biographies

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

Emma Goldman

Emma Goldman

Kouchtsoglous, Stavros, 1878-1949

Biography of Turkish-born anarchist Stavros Kouchtsoglous who was an important figure in promoting libertarian ideas in Greece.

Edgard Leuenroth

Leuenroth, Edgard, 1881-1968

Biography of the German-Brazilian journalist and typesetter who committed his life to anarcho-syndicalism and anti-clericalism.

Maria Lacerda de Moura

Lacerda de Moura, Maria, 1887-1944

Biography of the respected Brazilian anarchist-feminist teacher, journalist, writer, lecturer and poet.

Basiliso

Serrano Valero, Basiliso, 1908-1955

A short biography of Spanish anarcho-syndicalist and anti-fascist guerilla fighter Basiliso Serrano Valero, a.k.a El Manco de La Pesquera.

Jerzy Borejsza alias Maxime Ranko

Ranko, Maxime, 1905-1952: the man behind the name

A short biography of Maxime Ranko, real name Benjamin Goldberg (1905-1952), later to be known as Jerzy Borejsza, ardent Platformist, then pillar…

Usinger, Georg, 1900-1990

A short biography of Georg Usinger, German anarchist active in Offenbach

Aron Baron at Kropotkin's funeral

Baron, Aron Davidovich (aka Kantorovich, Faktorovich, Poleyevoy) 1891-1937

A short biography of Aron Baron, anarchist active in Russia and the Ukraine

Thau, Ta Thu, 1906-1945: Vietnamese Trotskyist Leader

A short biography of Vietnamese socialist Ta Thu Thau, written by Ngo Van Xuyet.

Émile Pouget.

Pouget, Émile, 1860-1931

Paul Delesalle's biography of Emile Pouget, a major influence on the development of early anarcho-syndicalism.

(l. to r) Stepan, Svirid and Petro Kotsur

Kotsur, Svirid (Spiridon) Dementiyovich, 1890-1920

A short biography of Svirid Kotsur and the independent soviet republic of Chyhyryn.

Karl Marx

Karl Marx - Karl Korsch

Part of the series of biographies of Karl Marx. Left communist Karl Korsch's detailed biography of Karl Marx.

Anna Garaseva in the 1920s-30s

Garaseva, Anna, 1902-1994, and Tatiana, 1901-1997+

A short account of the lives of the Russian anarchist sisters, Anna and Tatiana.