latest History articles

Nowak, Franz (1983-1945) aka Zigeuner (Gypsy)

Battlescarred — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:50:02 +0000

Franz Nowak was born on the 30th August 1983 in Kravarn in Upper Silesia. He worked as a bricklayer foreman in the summer on building sites throughout the area. From 1907 he was under surveillance from the political police as an anarchist. He was arrested several times, including during the Kaiser’s visits to Breslau (now Wroclaw) in 1909 and 1910.

Czakon, Paul (1896-1952) aka Max aka Maximo Mas

Battlescarred — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:47:34 +0000

Paul Czakon was born on 14th July 1897 in Neider-Heiduk. He worked as a miner and fitter. Czakon was chairman of the FAUD in Beuthen (now Bytom) in Upper Silesia from 1921 and in 1930 he was one of the founders of the the Schwarzen Scharen (Black Crowds) in the region. In a house search in May 1932 the police discovered the weapons and explosives cache of the group.

Huppertz, Willy 1904-1978

Battlescarred — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:52:50 +0000

Wilhelm Huppertz was born in 1904 in the Ruhr. He worked as a fitter. He moved from being a Christian socialist to a position of atheism. In the mid-1920s he contacted both the FAUD and the AAUE, and worked with them.

Kater, Fritz (1861 - 1945)

Battlescarred — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:37:32 +0000

“Frank and direct in the presence of friends or enemies, he was one of those men who knew their limits; he was never blinded by ambition and honestly recognised the merits of others”. Rudolf

Roche, Karl (1862-1931) aka KR aka Isegrim aka Diogenes

Battlescarred — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:00:50 +0000

Karl Roche was born in on 31st October 1862 in Koenigsberg (now the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad) in Prussia as Johann Friedrich Carl Roche.

Schreyer ,Paul Albert aka Luigi 1887-1918

Battlescarred — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:32:07 +0000

Paul Schreyer was born on 21st September 1887 in Zahna, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany . A member of the Hamburg Anarchistist Federation, he was editor of its weekly paper Kampf (1912-1914).

Schneider, Ernst Wilhelm 1883-1946??1970??) Aka Ikarus, Icarus

Battlescarred — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:02:19 +0000

Born in Königsberg in Prussia (now the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad) on 23rd July 1883 Ernst Schneider was a harbour worker and seaman (steersman).

Benner, Fritz (1906-1966)

Battlescarred — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:20:52 +0000

Fritz Benner was born on 6th April 1906 in Solingen, Germany. By profession he was a belt operator. In 1927/28 he and his brother Willi joined the anarchosyndicalist Free Workers' Union of Germany (FAUD) in Wuppertal. His brother Eugen (usually known as August) also became involved. At this time the FAUD was past its height and only counted a few dozen members in Wuppertal.

Lagant, Christian 1926- 1978 aka Christian Lag aka Christian Lague

Battlescarred — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:14:56 +0000

”An exemplary comrade….intransigent militant..demanding but warm, sensitive but a passionate political debater” André Bernard

Tongan riots, 2006

catch — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:54:16 +0000

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The Tongan riot is part of a wider surge in class struggle in the Pacific since 2005. Since this date, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, New Caledonia and Tahiti have experienced major strikes, and Tonga and the Solomons have experienced riots.

Wolf, Enno (1903 -1939/1940?)

Battlescarred — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:58:33 +0000

Enno Wolf was on born on 30th August 1903. Little is known about his life. He was a member of the Kassel group of the anarchosyndicalist Free Workers' Union of Germany (FAUD).

Hannibal, Hermann 1898-1963

Battlescarred — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:19:47 +0000

Hermann Hannibal was born on 8 October 1898 in Kassel. Little is known about his private life. He worked as a blacksmith. Between 1919 and 1925 he had 10 criminal convictions, eight of them for theft. He had two children: Franz, born on 4th January 1930, and Ilse, also born in the 1930s.

Bartling, Heinrich 1880-1940

Battlescarred — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:51:35 +0000

Heinrich Bartling was born on 22nd September 1880 in Bielefeld. Very little biographical information is available on him. He worked as a fitter and later lived in Kassel. His political career took him together with others like Willi Paul from the Kassel Spartakusbund to the anarchosyndicalist Free Workers' Union of Germany (FAUD). They founded a local group of the FAUD in Kassel in 1920 .

Paul, Willi, 1897-1979

Battlescarred — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:40:16 +0000

Wilhelm Paul was born on the 1st July 1897 in Goettingen. After a carpentry apprenticeship, he worked during 1915/16 as a relief worker and then as a metal worker. He then served as a soldier in the First World War. After the war, he moved to Kassel and joined the USPD, and then the Spartakusbund.

Finster, Ramon, 194?-1996

Battlescarred — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:16:36 +0000

The Butte aux Cailles in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, lies south of the Seine. It is one of the least known old neighbourhoods of the French capital, like its working class cousins north of the river – Batignolles, Belleville and Menilmontant. The Butte rises gently beside the now subterranean course of Paris’s forgotten river the Bievre.