biographies

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

Emma Goldman

Emma Goldman

Juan Gomez Casas.

Casas, Juan Gomez, 1921-2001

A short biography of Juan Gomez Casas, underground militant, then first post-Franco Secretary General of the CNT and prolific writer and…

Militant: Class struggle in 1970s Italy

Cassia, Salvatore, 1944-2002

A biography of Italian anarchist and electronics worker Salvatore Cassia.

Louis Emile Cottin

Cottin, Louis Emile, 1896-1937

A biography of Louis Emile Cottin, who attempted to assassinate the French president and fought in the Durruti Column in the Spanish Civil War.

Crosnier, Alain, 1955-2005

A biography of French anarchist and magazine director of Alternative Libertaire, Alain Crosnier.

Curlewis, Richard, 1917-2002

A biography of Australian advocate of workers' control, Richard Curlewis.

Daniel Guerin.

Guerin, Daniel, 1904-1988

A biography of the French libertarian communist and gay liberationist intellectual, Daniel Guerin.

Helmut Kirschey.

Kirschey, Helmut, 1913-2003

A short biography of Helmut Kirschey, who was probably the last surviving German anarchist to have fought with the Durruti Column in the Spanish…

José Sabaté Llopart.

Sabaté Llopart, José, 1910-1949

A short biography of anarchist guerrilla fighter Jose Sabate Llopart - brother of the famous Sabate. Fighting in the Civil War and the Resistance…

Charlie Lahr

Lahr, Charles, 1885-1971

A short biography of German-born British anarchist publisher and activist Charlie Lahr.

Gustav Landauer

Landauer, Gustav, 1870-1919

A short biography of German revolutionary Gustav Landauer, who was killed in the crushing of the German Revolution.

Felix Carrasquer Launed.

Launed, Felix Carrasquer, 1905-1993

A short biography of Spanish anarchist trade unionist and writer Felix Carrasquer Launed.

Lazarevitch, Nicholas, 1895-1975

A short biography of Russo-Belgian anarchist, co-writer of The Platform and husband of Ida Mett, Nicholas Lazarevitch.