biographies

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

Emma Goldman

Emma Goldman

Le Bandit du Nord cover

Girier, Anthelme, 1869-1898

A short biography of French anarchist orator Anthelme Girier, who was imprisoned and involved in the revolt at the Iles du Salut penal colony.

Pedro Vallina, centre.

Vallina, Pedro, 1879-1970

A short biography of Spanish anarchist doctor and Civil War fighter Pedro Vallina Martinez, who resided in several countries during his life.

Antonio Casanova

Casanova, Antonio, 1898-1966

A short biography of anarchist and baker Antonio Casanova, who fought in the Spanish Civil War and French Resistance before returning to…

Isaac Puente.

Puente, Isaac, 1896-1936

A short biography of Spanish anarchist Isaac Puente Arnestoy, who was executed on the dawn of the 1936 Revolution.

Giuseppe Pinelli

Pinelli, Giuseppe “Pino”, 1928-1969

A short biography of Giuseppe Pinelli, anarchist railway worker who was murdered by police in the Strategy of Tension. He was immortalised in…

Grigori Maximov

Maximov, Grigori Petrovitch, 1893-1950

A short biography of leading Russian anarcho-syndicalist Grigori Maximov who was active in the 1917 Revolution.

Pietro Valpreda, front row third from left, on a hunger strike demonstration

Valpreda, Pietro, 1933-2002

A short biography of the anarchist militant and dancer Pietro Valpreda who was caught up in the Strategy of Tension.

Silvano Fedi

Fedi, Silvano, 1920-1944

A short biography of Italian anarchist, anti-fascist partisan and local hero Silvano Fedi. Fighting in the Resistance, he was killed in a Nazi…

Magon, Ricardo Flores, 1873-1922

A short biography of Ricardo Flores Magon, the Mexican anarchist who took part in the Mexican revolution and was imprisoned several times…

Gueorgui Cheitanov

Sheytanov, Georgi, 1896-1925

A short biography of Bulgarian anarchist and anti-dictatorship guerrilla, Georgi Sheytanov.

Durruti, Buenaventura, 1896-1936

A biography of legendary Spanish anarchist and Civil War fighter Buenaventura Durruti.

Emma Goldman

Goldman, Emma, 1869-1940

A short biography of legendary anarchist Emma Goldman, "one of the most dangerous in America" according to J. Edgar Hoover, first director of…