biographies

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

Emma Goldman

Emma Goldman

Sellenet alias Boudoux

Sellenet, Jules (1881-1941) aka Boudoux, Francis or François or J.S. and also as Jean Le Vieux

A short biography of French steel fitter Jules Sellenet, who operated under the…

Volin

Volin (Eichenbaum, Vsevelod Mikhailovich) aka Voline, 1882 -1945

A short biography of Volin (Voline) Russian anarchist and one of the founders of the anarchist…

Benoit Broutchoux

Broutchoux, Benoit, 1879-1944

A short biography of Benoit Broutchoux, French anarchist active in the mines of the North.

Fritz Scherer(right) Berthold Cahn (left) 1932

Scherer, Fritz, 19031-988

A short account of the life of the German anarchist Fritz Scherer

Miller, Bob, 1953-2011

An obituary for Bob Miller (who posted as Knightrose on libcom) by his friend and comrade Nick Heath.

Sketch by V. Gribayedoff of Schwab's saloon

Schwab, Justus (1847-1900)

A short biography of Justus Schwab, German-American anarchist saloon-keeper

Luce's A Street in Paris

Luce, Maximilien, 1858-1941

Short biography of Neo-impressionist painter and anarchist Maximilien Luce.

Henry Poulaille

Poulaille, Henry (1896-1980)

A short biography of the anarchist writer Henry Poulaille, champion of Proletarian Literature.

Filipp Mironov

Mironov, Filipp Kuzmich (1872-1921)

The dashing Cossack commander Filipp Mironov who was the conscience of the Russian revolution

Magkanaras, Giannis

Biography of Greek anarchist Giannis Magkanaras, who was active in the movement towards the end of the 19th and early 20th Centuries.

Karampilias, Dimitris, 1872-1954

Biography of Greek anarchist Dimitris Karampilias, who was active in anarchist movements in Egypt and France as well as his native Greece.

Sorgue sitting on right, Broutchoux next to her

Cauvin,( nee Durand de Gros) Antoinette aka Madame Sorgue 1864-1924

A short biography of the French syndicalist orator Madame Sorgue who was active throughout Western…