biographies

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

Emma Goldman

Emma Goldman

August Bebel

My life

Ferdinand August Bebel (22 February 1840 – 13 August 1913) was a German socialist politician, writer, and orator. He is best remembered as one of the founders of the Social Democratic…

Dachau camp card for Weigand

Weigand, Heinrich (1909-1971)

A short biography of German anarchist Heinrich Weigand, who suffered more than 11 years in Nazi prisons and concentration camps.

Anarchism in Bulgaria

Short history on the life of Aleksander Nakov, committed Anarchist and Esperantist who lived and worked in Bulgaria.

Doris with Luis

Ensinger, Doris (1944-2020)

A short biography of German anarchist Doris Ensinger.

Carlo Cafiero

Carlo Cafiero- a brief life

The following biography appears in the Anarchist Communist Group edition of Carlo Cafiero's Compendium of Capital, which has just been published…

Nikolai Tuzov

Nikolai Tuzov and the anarchist underground in Vyksa

A short account of the activities of anarchist Nikolai Tuzov and the anarchist underground

Nemeritsky, second from right, Lidia to his left

Nemeritsky, Boris Grigorievich (1902- 1937)

A short biography of Boris Nemeritsky, active in the anarchist underground

Olonetsky

Olonetsky, Alexei Alexeivich (1893-1964) aka Sadikov, Sadikov-Olonetsky

A short biography of Alexei Olonetsky, Maximalist then anarchist

Tatiana Torgasheva

Torgasheva, Tatiana Tikhonovna (1885-1919)

A short biography of Tatiana Torgasheva, fighter for women's liberation, Bolshevik then anarchist communist

Header of 'Golos Truda', first Russian edition: 11th August 1917.

The Dolenko brothers. Dolenko, Nikolai Ilyich (1883-1944) aka M. Chekeres, Andrei; Dolenko, Ilya Ilyich (1896-1937)

Short biographies of the anarchists Nikolai and Ilya Dolenko

Butyrka Prison, Moscow, 1890s

Piven, Dimitri (1885-1970)

A short biography of anarchist communist Dimitri Piven, who shared a prison cell with Makhno.

Meschi, Alberto 1879-1958

Une biographie courte de Alberto Meschi, une des grandes figures de l’anarchisme italien, toujours commémoré avec ferveur à Carrara.