France
Bourgeois, Guy, 1926-2004
A short biography of Guy Bourgeois, French anarchist and anti-colonialist who fought with the resistance during World War 2.
Guy Bourgeois
Born 1926, died September 2004
I met Guy Bourgeois at 2 conferences of the Union des Travailleurs Communistes Libertaires in the 1980s in France, where he and others came as observers from the Tribune Anarchiste Communiste. This veteran militant passed away in September 2004.
Malaquais, Jean, 1908-1998
A biography of writer, council communist and "stateless person", Jean Malaquais.
Stateless Person
Biard, Roland, 1942-1998
A short biography of French anarchist militant and historian, Roland Biard.
Roland Biard
Aka Julien Stern, born 1942, died 4 October 1998
Melinand, Gerard, 1952-2000
A biography of French anarchist print worker and militant Gerard Melinand.
Gerard Melinand
Born 1952 - France, died 12/22 June 2000 - France
Gerard Melinand (Gege) died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 48 in the night of 21st to 22nd June 2000.
Mitev, Todor 'Tocho', 1926-2002
A short biography of Bulgarian anarchist and doctor Todor 'Tocho' Mitev who fled Bulgaria after refusing to be a police spy, and eventually settled in France.
Todor Mitev
Nicknamed 'Tocho', born 26 March 1926 - Bulgaria, died 17 August 2002 - France
Nedelec, André, 1926-2000
A short biography of French anarchist and factory militant André Nedelec.
André Nedelec
Born 1926 - France, died 15 October 2000 - France
André ‘Dede’ Nedelec died on 15th October 2000 just before his 75th birthday, after long years of suffering from a crippling illness. Up to the end he maintained a lively intellect and a continuing interest in the libertarian movement.
Castoriadis, Cornelius, 1922-1997
A short account of the life and politics of Greek libertarian socialist Cornelius Castoriadis.
Cornelius Castoriadis was born Kornelios Kastoriades in Istanbul to a Greek family. Growing up in Athens he joined the Young Communists in 1937 and the Communist Party in 1941.
Durou, Gilles, 1954-2003
A short biography of French libertarian communist Gilles Durou.
Gilles became active in the libertarian movement in the 1970s. He joined the Groupe Sebastien Faure (part of the Federation Anarchiste) in Bordeaux. In the early 80s he left the FA with other groups, notably the Groupe Emma Goldman of Paris.
Faure, Sébastien, 1858-1942
A short biography of French anarchist a writer, Sébastien Faure.
Auguste Louis Sebastien Faure
Born 1858 - Saint-Etienne, France, died 1942 - Royan, France
Henry, Emile, 1872-1894
A short biography of French anarchist and protagonist of 'propaganda by deed', Emile Henry.
Not many people have heard of Emile Henry, which is surprising really.
He was born in 1872 in Spain, the son of an exiled Paris Communard. He returned to Paris with his family, and became a student at the Prestigious Ecole Polytechnique. However, he chose to abandon his studies in favour of "propaganda by deed".
