In memory of Alfredo M. Bonanno

From Dark Nights

Before I began to think about these lines, I had given myself the task of searching and compiling data to write -with the intention of leaving a clue- about some of the many insurrectionary anarchist actions in contemporary Mexico that, although they have been sporadic, have not been recorded by the “official” historiography, either from “our side” or from the academy. The year 2023 marked the sixtieth (60) anniversary of some small attacks in the city carried out by the Libertarian Youth of Mexico, but I left it on the back burner, because I was taken by surprise by the news of the death of comrade Alfredo.

An Illogical Life - on Alfredo Bonanno

from illwill.com

On December 6, 2023, Alfredo Maria Bonanno died at his home in Trieste. Born in Catania, Sicily in 1937, he was a fellow anarchist, philosopher, bank robber, theorist and agitator, editor, writer, and tireless translator. What follows is an attempt to offer, en passant, a partial account of this figure and his history.

UK: Letter from anarchist prisoner Toby Shone for comrade Alfredo M. Bonanno

From Dark Nights

Farewell, Alfredo

I heard today by telephone as the morning winter sun shone through grey clouds into the confines of my cell that our comrade Alfredo Bonanno passed away during sleep surrounded by the love of his close ones. I too send my incendiary embrace to all those who feel his loss and assert that a combative memory will remain. Alfredo’s contributions to the anarchist movement are undeniable, critical, insightful, and prescient.

For Alfredo

From Biblioteca Anarchica Disordine, machine translation

It seemed like this moment might never come. Talking to Alfredo has always given me the idea of the present, of the moment to be seized. I think many of us owe a lot to the readings of his texts and the long chats that always left us with a new point of view. Starting from yourself, the most important thing I have learned.

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