biographies

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

Emma Goldman

Emma Goldman

Sketch of T.W. Thibedi.

Dunbar, Thibedi, Sigamoney: Three figures in the IWW in South Africa

The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW, the Wobblies) was the main influence on the radical left…

Whitehead, Edgar Thoreau ( 1890-1956)

A short biography of Edgar T. Whitehead, anti-parliamentary communist, then supporter of the Soviet Union, then anti-Communist propagandist and…

Krüschedt, Fritz (1910-1978)

A short biography of German anarchist Fritz Krüschedt

Fritz Oerter

Oerter, Friedrich “Fritz” (1869-1935)

A short biography of the German anarchist Fritz Oerter.

A stolperstein memorial stone by Wartenberg's house

Wartenberg, Gerhard (1904-1942) alias H. W. Gerhard alias G. Berg alias Ägide

A short biography of the German anarchist Gerhard Wartenberg, murdered by the Nazis.

Otto Wolf

Wolf, Otto (1902-1943)

A short biography of the German anarchist Otto Wolf, active in the FAUD underground.

Steinacker, Hermann ( 1870-1944)

A short biography of Hermann Steinacker, German anarchist murdered by the Nazis.

Der Anarchist

Holke, Artur Paul(1883-1940)

A short biography of the German anarchist Artur Holke, murdered by the Nazis.

Léandre Valero

Valero, Léandre (1923-2011)

A short biography of Léandre Valero an anarchist who "critically supported" the Algerian independence movement

Le Pen, Julien (1878-1945)

A short biography of Julien Le Pen, French anarcho-syndicalist

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…