Spanish Civil War

Steven. — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:55:19 +0000

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The Foreign Legion of the Revolution

David in Atlanta — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:08:50 +0000

Dieter Nelles
"The Foreign Legion of the Revolution“[1]
German anarcho-syndicalist and Volunteers in Anarchist Militias during the Spanish Civil War

Borrell, Federico 1912-1936

Battlescarred — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:44:51 +0000

Federico Borrell Garcia was born in Benilloba in Alicante, Spain on April 3 1912.

The son of Vicente Borrell and Maria Garcia, he was one of a large family with 3 brothers and 2 sisters, who lived in poverty-stricken conditions.

Estorach, Soledad

Battlescarred — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:05:34 +0000

Soledad Estorach Esteri was born on the 6th February 1915 at the small village of Albatarrech near Lerida.

Silva Cruz, Maria, 1915-1936

Battlescarred — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:43:25 +0000

Maria was born into a family of day labourers and charcoal burners in the impoverished village of Casas Viejas in Andalucia on 20 April 1915.

Her father Juan Silva Gonzalez and her uncle Jeronimo were in the CNT. Her grandmother read anarchist novels out loud to her as a young girl.

International Volunteers in the POUM Militias

David in Atlanta — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:15:58 +0000

FUNDACIÓN ANDREU NIN

International Volunteers in the POUM Militias
Andy Durgan

Up to 700 foreigners fought with the 10.000 or so militia organised by the Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista (POUM) between July 1936 and June 1937 (1). They were from at least 28 different countries; French, Italian and, above all German fighters being the most numerous (2).

Texidor, Greville, 1902- 1964 and Werner Droescher 1911-1978

Battlescarred — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:47:00 +0000

Greville Texidor was born in 1902 at Wolverhampton, the daughter of William Arthur Foster and Editha Greville Prideaux. Her father, a barrister, committed suicide in 1920 due to a scandal. Her mother was an artist who had originally moved from Auckland in New Zealand to study art in London in 1895.

Salamé Miro, José, 1920-2007

Battlescarred — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:56:32 +0000

José Salamé Miro was born in the small village of Vinebra in the Catalan province of Tarragona. His childhood was spent in Barcelona. His father was a saddler and sympathetic to the CNT, attending the libertarian ateneo of the neighbourhood. Jose was a choir boy as a child, but as he grew he started moving towards anarchist ideas. He became a member of the CNT and the Libertarian Youth (FIJL).

Götze, Ferdinand 'Nante', 1907-1985

Steven. — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:46:17 +0000

Ferdinand Götze was born in Leipzig on March 28th, 1907, the son of the FAUD stalwart Anna Götze.

Self management and the Spanish revolution - Point Blank

catch — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:12:56 +0000

Self-Management and the Spanish Revolution

1936 ~ 37

The Anarchist Revolution in Spain - New Statesman

catch — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 08:25:55 +0000

"It is in Barcelona that the full force of the anarchist revolution becomes apparent. Their initials, CNT and FAI, are everywhere. They have taken over all the hotels, restaurants, cafes, trains, taxis, and means of communication, as well as all theatres, cinemas, and places of amusement.

Bonomini, Ernesto, 1903-1986

Steven. — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:44:17 +0000

Ernesto Bonomini was born on 18 March 1903 at Pozzolengo in Italy. From a very young age he became interested in socialist ideas and became an active antimilitarist. He trained as a tailor, in which trade he was expert.

With the fascist repression against the workers’, socialist and anarchist movements, Ernesto was forced to emigrate to France in 1922.

Cieri, Antonio, 1898-1937

Steven. — Thu, 24 May 2007 15:09:43 +0000

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

Ed — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:15:35 +0000

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

Steven. — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:40:07 +0000

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

Steven. — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 14:21:51 +0000

“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

Steven. — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:44:23 +0000

Published in the IWW's One Big Union Monthly, August, 1937

Bibbi, Gino, 1899-1999

Steven. — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 13:01:22 +0000

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

Steven. — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 00:55:14 +0000

Available here as a PDF.

Pérez Navarro, Joaquín, 1907-2006

Steven. — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 14:41:18 +0000

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.