biographies

Biographies of revolutionaries, radicals, historical figures and working class activists.

Emma Goldman

Emma Goldman

Karl Marx: the story of his life - Franz Mehring

Part of the series of biographies of Karl Marx. 'Karl Marx: The Story of His Life' (German: 'Karl Marx. Geschichte seines Lebens'), first…

Jules Vallès–Child, Student, Revolutionary, Journalist, Novelist

A short biographical overview of the life of Jules Vallès

Marxism in a lost century: a biography of Paul Mattick - Gary Roth

Retells the history of the radical left during the twentieth century through the words and deeds of…

Karl Marx: a biography - David McLellan (3rd edition)

Karl Marx: a biography - David McLellan (3rd edition)

Part of the series of biographies of Karl Marx. David McLellan's biography of Karl Marx - 3rd…

Ida Pilat Isca: Translator-Writer-Activist-Friend

A short 1981 pamphlet written and compiled by long time Libertarian Book Club (LBC) Member Valerio Isca about his loving comrade Ida Pilat Isca.

Stenzleit

Stenzleit, Georg Hermann Jakob (1848-1933)

A short biography of German anarchist George Stenzleit, active in London

anarchist sailors of the Baltic Fleet

Skurikhin, Petr Markovich (1895-193?)

A short biography of Russian anarchist sailor Petr Skurikhin

Elizo Rekluzo: Biografio

Jean Jacques Élisée Reclus (esperantigite Elizeo Rekluzo) (naskiĝis la 15-an de marto 1830 en Sainte-Foy-la-Grande (Francio), mortis la 4-an de…

Rebeka Yaroshevskaya (back row, far left) with imprisoned comrades, 1922.

Yaroshevskaya, Rebekka Yakoklevna (1887-1938)

A short biography of anarchist Rebecca Yaroshevskaya active in Bialystok, Tashkent and Kharkov.

Grigori Borzenko

Borzenko and the Odessa Anarchist Underground: Borzenko, Grigori Maximovich (1888-1938) aka Leonid Moskalenko

A short biography of Grigori Borzenko, active in the Odessa anarchist underground.

Asnin (left) Ivan Vishnyakov, April 1917. Members of Shlisselburg Gunpowder Works’ militia

Wild and notorious: Asnin, Shlema Aronovich (1884/1885-1917)

A short biography of Shlema Asnin, colourful anarchist remembered for his role in the June-July days…

Anton Pannekoek (1873 - 1960)