10 Facts About Justus Schwab

Justus H Schwab was the keeper of a radical saloon in New York City's Lower East Side.

An emigre from Germany, Schwab was involved in early American anarchism in the early 1880s, including the anti-authoritarian New York Social Revolutionary Club's split from the Socialistic Labor Party and Johann Most's entry to the United States.

Justus Schwab ran a saloon in New York City's Lower East Side that was popular among radicals.

Justus Schwab was cast out of the Socialistic Labor Party for opposing alliance with the Greenback Party in the 1880 election.

Justus Schwab was involved in the formation of the splinter New York Social Revolutionary Club to pursue the Gotha Program in late 1880.

Justus Schwab represented the club at the 1881 Chicago Social Revolutionary Congress, where he was a key figure.

Justus Schwab spoke at the Social Revolutionary Club's reception for Johann Most's arrival in New York.

Justus Schwab became an anarchist in early 1880s, a term that emerged during this period and was synonymous with social revolutionary, anti-authoritarian socialism.

Justus Schwab kept correspondence with Albert Parsons during the latter's imprisonment.

Justus Schwab was tall, with thick blond hair "like a Viking" and a deep voice.