Cieri, Antonio, 1898-1937
Submitted by Steven. on May 24 2007 15:09
A short biography of Italian anarchist rail worker, anti-fascist militant and Spanish Civil War fighter Antonio Cieri.
Born in Vasto near Chieti in the Abruzzi in 1898, Antonio Cieri served as an officer in the Italian Army during World War I and was decorated.
After the war he became active in the anarchist movement in Ancona. He got a job as a technical designer for the Italian railways.
Bifolchi, Giuseppe, 1895-1978
Submitted by Ed on Mar 7 2007 19:15
Biography of an Italian anarchist communist who fought in the Spanish Civil War and then later in the Italian Resistance to the nazis.
Giuseppe Bifolchi aka Viola aka V
Born Balsorano, Italy 1895. Died Avezzano Italy 1978
Born in the Abruzzi in Balsorano on 20th February 1895
Casildo Arteaga , Pantaleon, 1912-2006
Submitted by Steven. on Feb 19 2007 12:40
A short biography of anarchist, Spanish Civil War and French Resistance fighter Pantaleon Casildo Arteaga.
Pantaleon Casildo Arteaga discovered anarchist ideas at 18 and joined the anarcho-syndicalist union the CNT . At the beginning of the Francoist rising which sparked the Civil War, at the age of 24, he joined the Ascaso Column of the CNT-FAI (the FAI was the Iberian Anarchist Federation, linked to the CNT) and fought on the Aragon front.
Acín Aquilué, Ramón, 1888-1936
Submitted by Steven. on Feb 16 2007 14:21
A short biography of Spanish anarchist and artist Ramón Acín Aquilué who was shot by fascists at the start of the Civil War in 1936.
“We have as our flag the love of culture, the cult of fraternity and liberty”
Class collaboration - old and new, and Open letter to the CNT, 1937
Submitted by Steven. on Jan 15 2007 11:44
"Class collaboration - old and new", a timely reminder of working class political experience by Joseph Wagner, and A. Shapiro’s Open letter to the CNT which criticised its actions during the Spanish Civil War.
Published in the IWW's One Big Union Monthly, August, 1937
Bibbi, Gino, 1899-1999
Submitted by Steven. on Jan 4 2007 13:01
A short biography of Italian anarchist militant Gino Bibbi, who used his engineering skills to develop weaponry to fight the fascists in the Spanish Civil War.
Gino Bibbi, born in February 1899, came from a family of ‘good standing’ from the village of Avenza near Carrara, with a father who owned a large joiners’ works.
Workers Power and the Spanish Revolution - Tom Wetzel
Submitted by Steven. on Dec 27 2006 00:55
Tom Wetzel's historical article and analysis of the Spanish Civil War and Revolution, and in particular the activities of the Spanish anarchists within it. In text and PDF format.
Available here as a PDF.
Pérez Navarro, Joaquín, 1907-2006
Submitted by Steven. on Dec 22 2006 14:41
A short biography of Spanish anarchist and last surviving member of the Friends of Durruti, Joaquín Pérez Navarro.
In the late 1980s I attended a film in London about the achievements of anarchism and the Spanish civil war. At one point the elderly man sitting next to me began weeping quietly. Suddenly, the passion and the conviction of those events and commitments became manifest.
Blackwell, Russell, 1904-1969
Submitted by Steven. on Nov 15 2006 15:49
A short biography of American Communist-turned anarchist Russell Blackwell who travelled to Spain during the Civil War.
Russell Blackwell
Born 1904 - USA, died 1969 - USA
“the anarchist revolution must in no instance utilize the antisocial principles of hierarchy, bureaucracy, and authoritarian discipline.” Russell Blackwell
Vallina, Pedro, 1879-1970
Submitted by Steven. on Nov 14 2006 17:11
A short biography of Spanish anarchist doctor and Civil War fighter Pedro Vallina Martinez, who resided in several countries during his life.
Pedro Vallina Martinez was born at Guadalcanal near Seville on 29 June 1879. He studied for his baccalaureate in Seville, and then moved to Cadiz where he became a convinced anarchist militant, thanks to the writings of the outstanding anarchist Fermin Salvochea.
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