Switzerland

Dumartheray, Francois, 1842-1931

Steven. — Thu, 24 May 2007 16:08:54 +0000

Francois Dumartheray was born at Collonges, Haute-Savoie in the Savoy on 27th January 1842.

A member of a utopian Icarian group in Lyons, he was one of those who fled to Geneva after the events of 1871.

He became a member of the L’Avenir group, along with Antoine Perrare, composed mostly of workers who had their roots in the Cabetian strand of communism in Lyons.

1932: The Geneva Massacre

Steven. — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 22:00:46 +0000

In 1932, the sympathisers of the Union Nationale fascist party led by Georges Oltramare planned to assemble on 9th November at the Salle Communale of Plainpalais in Geneva to publicly accuse the Socialist leaders Nicole and Dicker. The Socialist Party called a counter-demonstration.

Thalmann, Clara, 1910-1987

Steven. — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 15:28:41 +0000

Clara Thalmann
Born Clara Ensner, 1910 - Basel, Switzerland, died 27 January 1987 - France

“I am going to make the revolution in the the sky” - Clara Thalmann, 1953.

Tronchet, Lucien, 1902-1981

Steven. — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:11:36 +0000

Born in Geneva in 1902 while a building workers’ strike in favour of the 60-hour working week was underway (it was Switzerland's first general strike) Lucien Tronchet became an anarcho-syndicalist militant from 1920 onwards and played his part in all of the social disputes in Switzerland.

Boesiger, Andre, 1913-2005

Ed — Mon, 20 Sep 2004 16:25:39 +0000

Andre Boesiger
Born Switzerland, 22 July 1913, died 13th April 2005