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Acín Aquilué, Ramón, 1888-1936

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A short biography of Spanish anarchist and artist Ramón Acín Aquilué who was shot by fascists at the start of the Civil War in 1936.

“We have as our flag the love of culture, the cult of fraternity and liberty”

Alérini, Charles, 1842-1877+

Escape: Malatesta attempted to free Charles from prison

A short biography of French anarchist revolutionary and First International activist, Charles Alérini.

Charles Alérini was born at Bastia, Corsica, on 20 March 1842.

He became a teacher and taught first at the lycée of Marseilles and then at the College of Barcelonnette in southern France.

Andrea, Virgilia d’, 1890-1932

Virgilia d'Andrea: anarchist, anti-fascist, teacher, poet

A short biography of Italian anarchist, anti-fascist, teacher and poet Virgilia d'Andrea.

Virgilia d’Andrea
Born Sulmona-Abruzzi, Italy, 11 February 1890, died New York, 20 March 1932

Appel, Jan, 1890-1985

Revolutionary Berlin 1919

A short autobiography of Jan Appel, aka Jan Arndt, a German libertarian communist and shipyard worker who most famously hijacked a steam ship to Russia after the German Revolution of 1918.

Appel's experiences during the 1918 Revolution drove him out of the Communist Party, and he subsequently helped found the more radical Communist Workers Party (KAPD).

Arshinov, Peter, 1887-1937

Peter Arshinov

A short biography of Russian revolutionary anarchist and protagonist of the Ukrainian Makhnovist movement, Peter Arshinov.

Exiled to France, he later appeared to split with anarchism, but was killed after re-entering the USSR in 1937 for apparently attempting to organise anarchist groups.

Peter Arshinov
Aka Piotr Andrievich Marin, Peter Arshinoff or F. I. Mikhailski. Born 1887 – Andreivka, Russia, died in or around 1937, USSR

Autobiography of Jan Appel

German Revolution

Jan Appel, 1890-1945, was a German socialist and shipyard worker whose experience of the 1918 Revolution, after which he hijacked a steam ship to Russia, drove him out of the Communist Party.

Joining the more radical Communist Workers Party (KAPD), he then moved to Holland, playing a role in the Dutch Resistance in World War II and and eventually co-founding the left-communist GIK.

By Jan Appel, 1966

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