Anselmo Lorenzo
Anselmo Lorenzo Asperilla (born April 21, 1841 in Toledo , † November 30, 1914 in Barcelona ) was a Spanish anarchist and trade unionist.
Lorenzo is also known as the "grandfather of Spanish anarchism "; Murray Bookchin said that Anselmo Lorenzo's "contribution to the spread of anarchist ideas in Barcelona and Andalusia was enormous." With Giuseppe Fanelli and others he founded the first Spanish sections of the International Workers' Association in 1868 and in 1910 co-founded the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) and, together with Francisco Ferrer , editor of the anarcho-syndicalist newspaper La Huelga General .
In 1914 he was buried on the Cementiri de Montjuïc .
Works
- El proletariado militante. 1901-1923.
Web links
Commons : Anselmo Lorenzo - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Bookchin, Murray (1977). The Spanish Anarchists: The Heroic Years, 1868-1936. Free Life Editions. P. 14. ISBN 978-0-914156-14-7
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lorenzo, Anselmo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lorenzo Asperilla, Anselmo (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish anarchist and trade unionist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 21, 1841 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toledo |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 30, 1914 |
| Place of death | Barcelona |