Giorgos Garbis, founder of the anarchist publisher "Free Press," has died

From Athens Indymedia

The anarchist publisher, bookseller, and translator of "Free Press" publications, Giorgos Garbis, passed away on Wednesday, June 25th, in the afternoon. The death of George Garbis, founder of the anarchist publisher "Free Press," marks the end of the historical era of a generation of Greek anarchists who had an enormous contribution. George Garbis, born in 1947, joined the anarchist movement in May 1968, influenced by the events in France.

Goffredo Fofi has died

From Rivista Malamente

The infosphere of what remains of the left in Italy is exploding with obituaries, crocodiles, and memories.

We too are doing our part, but please don't lump us into the rubble of the "left that once was," a stale position that doesn't belong to us. We salute Maestro Fofi as the editorial team of a small, provincial, anti-capitalist and anarchist social critique project, which Goffredo held in high esteem.

A Tribute to Aurora Failla (1951-2025)

From Centro studi libertari - Archivio G. Pinelli

Yesterday, Sunday 6 April 2025, Aurora Failla left us.

Aurora, born with her twin sister Gemma in Syracuse in 1951, can be said to have been an anarchist from birth. Daughter of Alfonso Failla and Eufemia Pastorello, she was politically active from an early age, first in Carrara, where she lived with her family, and then, starting in the mid-1970s, in Milan, where she joined the editorial staff of "A Rivista anarchica" and the Bandiera Nera group.

Jan Tesar (1933–2025)

From Anarchistická federace

A tireless fighter for equality, freedom and mutual aid, a lifelong fighter against authoritarianism and compromise, died on Monday, June 16. He was 92 years old. The books of historian Jan Tesař are unique. And all personal meetings with Jan Tesař were unforgettable. His firm determination not to give in to the ruthlessness of the powerful was admirable and his enormous energy in the fight for a just world was very inspiring, it was literally contagious.

Obituary - Richard Mandel

From Dignity Memorial - Brookline, MA

In Chicago, Rich became a political activist who demonstrated against the Vietnam War and marched at the 1968 DNC. Later, he was involved in organizing the Black Rose anarchist lecture series and magazine. An experienced backpacker and mountaineer, he traversed the glaciers of Baffin Island in his 30s and hiked the Grand Canyon in his 40s. He was an avid cyclist who commuted to work by bike for decades, rode 600 miles through France in his 60s, and continued biking long after his diagnosis.

Honour to the combative memory of Snizana Paraskevaidou

From Dark Nights

On the 3rd of May 2025, at 5 am in the morning, Snizana Paraskevaidou lost her life because of the premature detonation of an explosive device she was placing outside a branch of the National Bank of Greece in Thessaloniki. The tragic death of this comrade lead to a widespread media terror-lust and so far, two arrests and the search of the cell of imprisoned anarchist comrade Fotis Tziotzis. We recognise and remember Snizana as a fighter and a heroine who died in battle, whose name and life is not forgotten.

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.

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