Ammon Hennacy
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| Alma mater | Rand School of Social Science Ohio State University University of Wisconsin–Madison Hiram College |
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Ammon Ashford Hennacy (July 24, 1893 – January 14, 1970) was an American
Biography
Hennacy was born in
During this time, Hennacy was a card-carrying member of the Socialist Party of America and in his words "took military drills in order to learn how to kill capitalists."[2] He was also the secretary of Hiram College's Intercollegiate Socialist Society.[3]
At the outbreak of
Hennacy believed that adherence to Christianity required being a pacifist and, because governments constantly threaten or use force to resolve conflicts, this meant being an anarchist.
In 1919, Hennacy married his first wife, Selma Melms, under common law.[6]: 149 He later described her as the "daughter of the Socialist sheriff of Milwaukee, leader of the Yipsels, as the young Socialists were called, and secretary to the President of the State Federation of Labor."[5]
In May 1920, Hennacy graduated from the
He refused to use force or self-defense even when threatened during his work, preferring instead to use nonresistance. During this time, he also refused to sign up for the draft for World War II and declared that he would not pay taxes. He also reduced his tax liability by taking up a lifestyle of simple living. Between 1942 and 1953, Hennacy worked as a migrant farm labourer in the southwest United States.
In 1952, he was baptized as a
for 40 days in protest of nuclear weapons testing.In 1961, Hennacy moved to
He wrote about his reasons for leaving and his thoughts on Catholicism, which included his belief that "
In 1968, Hennacy closed the "Joe Hill House of Hospitality" and turned his attention to further protest and writing. His second and last book, The One-Man Revolution in America, was published in 1970 and consists of seventeen chapters with each one devoted to an American radical. These included
: 140Ammon Hennacy died from a
Political and ethical beliefs
Ammon Hennacy was a pacifist, a Christian anarchist, and an advocate of anarchism and nonresistance. He was extremely critical of what he described as the "institutional church"[10] and state capitalism.[11]
He did not drink or smoke and was a
Hennacy never paid federal income taxes because they pay for the
Influence on folk
When Ani DiFranco gathered stories by Utah Phillips to make the 1996 album The Past Didn't Go Anywhere, she included his story about Hennacy, under the title "Anarchy". Hennacy helped shape Phillips, who often told this story.[13]
Bibliography
- Hennacy, Ammon (1954). The Autobiography of a Catholic Anarchist. New York: Catholic Worker Books. Complete e-text, free eBook.
- Hennacy, Ammon (1970). The Book of Ammon. Complete e-text, free eBook.
- Hennacy, Ammon (2012). The One-Man Revolution in America. Wipf and Stock. ISBN 978-1-62032-317-5.
See also
References
- ^ a b Day, Dorothy (February 1970). "Ammon Hennacy: 'Non-Church' Christian". The Catholic Worker. Archived from the original on 2013-04-06.
- ^ Dedera, Don (1960). A Mile in His Moccasins. Phoenix: McGrew Printing. pp. 98–100. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
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- ^ ISBN 978-1490572741.
- ^ a b c Hennacy, Ammon (1965). The Book of Ammon. Hennacy. pp. 7 (Selma), 235 (Esther Shemitz), 236 (Whittaker Chambers), 245-247 (Whittaker Chambers), 254 (Whittaker Chambers), 267 (Whittaker Chambers), 332 (reward poster).
- ^ ISBN 978-0-87722-531-7.
- ^ "Tenth Full-Time Class of Rand School Will be Graduated Tomorrow Night" (PDF). The New York Call. 7 May 1920. p. 8. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- ISBN 9781317793519.
- ^ O'Brien, Michael Patrick. "50 years later, remembering visits to Utah by Mother Teresa and Dorothy Day". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
- ^ "Ammon Hennacy: 'Non-Church' Christian by Dorothy Day". Archived from the original on 2004-08-04. Retrieved 2004-09-05.
- ^ Hennacy, Ammon (1954). "Tax Statement, 1950". Autobiography of a Catholic Anarchist.
- ^ Day, Dorothy. The Long Loneliness. HarperCollins. p. 265.
- "The Conversion of Ammon Hennacy". The Catholic Worker, 2 January 1953. Archived from the original on 2009-02-18. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
- ^ Rattler, Fast. "Utah Phillips on the Catholic Worker, Polarization, and Songwriting". Archived from the original (interview) on 2007-12-12. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
Further reading
- Thomas, Joan (1993). The Years of Grief and Laughter: A "Biography" of Ammon Hennacy. Baltimore, MD: Fortkamp Publishing Co. ISBN 978-1-62032-352-6. (reprinted by Wipf and Stock, Eugene, 2012)
External links
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- "Ammon Hennacy–A One-Person Revolution in America". Lovarchy is Healthy Qatsi. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- "Ammon Hennacy papers". Archives West. 1970-01-14. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- Dedera, Don (2002-08-14). "Ammon Hennacy: an anecdotal sketch". the Daily Bleed's Anarchist Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 2004-08-12. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- "Ammon Hennacy Page, christian anarchist, militant pacifist". the Daily Bleed's Anarchist Encyclopedia. 2002-08-25. Archived from the original on 2007-02-26. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- "A Peace of the Anarchy". Educational Media From A Generation Past. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- Gross, David M. (2006-02-16). "The "One-Man Revolution" of Ammon Hennacy". The Picket Line. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- Hennacy, Ammon (2023-03-25). "The Autobiography of a Catholic Anarchist". Internet Archive. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- Holwell, James F. (1970-01-14). "Remembering Ammon Hennacy". The Mormon Worker. Archived from the original on 2012-08-04. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- Page, Marcus P. Blaise (2005) A Peace of the Anarchy: Ammon Hennacy and Other Angelic Troublemakers in the USA on YouTube
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