Anarchist Federation

Ed — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:32:34 +0000

Introduction to the Anarchist Federation

libcom — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 11:20:25 +0000

Anarchist Federation (AF) - UK, 1986-present
Formerly Anarchist Communist Federation (ACF)
The AF is an anarchist communist organisation based in Britain and Ireland. It is influenced by the Platform, and is part of the International of Anarchist Federations (IAF-IFA)

Guerra, Armand, 1886-1939

Battlescarred — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:26:39 +0000

Born 4 January 1886, Liria, Spain. Died 10 March 1939, Saint Mande, France.

Armand Guerra was born Jose Estivalis Cabo at Liria near Valencia on 4th January 1886, the son of a farmer and of a mother who was already looking after a child of 5 years. First as a choirboy and then as a pupil at a seminary in Valencia, he developed an intense hatred for the Church.

Babylon Burning: West Kingston lock-down and police killings in Jamaica (2001)

little_brother — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:17:16 +0000

On Saturday 7th July 2001 July police entered Tivoli Gardens in Downtown Kingston, the Jamaican capital, looking for guns that had killed Willy Haggart, the gang leader, or don, of nearby Arnett Gardens, an event that had resulted in weeks of intermitant gang violence between supporters of both parties in the West Kingston areas Hannah Town and Denham Town.

Aims and Principles - Anarchist Federation

Ed — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:08:44 +0000

1. The Anarchist Federation is an organisation of revolutionary class struggle anarchists. We aim for the abolition of all hierarchy, and work for the creation of a world-wide classless society: anarchist communism.

War on the streets in Armenia

little_brother — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:07:51 +0000

Eight people, including a child, were killed by police and around 100 were injured including 33 police. An apparently unrelated border fire-fight on 4/3/08 in the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, disputed with neighbouring state of Azerbaijan with whom Armenia is still technically at war, broke a ceasefire agreed in 1994, killing 12 Armenian conscripts.

Michaelis, Margaret born Margaret Gross

Battlescarred — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:07:04 +0000

Margaret Michaelis’s prowess as a photographer has been hidden away until recently. Recent exhibitions in Canberra, Australia in 1988 and 2005 and in Valencia, Spain in 2005 have begun to dispel this cloud of obscurity.

Matiushenko, Afanasy Nikolaevich 1879-1907

Battlescarred — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:09:13 +0000

Afanasy Nikolaevich Matiushenko
Also spelled Afanasiy Matyushenko, born 1879 - Kharkov, Russia, died 20 October 1907 - Sevastopol, Russia

The Potemkin mutineer
Afanasy Matiushenko was the son of peasants from Kharkov province in the Ukraine. He was born in 1879, in the village of Dergachi. His father had to give up the unrewarding work of farming to become a shoemaker.

Elser, Georg, 1903-1945

Ed — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:01:27 +0000

Georg Elser
Born Hermaringen, Germany, 1903, died Dachau, Germany 9 April 1945

Camus, Albert and the anarchists

Battlescarred — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:50:19 +0000

Born in French Algeria into a poor family in 1913, Camus lost his father in the Battle of the Marne in 1916. He was raised by his mother, who worked as a charlady and was illiterate. Winning a scholarship, Camus eventually began a career as a journalist. As a youth, he was a keen footballer as well as being a member of a theatrical troupe.