Nick Heath

Content by or about Nick Heath, a British anarchist, retired library worker, historian and member of the Anarchist Communist Group. He is the author of The Idea: Anarchist Communism, Past, Present and Future, published 2022.

Nick Heath

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…

A self-made Zazou star

The Zazous, 1940-1945

An account of the French anti-Nazi cultural youth movement who opposed the Vichy regime in occupied France. Influenced by jazz and swing they met…

Gueorgui Cheitanov

Sheytanov, Georgi, 1896-1925

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

Ernesto 'Che' Guevara.

Guevara, Ernesto "Che", 1928-1967

A critical look at the life of Latin American revolutionary, Ernesto "Che" Guevara.

Max Hoelz

Hoelz, Max, 1889-1933

A short biography of German communist Max Hoelz, known as the Red Robin Hood for his daring acts expropriating from the rich to distribute to…

Marinus van der Lubbe

Lubbe, Marinus van der 1911-1934

A short biography of Marinus van der Lubbe, the Dutch council communist who set the Reichstag fire.

Ettore Bonometti.

Bonometti, Ettore, 1872-1961

A short biography of Italian anarchist militant Ettore Bonometti, who helped found the anarcho-syndicalist union the USI.

Ida Mett

Mett, Ida, 1901-1973

A short biography Ida Mett, Russian anarchist and author of The Kronstadt Commune about the uprising against the new Bolshevik dictatorship…

Octave Mirbeau

Mirbeau, Octave, 1848-1917

A short account of the anarchist politics and practice of French author Octave Mirbeau, whose works include The Torture Garden.

Sail Mohamed, seated front row, centre.

Mohamed, Sail, 1894-1953

A biography of Algerian anarchist, Spanish Civil War fighter and mechanic Sail Mohamed Ameriane ben Amerzaine.

Margarita Ortega

Ortega, Margarita, ?-1914

A short biography of Mexican anarchist school teacher and sharpshooter Margarita Ortega, who was executed in 1914.

Peron with general Franco

Peron, Eva "Evita", 1919-1952

A critical look at the life and political actions of Eva "Evita" Peron, widely regarded as a hero of the poor and downtrodden.