biographies

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

Emma Goldman

Emma Goldman

Alexei Mokrousov

Mokrousov, Alexei Vasilyevich ( Thomas Matyveyevich) 1887-1959

A short biography of Alexei Mokrousov, an anarchist guerrilla leader who went over to the…

Constantinos Speras

Speras, Constantinos, 1893-1943

A short biography of Constantinos Speras (Κωνσταντίνος Σπέρας), a Greek anarcho-syndicalist, and one of the pioneers of the working class trade…

Fournier, Sidney : New Zealand radical

Obituary for Sidney Fournier, New Zealand radical and organiser.

Gunnar Soderburg and the Unemployed Workers Organisation

A short account of Gunnar Soderburg and his part in the foundation of the Unemployed Workers Organisation.

Jack Tanner

Tanner, Jack, 1889-1965

A short biography of Jack Tanner who moved from anarchism to being a right wing trade union leader.

Plaque on Deakin's house in Walsall

Deakin, Joseph Thomas 1858-1937

A short biography of Joe Deakin, anarchist ensnared in the Walsall bomb plot provocation

Anarchist speakers - Ted Leggatt, top row, right.

Leggatt, Edward (Ted) 1858-1946

A short biography of Ted Leggatt, anarchist and carman

Converti, Nicolò, 1855-1939 and anarchism in Tunisia

A short biography of Nicolò Converti, an Italian anarchist who was active in the Tunisian workers' and libertarian movements.

W K Hall

Hall, W.K (1855- no later than 1912)- first names William Knight

A very short biography of WK Hall who moved from parliamentary socialism to an anarchist position

Agnes Henry

Henry, Agnes 1850-1915

A short biography of Agnes Henry, active in the British anarchist movement in the 1880s-1890s

Stig Dagerman

Dagerman, Stig: Anarchist writer

An account of the life and work of Stig Dagerman, Swedish existentialist and anarchist writer

Portet, Lorenzo 1870-1917

A short account of the life of Lorenzo Portet, active alongside Francisco Ferrer and an anarchist militant in Spain, Argentina, France and Liverpool.