biographies

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

Emma Goldman

Emma Goldman

(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.

Antifascist youth in 1935, Wafner sitting centre front row

Wafner, Kurt, 1918-2007

A short biography of German anarchist Kurt Wafner.

Gültig, Karl, 1906-1992

A short biography of the German anarchosyndicalist Karl Gültig.

Nikiforova, Marusya, 1885-1919

Biography of Ukrainian anarchist guerrilla who fought with the Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine.

Williamson, George, 1939-2007

Obituary of Scottish activist, libertarian socialist and Solidarity member, George Williamson, a.k.a. James Finlayson.

Volin, 1882-1945 - Rudolf Rocker

A short biography of Russian anarchist, Vsevolod Mikhailovich Eichenbaum, commonly known as Volin, by Rudolph Rocker.

Luisa Capetillo

Capetillo, Luisa - a biography

Short biography of Puerto Rican anarchist, feminist and labor agitator.

Silentnight picket line banner

Gee, Charlie - A working class hero

Charlie looks back at his youthful experiences as a militant hippy factory worker and shop steward in 1970s & 80s northern England. Part 2 deals…

Herman Gorter (1864-1927), theoretician of left wing communism

Gorter, Herman, 1864-1927 obituary - H. Canne Meijer

Obituary of Dutch Council communist and poet, Herman Gorter.

Asimos, Nikolas (1949-1988) Athens’ anarchist troubadour

Nikolas Asimos, born Nikolaos Asimopoulos, was the greatest troubadour of the anarchist movement in…