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
"Anyone interested in Spanish anarchism is familiar with the name of
José Peirats, the chronicler of the libertarian movement. Few people,
however, are aware of Peirats's activist life, the struggles in Spain
during the years of the Republic and civil war or during the sordid
internal conflicts of the anarchist movement in exile. This gap is now
filled by Chris Ealham's magnificent biography."—Paul Preston, author of
The Spanish Holocaust
“Chris Ealham presents a well-researched and sensitive view
behind-the-scenes at the intensely militant life of this key
working-class activist in the Spanish movement from the 1920s to the
postwar decades. Peirats was at the center of Spanish anarchists'
crucial debates on anarchist organization, revolution, the importance of
anarchist culture, and collaboration with statists. He consistently
demanded accountability to the grassroots. Through this biography, such
issues come to life for those of us in the present.”—David Porter,
author of Eyes to the South: French Anarchists & Algeria
Living Anarchism : Jose Peirats and the Spanish Anarcho-syndicalist Movement - Chris Ealham
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