Anselmo Lorenzo

Anselmo Lorenzo (21 April 1841, in Toledo, Spain – 30 November 1914) was a defining figure in the early Spanish Anarchist movement, earning the often quoted sobriquet "the grandfather of Spanish anarchism," in the words of Murray Bookchin: "his contribution to the spread of Anarchist ideas in Barcelona and Andalusia over the decades was enormous".[1]

Anselmo Lorenzo
Born1841
Toledo,Spain
Died1914
Resting placeCemetery of Montjuïc
NationalitySpanish
OrganizationInternational Workingmen's Association
Known for"the grandfather of Spanish anarchism"
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His activity in the movement and adherence to Anarchist ideals can be rooted to his meeting and befriending of Giuseppe Fanelli in 1868, a disciple of Mikhail Bakunin recruiting for the International Workingmen's Association.[2] Lorenzo edited the anarchist syndicalist newspaper La Huelga General from 1901–1902 with Francisco Ferrer.[3] He died in 1914 and was laid to rest on the Cemetery of Montjuïc.

References
  1. Bookchin, Murray (1977). The Spanish Anarchists: The Heroic Years, 1868–1936. Free Life Editions. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-914156-14-7.
  2. Robert F. Barsky (2007). The Chomsky Effect: A Radical Works Beyond the Ivory Tower. MIT Press. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-262-02624-6.
  3. Steele, Tom (2007). Knowledge is Power!: The Rise and Fall of European Popular Educational Movements, 1848-1939. Peter Lang. p. 114. ISBN 978-3-03910-563-2.

Further reading
  • Álvarez Junco, José (May 1975). "Anselmo Lorenzo y su tiempo". Tiempo de Historia. 1 (6): 45–55.
  • Díaz Díaz, Gonzalo (1991). "Lorenzo Asperilla, Anselmo". Hombres y documentos de la filosofía española. 4. Madrid: CSIC. ISBN 978-84-00-07198-1.
  • Lane, A. T. (1995). Biographical Dictionary of European Labor Leaders. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-26456-6.
  • Montseny, Federica (1977). Vida y obra de Anselmo Lorenzo. Madrid: Libros Dogal. ISBN 978-84-7463-004-6. OCLC 4189619.
  • Thomas, Paul (1985). Karl Marx and the Anarchists (Reprint ed.). Routledge. ISBN 978-0-7102-0685-5.
  • Villena Espinosa, Rafael (2009). Anselmo Lorenzo (1841-1914): el proletario militante. Toledo: Almud. ISBN 978-84-935656-4-0. OCLC 733645568.


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