Farewell Henri-Frédéric Blanc!

From Centre Internationnal de Recherches sur l'Anarchisme Newsletter

Born in Marseille in 1954, writer Henri-Frédéric Blanc died in the same city on January 23, 2025, the victim of aggressive cancer. He was the author of some thirty books: anarchist novels, plays, short stories, poetry, pastiches and pamphlets.

Farewell Jean-Jacques Cellier

From International Center for Research on Anarchism (CIRA) & Éditions la Digitale

Jean-Jacques Cellier passed away on August 30, 2024 at the age of 78. For 40 years, he was a publisher, printer, typographer and bookbinder. In 1978, he founded Editions La Digitale in his Quimper workshop. Some fifty titles were published. All are printed the old-fashioned way: lead typography, on an old press.

Japan: Anarchism Document Center Newsletter #69 Published

From CIRA Japan
July 2024

We have published "The Anarchist Document Center Newsletter No. 69". The opening page introduces materials selected by Dameren and friends who visited the archives during a tour of Shizuoka to celebrate the publication of the new book. It introduces various materials in the archives. In addition, it features the publication of "List of Anarchist Movement Journals and Magazines [1912-2012]" and the popular series "Old Bookstore Oyaji's Introduction to Old Books."

Claire Auzias (1951-2024): A Teenager's Dream on a Spring Day

From Redes Libertarias & CIRA
August 7, 2024

That Friday, May 3, 1968, the police broke into the Sorbonne University, in whose courtyard several hundred students equipped to fight against the fascists had gathered. The repercussions are well known: not only did the rage explode in the vicinity of the university with an impressive and spontaneous street outburst, but the echo of that revolt spread to various parts of French territory.

CIRA Activity Report

From Centre International de Recherches sur l’Anarchisme
Bulletin du CIRA #80, Spring 2024

Activity Report 2023

If we squint at its somewhat repetitive nature, and a certain proclivity to make item lists, this activity report provides us with a chance to realize that the past year was more eventful than we remember, in the stream of routine and unforeseen events, of racing to deal with urgent matters while also considering long-term goals…

France: Limousin Anarchist Bookfair, June 15-16

From CIRA Limousin (International Center for Research on Anarchism)

Anarchist Book Fair
At the Bookstore and the Libertarian Country Theater in Château de Ligoure
Saturday, June 15, & Sunday, June 16, 2024

Bonjour,
Château de Ligoure dates back to the 19th century. It was built on the initiative of Frédéric Le Play, one of the fathers of the social economy and an engineer who knew how to save money.

Pietro Ferrua (1930-2021)

by Marianne Enckell, CIRA Lausanne, August 2021, Translated by Paul Sharkey

This founding father of the CIRA died in Portland, Oregon, USA on 28 July 2021.

He was born in San Remo on 18 September 1930 to a housewife mother and a father who worked as a casino croupier. Whilst in his youth, he served in the Resistance as a runner. Come the Liberation, he and two comrades launched the ‘Alba dei Liberi’ anarchist group in San Remo. All three refused to perform their military service. Jailed in 1950 as a conscientious objector, Ferrua then went partly to ground, helping to organize international libertarian camp-outs, editing the review Senza limiti (1952-1954, 5 issues) and working on the sites of the International Civilian Service.

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