Pierre-Joseph Proudhon: a biography - George Woodcock
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809-65) was one of the most important social thinkers of the nineteenth century. A considerable amount has been written about him in French. The present work, however, is the first full-scale biography in English.
Proudhon has been called the father of anarchism, and he attained a certain notoriety during the nineteenth century for such aphoristic statements as "property is theft" and "God is evil." But Proudhon was much more than philosopher and literary iconoclast.
Schreiber, Otto, 1868-1917: victim of the war “for liberty and democracy”
Submitted by Battlescarred on Feb 27 2014 14:25
A short biography of German anarchist Otto Schreiber, who was active in London for many years.
Otto Franz Schreiber was born on 20th January 1868 in Germany. He seems to have made his way to London sometime in the1880s where he worked as a tailor. He was an active member of the Communistische ArbeitersBildungVerein (Communist Workers Education League) founded in London in 1840 to which many exiled members of the Communist League, including Marx himself, had belonged.
Lu Jianbo 卢剣波 (1904 - 1991)
Submitted by Battlescarred on Jan 24 2014 17:33
A short biography of Chinese anarchist veteran Lu Jianbo
Lu Jianbo was for many years one of the most active anarchists in China, speaking for class struggle, effective organisation, and against compromise with the nationalist Guomindang. Like his more well known comrade Ba Jin, he hailed from Sichuan in southern China.
Vassilev, Pano, 1901-1933
Submitted by Kate Sharpley on Dec 20 2013 10:34
A brief biography of the Bulgarian anarcho-syndicalist, Pano Vassilev, author of 'The soviets idea' (1933).
“At 1900 hours on 13 April (1933) in a Sofia street, the anarcho-syndicalist worker Pano Vassilev was murdered by the police.
Lewin, Arthur (1907-1976)
Submitted by Battlescarred on Oct 28 2013 18:49
A short biography of the German anarchist Arthur Lewin, active in Spain and France.
Arthur Lewin was born into a Jewish family on 12th April 1907. He became active in the Anarcho-Syndicalist Youth(SAJD) in Leipzig. There he met his future wife Martha. He was a keen Esperantist and was a delegate to the World Esperantist Congress at Leningrad in 1925.
Aufseher, Izak, “Isidor” “Issy” (1905-1977)
Submitted by Battlescarred on Oct 28 2013 17:35
A short biography of Izak Aufseher, anarchist active in Germany, Spain, and Switzerland
Izak Aufseher was born in the small town of Kuty in Galicia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and now in the Ukraine, into a poor Jewish family on the 26th January 1905. He only attended school, run by Hasidic Jews, for two years and with the outbreak of the First World War he saw the break-up of his family. Forced by poverty to emigrate, he ended up in Berlin in 1928.
Klose, Helmut (1904-1987)
Submitted by Battlescarred on Oct 11 2013 12:11
A short biography of Helmut Klose, German anarchist and hobo who fought in the Spanish civil war.
Helmut Klose was born in Jankemühle (Brandenburg, Germany) on August 4th 1904 the second of six children born to Fernardine Klose and her husband Bernhard, a miller.
Kille, Albert (1896-1937?)
Submitted by Battlescarred on Oct 10 2013 14:10
A short biography of Albert Kille, German language anarchist who fought in Spain.
Albert Kille was born at St Gallen in Switzerland on 31st December 1896. He appears to have moved to Germany because in 1919 he joined the Productive Supplies Union there. He also joined the German Communist Party (KPD) around the same time.
Illfeld, Egon aka Ginez Garcia (1914-198?)
Submitted by Battlescarred on Oct 9 2013 12:57
A short biography of the German Jewish anarchist Egon Illfeld
Egon Illfeld was born into a Jewish family in Wartenberg in Bavaria on January 19th, 1914. A typographer by trade, he became a member of the German Communist Party (KPD) and was sentenced in Munich in August 1934 to 6 months in prison as a member of the Communist Party. He appears to have been associated with the left opposition inside (and outside) the KPD.
Gibson, Tony, 1914-2001 - Donald Rooum and Rufus Segar
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 27 2013 17:29
2001 biography from The Guardian of anarchist member of the Freedom group, conscientious objector and face of Brylcreem, Tony Gibson.
In 1939, the society photographer, Howard Coster, was commissioned to portray a handsome young man to advertise the hair gel Brylcreem. His choice was HB "Tony" Gibson.
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