Daniel Guerin
French anarchist and revolutionary supporter of gay liberation.
Towards a Libertarian Communism
Towards a libertarian communism
by Daniel Guerin
Guerin, Daniel, 1904-1988
A biography of the French libertarian communist and gay liberationist intellectual, Daniel Guerin.
Daniel Guerin was born in Paris on 19th May 1904. His family was well-off, with a liberal and Dreyfusard* outlook. His family background was conducive to a vivid interest in the arts, letters and music. He distinguished himself at university. Reading Marx, Proudhon, Sorel, Lenin and Trotsky in 1930, Guerin broke with his bourgeois upbringing and began to be active on the left.




