fascism

Steven. — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:11:51 +0000

More information
*Under the Axe of Fascism – Salvemini
:> *Germany: 1929-1933 – Revolutionary History
:> *Fascism Without Revision - Agnoli
:> *The Rise of Italian Fascism – Tosca
:> The Fascist Movement in Britain - R. Benewick
:> Illusions of Grandeur: Mosley, Fascism and British Fascism, 1931-81 - D.S. Lewis
:> British Fascism - Lunn/Thurlow

Schwab, Alexander aka Sachs, 1887 -1943

Battlescarred — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:39:02 +0000

Born on the 5th July 1887, at Stuttgart, Alexander Schwab was the son of a choir master. He studied at the Universities of Rostock, Jena, Heidelberg and Freiburg in philosophy, ancient languages, political economy and sociology. He was a member of the Free Students movement.

Weiland, Alfred, 1906-1978

Battlescarred — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:30:22 +0000

Alfred Weiland was born on 7th August 1906 in the Moabit district of Berlin. He apprenticed as a fitter. He later worked as a telegraph worker.

In 1925 he was for a short time a member of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) which in Berlin had a more “left” outlook than elsewhere. Soon after he joined the communist KAPD and AAU.

Ferrero, Pietro, 1892- 1922

Battlescarred — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:13:52 +0000

Pietro Ferrero was born at Grugliasco in Turin on 12th May 1892.

Garino, Maurizio, 1892-1977

Battlescarred — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:03:37 +0000

Maurizio Garino was born in November 1892, the son of Michele and Nicoletta Chiglioni in Ploaghe, Sardinia.

In 1895 the family moved to Turin and in 1900 to Cassine. After elementary school and a short stay in a religious school Maurizio became an apprentice carpenter and then a pattern-maker mechanic.

Domaschi, Giovanni, 1891-1945

Battlescarred — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:54:42 +0000

Giovanni Domaschi was born on 30th December 1891 at Verona, the son of poor peasants.

They were never able to feed their eight children adequately, and three of them died young.

His hard life alerted him at an early age to social injustice and he began to see that the world was divided into two camps, the rich and the poor, those who rule and those who produce wealth.

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.

The Battle of Cable St, 1936 - Joe Jacobs

Ret Marut — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 18:25:16 +0000

Joe describes events leading up to the march, including the changes in the CP leadership's tactics as they finally realised their calls for a peaceful demonstration elsewhere would be ignored. His account corrects false impressions later created by official Communist versions of the events.

Pedrini, Belgrado, 1913-1979

Steven. — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:03:51 +0000

Born at Carrara on 5th May 1913, Belgrado’s mother died when he was nine. His father was a sculptor and had the opportunity to travel to many cities, and he named his son after the Yugoslav city which was still fresh in his memory.

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.

The role of the Catholic Church in Yugoslavia's holocaust - Seán Mac Mathúna, 1941-1945

daniel — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:24:00 +0000

During the Second World War in Yugoslavia, Catholic priests and Muslim clerics were willing accomplices in the genocide of the nations Serbian, Jewish and Roma population.

"The Renewal of Medieval Times" in Yugoslavia, 1941

daniel — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 02:27:11 +0000

There can be little doubt that this article appeared with the agreement of the Fascist Party in Italy, and the Italian Army had already begun to stand between the Ustase and their victims in zones of the NDH under their authority.

Critique of Autonomous Anti-Fascism - Wildcat (Germany)

Ret Marut — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 10:12:41 +0000

Set in the context of the then-recent reunification of the German state;

Making a killing - Christian Dewar

daniel — Tue, 29 May 2007 17:55:05 +0000

Many Americans are probably not aware of the great extent to which U.S. corporations collaborated with the Nazi war machine during WWII. Ultimately, the international corporations, the lawyers, bankers and financiers who collaborated with the Nazis prevailed. They exerted tremendous influence to thwart investigators delving into their seditious activities after the war.

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.

Audrey Hepburn - Dutch Resistance courier

Steven. — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:21:01 +0000

Her father was Joseph Anthony Hepburn-Ruston, a wealthy British banker and Mosleyite. Her mother was Ella van Heemstra, a Dutch baroness who descended from French and English kings.

Her father abandoned her, and her mother abandoned her fascist views following the Nazi occupation.

Schmitz, Hans, 1914-2007

Steven. — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:38:17 +0000

Hans Schmitz was born in Wuppertal, Germany in 1914.

His father,* a leading activist in the anarcho-syndicalist union the FAUD, was a devout Catholic and a convinced pacifist from both a religious and ideological standpoint (!). Despite this, as Hans Schmitz reports, he carried a weapon as a member of the “Red Ruhr Army” during the right-wing Kapp putsch.

France: Seven anti-fascists arrested

jef costello — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:03:19 +0000

They were arrested on Sunday at a demonstration against the Front National meeting being held in the city. Protesters set dustbins alight and tried to build barricades while police fired tear gas and rubber bullets into the crowd. A total on 12 people were arrested on Sunday, with five being released on Monday, the others were held until their court date on Wednesday.

Dutch Council Communism and Van der Lubbe Burning the Reichstag - The question of "exemplary acts"

Steven. — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:39:50 +0000

Feb 2003

It was the significance of the young Dutch council communist Van der Lubbe's torching of the Reichstag (27 Feb. 1933), more than Hitler's coming to power, which focused the debates within Dutch council communism. The latter was profoundly divided on the question of 'exemplary acts' and of individual violence against symbols of bourgeois order.

Muehsam, Erich, 1878-1934

Steven. — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:51:36 +0000

Erich Muehsam was born in Berlin in 1878 into a fairly well-to-do Jewish family. Soon after his family moved to Luebeck in north Germany where his father worked as a pharmacist (in fact the pharmacy is still there).