biographies

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

Emma Goldman

Emma Goldman

Nicolas Walter

Walter, Nicolas, 1934-2000

A short biography of British anarchist and journalist, who was one of the Spies for Peace, Nicolas Walter.

Maria Zazzi

Zazzi, Maria, 1904-1993

A short biography of life-long Italian anarchist militant Maria Zazzi.

Zhelezniakov, Anatoli, 1895-1919

A short biography of Russian anarchist and Kronstadt sailor Anatoli Zhelezniakov.

Paul Zorkine

Zorkine (Vrbica), Paul, 1921-1962

A short biography of Yugoslavian anarchist-communist Paul Zorkine.

Marx, Jenny - obituary by Frederick Engels

Engels' biography and obituary of Jenny Marx, Karl Marx's eldest daughter.

Hardie, Keir: The Forgotten Keir Hardie - Sylvia Pankhurst

This article by Sylvia Pankhurst, written in 1921 is a rejoinder to an appreciation by long-standing…

Morris, William - How I Became a Socialist

Part of the series of biographies of William Morris. How I Became a Socialist was first published in Justice, June 16th, 1894.

Toma Sik, 1939-2004

Sik, Toma, 1939-2004

A short biography of Israeli-Hungarian activist Toma Sik.

Ivan Nicolov

Nicolov, Ivan, 1900-1925

Biographical information about Bulgarian anarchist teacher and orator Ivan Nicolov, murdered by the state police.

Mainwaring, Sam biography

A brief biography of Welsh engineer and anarchist orator Sam Mainwaring.

Mugshot of Ramon Vila Capdevila.

Capdevila, Ramon Vila, 1918-1963

A short biography of anarchist Ramon Vila Capdevila, ‘Caraquemada’, one of the last of the anti-Franco guerrillas to fall.

Pepita Carpena

Carpena, Pepita, 1919-2005

A biography of veteran Spanish anarchist and women's liberationist Pepita Carpena.