Living Anarchism

Description

A study of one man and a collective biography of the working class into

which he was born. The story of José Peirats shows the human foundations of

Spanish anarchism, the ties of friendship and community that cemented the

largest anti-authoritarian movement in the world. “In his biography of

Pierats—anarchist, autodidact, brick maker and historian—Chris Ealham

presents us with an unsettling portrayal of that most challenging and

complex organization, the CNT-FAI, both in its greatest moments and in the

agony and brutality of its exile. Commanding the narrative throughout,

though, is Peirats. José Peirats both helped make history as a militant

anarchist, sometimes with gun in hand, and wrote some of the most detailed

and determinedly impartial history our movement has ever produced. It is a

matter of real satisfaction to know that this exemplary militant and

scholar has the biography he deserves.”—Barry Pateman, archivist and author

with the Kate Sharpley Library