biographies

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

Emma Goldman

Emma Goldman

Tom Cantwell ( back left) with Charles Mowbray ( centre) and others

Cantwell, Thomas Edward, 1864-1906

A short biography of Tom Cantwell, anarchist active in the Socialist League and with Freedom

Karl Korsch: a Marxist friend of anarchism - A.R. Giles-Peters

A look at the life of Marxist theoretician Karl Korsch, and the relevance of his theoretical work to anarchism.

Anarkhiia, paper of Moscow Federation of Anarchist Groups - November 1917

Barmash, Vladimir Vladimirovich aka Gorbonos aka Valya aka Lonya, 1879-1938+

A short biography of Vladimir Barmash, prominent anarchist communist in Russia who perished in the…

Piotr Rybin (Zonov)

Rybin, Piotr (Rivkin; Zonov; Rybin-Zonov) (? - 1920)

A short biography of Piotr Rybin (Zonov) anarchist worker murdered by the Bolsheviks

Boris Veretelnik (front, left),

Veretelnik, Boris, c,1889?-1919

A short biography of Boris Veretelnik , Left Socialist Revolutionary and then anarchist and Makhnovist

Dimitri Popov

Popov, Dimitri Ivanovich, 1892-1921

A short biography of Dimitri Popov, sailor, Left Socialist Revolutionary and then anarchist and Makhnovist

Mbeki, Thabo

Critical biographical notes on Thabo Mbeki, excerpted from a contribution to the New York Review of Books by the anti-Stalinist historian of the ANC Paul Trewhela in 2000.

Staradolz, Alexander, ?-1936

A short account of Alexander Staradolz who fought with Makhno and Durruti.

Edgard Leuenroth

Leuenroth, Edgard, 1881-1968

A short biographer of Edgard Leuenroth German-Brazilian anarchist who was an indefatigable propagandist and activist for anarchism.

Alexander Lepetchenko

Lepetchenko, Ivan and Alexander

A short account of the lives of the Lepetchenko brothers, Alexander and Ivan, who fought with the Makhnovists.

Zuychenko , seated 2nd from right. Makhno seated far left, Antoni seated second

Zuychenko, Nazar Semenovich, 1887/8-1938

A short biography of Nazar Zuychenko, one of first members of Gulyai Poye Anarchist Communist Group, persecuted by the Soviet authorities

Chuchko, Ivan Minovich, 1893-1938

A short biography of Ivan Chuchko, Makhnovist commander hounded by the Soviet authorities for many years.