Paul Avrich

Review of Luigi Galleani’s “The End of Anarchism?”

Anarchist historian Paul Avrich reviews "The End of anarchism?" by Lugi Galleani.

The career of Luigi Galleani involves a paradox.

Kropotkin in America - Paul Avrich

Biographic essay on Kropotkin by anarchist historian Paul Avrich

Bakunin and the United States - Paul Avrich

Biographic essay on Bakunin by anarchist historian Paul Avrich

Anarchism and Anti-Intellectualism in Russia - Paul Avrich

Excellent article by historian Paul Avrich on anti-Intellectual tendencies in Russian anarchism

The Legacy of Bakunin - Paul Avrich

Essay by anarchist historian Paul Avrich on Bakunin.

The Russian Anarchists - Paul Avrich

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Paul Avrich's classic, and impeccably researched, study of the history of anarchism in Russia.

What is "Makhaevism"? - Paul Avrich

Paul Avrich looks at the life of the Polish theorist and activist, Jan Wacław Machajsk.

When the Short Course history of the Communist party was published in Pravda in 1938, it was accompanied by a decree which emphasized the role of the intelligentsia in the construction of Soviet society.

Mollie Steimer, 1897-1980 - Paul Avrich

Mollie Steimer

The life of Mollie Steimer, a Jewish anarchist in New York who opposed the First World War, and later lived in exile in France and Mexico.

Mollie Steimer: An Anarchist Life
By Paul Avrich

Zhelezniakov, Anatoli, 1895-1919 - stormy petrel

Anatoli Zhelezniakov

A short sketch of the life of a young Russian anarchist sailor who, in collaboration with the Bolsheviks and others, was on hand to disperse both the Provisional Government in October 1917 and the Constituent Assembly in January 1918.

A very slightly revised version appears as Chapter 6 of "Anarchist Portraits" by Paul Avrich, Princeton University Press, 1988.

Paul Avrich obituary - The Guardian

Obituary of Russian-American anarchist historian Paul Avrich by Stuart Christie from The Guardian, Monday April 10, 2006