Paraguay became a country of ever more wealthy and powerful landowners with a struggling rural working class. As the 20th century approached, the labour struggles and social divisions within Paraguayan society were glaring.

Paraguay became a country of ever more wealthy and powerful landowners with a struggling rural working class. As the 20th century approached, the labour struggles and social divisions within Paraguayan society were glaring.

Crone inequality, exploitative working conditions, and the dislocation of indigenous communities created fertile ground for radical ideas among rural campesinos and urban workers. European immigrants fleeing political repression brought with them some rather radical ideas that began to resonate with Paraguayan workers who were desperate for a way out of their circumstances.

Crone inequality, exploitative working conditions, and the dislocation of indigenous communities created fertile ground for radical ideas among rural campesinos and urban workers. European immigrants fleeing political repression brought with them some rather radical ideas that began to resonate with Paraguayan workers who were desperate for a way out of their circumstances.

Crone inequality, exploitative working conditions, and the dislocation of indigenous communities created fertile ground for radical ideas among rural campesinos and urban workers. European immigrants fleeing political repression brought with them some rather radical ideas that began to resonate with Paraguayan workers who were desperate for a way out of their circumstances.

For a people who had survived centuries of oppression and authoritarian rule, anarchism had a unique appeal. By the 1880s, workers in Paraguay had begun organizing mutual aid societies, and one such society of typographers would organize themselves into a union, the first in the country's history, by 1886.

For a people who had survived centuries of oppression and authoritarian rule, anarchism had a unique appeal. By the 1880s, workers in Paraguay had begun organizing mutual aid societies, and one such society of typographers would organize themselves into a union, the first in the country's history, by 1886.

For a people who had survived centuries of oppression and authoritarian rule, anarchism had a unique appeal. By the 1880s, workers in Paraguay had begun organizing mutual aid societies, and one such society of typographers would organize themselves into a union, the first in the country's history, by 1886.

That same year saw the rise of construction workers, carpenters, tailors, postal workers, and baker's unions. Those bakers would also conduct the country's first ever strike action in October of 1886. The first distinctly anarchist publication I could find in Paraguay was organized by a group called Los Hijos del Chaco, who published the Libertarian Manifesto in 1892.

That same year saw the rise of construction workers, carpenters, tailors, postal workers, and baker's unions. Those bakers would also conduct the country's first ever strike action in October of 1886. The first distinctly anarchist publication I could find in Paraguay was organized by a group called Los Hijos del Chaco, who published the Libertarian Manifesto in 1892.

That same year saw the rise of construction workers, carpenters, tailors, postal workers, and baker's unions. Those bakers would also conduct the country's first ever strike action in October of 1886. The first distinctly anarchist publication I could find in Paraguay was organized by a group called Los Hijos del Chaco, who published the Libertarian Manifesto in 1892.

They call themselves anarchist communists and declare their intent to abolish private property, the clergy, the state, and the armed forces. We seek the complete emancipation of the proletariat as we fight to abolish the unjust exploitation of man by man.

They call themselves anarchist communists and declare their intent to abolish private property, the clergy, the state, and the armed forces. We seek the complete emancipation of the proletariat as we fight to abolish the unjust exploitation of man by man.

They call themselves anarchist communists and declare their intent to abolish private property, the clergy, the state, and the armed forces. We seek the complete emancipation of the proletariat as we fight to abolish the unjust exploitation of man by man.

We dedicate all of our moral and physical strength to overturn all tyrannies, to establish genuine liberty, equality, and fraternity in the human family. We seek to transform private property into a common good. We seek to do so because individual property is the basic cause of all the evils that afflict us.

We dedicate all of our moral and physical strength to overturn all tyrannies, to establish genuine liberty, equality, and fraternity in the human family. We seek to transform private property into a common good. We seek to do so because individual property is the basic cause of all the evils that afflict us.

We dedicate all of our moral and physical strength to overturn all tyrannies, to establish genuine liberty, equality, and fraternity in the human family. We seek to transform private property into a common good. We seek to do so because individual property is the basic cause of all the evils that afflict us.