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#OtD 30 Oct 1911 while on mandatory military service, Italian anarchist Augusto Masetti shot his colonel in protest of being sent to fight in Libya. As he wounded the officer he shouted: 'Down with the war! Long live Anarchy!' https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10334/augusto-masetti-shoots-colonel?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon