José Peirats Valls (1908–1989) was a Spanish anarchist, activist, journalist and historian.
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 Portrait of Peirats taken in the mid-1940s | |
| Born | José Peirats Valls March 15, 1908 |
| Died | August 20, 1989 (aged 81) |
| Education | Escola Moderna |
| Occupation(s) | Brickmaker, journalist, historian |
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| Movement | Anarchism |
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Biography edit
Peirats was born on March 15, 1908, in La Vall d'Uixó, Province of Castellón.[1] He was the second child of Jose Peirats Dupla and Teresa Valls Rubert, who were day laborers, working as espadrille makers (espardenyers).[2]
Peirats came to anarchism after moving in his early years to Barcelona. He was a long-standing member of the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) and at one point edited its newspaper, Solidaridad Obrera ('Workers Solidarity').
Peirats was a member of anarchist groups Afinidad (1932) and Verdad (1932-1936).[3] He was also a member of the federation of anarchist affinity groups, the Federación Anarquista Ibérica (FAI). An account cited him as part of a delegation sent to Paris in November 1936 to purchase weapons.[4]
In 1989, Peirats died in Barcelona.[3]
Works edit
- Anarchists in the Spanish Revolution. London: Freedom Press, 1990. ISBN 0-900384-53-0.
- The CNT in the Spanish Revolution. ChristieBooks, Hastings, 2005: ISBN 1-901172-05-8 (vol. 1); ISBN 1-873976-24-0 (vol. 2); [2006]: ISBN 1-873976-29-1 (vol.3).
Further reading edit
- Ealham, Chris (2015). Living Anarchism: José Peirats and the Spanish Anarcho-Syndicalist Movement. Oakland, CA: AK Press. ISBN 978-1-84935-238-3. OCLC 976531857.
- Lee, Andrew H. (April 1, 2010). "Peirats Valls, José (1908–1989)". In Ness, Immanuel (ed.). The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest. Oxford, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. p. 1. doi:10.1002/9781405198073.wbierp1716. ISBN 978-1-4051-9807-3.
- Tosstorff, Reiner (2004). "Review of The CNT in the Spanish Revolution. Vol. 1, José Peirats". Iberoamericana (2001-). 4 (15): 252–255. ISSN 1577-3388. JSTOR 41675568.
References edit
- ^ Ealham, Chris (2015). Living Anarchism: José Peirats and the Spanish Anarcho-syndicalist Movement. AK Press. ISBN 978-1-84935-239-0.
- ^ Peirats, José (2001). The CNT in the Spanish Revolution. East Sussex: ChristieBooks. pp. i. ISBN 1-873976-25-9.
- ^ a b "caneladomingo". www.estelnegre.org. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
- ^ Ramet, Sabrina P. (2019). Alternatives to Democracy in Twentieth-Century Europe: Collectivist Visions of Modernity. New York: Central European University Press. p. 297. ISBN 978-963-386-30-91.
External links edit
- José Peirats in the Daily Bleed's Anarchist Encyclopedia
- José Peirats Valls Papers.
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