guerrillas
Sabate Llopart, Manuel, 1927-1950
A short biography of Manual Sabaté Llopart, anarchist and brother of the famous anti-Franco guerilla Francisco Sabate Llopart, 'El Quico'.
Manuel Sabaté Llopart
aka Manolo, born 1927 - Barcelona, Spain, died 24 February 1950 - Spain
Manuel Sabate Llopart was born in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat in 1927.
1994: The Zapatista uprising
A brief history of the rebellion in Chiapas in the jungles of Mexico, where hundreds of thousands of people rose up against the Mexican state and organised themselves into libertarian-inspired federated communes, which are still in existence today.
“¡Ya Basta!” ("Enough is Enough!") declared the EZLN (Zapatista National Liberation Army - named after the Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata), as they burst to international attention on New Years day 1994.
Solà, Antonio Téllez, 1921-2005
A biography of an anti-Franco guerrilla who became the leading historian of the Spanish Resistance, Antonio Téllez Solà.
Antonio Téllez Solà
Born January 18 1921 - Tarragona, Spain, died March 27 2005 - Perpignan, France.
The Herodotus of the anti-Franco maquis
Zapata, Emiliano, 1879-1919
A short biography of the legendary Mexican revolutionary hero, guerrilla and anarchist, Emiliano Zapata.
Emiliano Zapata
Born 8 August 1879 - Morelos, Mexico, died 9 April 1919 - Mexico
Emiliano Zapata (August 8 1879 – April 9 1919) was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910 against the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz. He is considered to be one of the national heroes of Mexico; the Zapatistas, a revolutionary movement based in the state of Chiapas, take their name from him.
1939-1965: Armed resistance to Franco
An account of the underground guerilla armed struggle of anarchists and anti-fascists against General Franco's regime following the Civil War.
The rattle of the Thompson gun
1939-1943: The Pallarès Action Group
A short history of one of the small groups of anarchist guerrillas who fought in the Resistance to the dictatorship in Spain.
The Pallarés group was one of the very first anti-Franco urban guerrilla groups which sprung up after the end of the Spanish Civil War and Revolution of 1936-9, and the victory of the fascist and right-wing army of General Franco.
1941-1947: The Los Queros guerrillas
A short history of a small band of anarchist rebels who fought in the Resistance to General Franco's dictatorship in Spain.
Part of the widespread armed resistance to the regime, the Los Queros guerilla band operated in the city of Granada and in its environs in the years following the end of the Civil War of 1936-9, and the victory of the fascist and right-wing army of General Franco (pictured).
"State-Fetishism": some remarks concerning the Red Army Faction - by A. Grossman
A critical article about 1970s West German Marxist urban guerrilla group the Red Army Faction, sometimes known as the Baader-Meinhoff gang.
Book Review: Vague's Anarchy in the UK: The Angry Brigade - reviewed by John Barker
An excellent piercing, critical review of Vague's romanticising, fetishistic book on the Angry Brigade by an ex-Brigade member.
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Book Review: Anarchy in the UK, by Tom Vague
(Reviewed by John Barker, late 1990s)
"Anarchy in the UK: The Angry Brigade"
by Tom Vague, AK Press, 162pp, £6.95
Nepal: A Long March towards bourgeois democracy?
In-depth analysis of the situation in Nepal, including the anti-monarchist protest movement, the Maoist insurgency, the international economic background and the Nepalese working class.
Notes on Nepal - Spring 2006
Terrain and culture
