Sacco & Vanzetti 1927-2027 International Conference, July 2027

From Recherches sur les Suds et les Orients

Unlike millions of Italian migrants who reached American shores in the 1920s and lived anonymous lives, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti became household names. Their arrest, trial, and execution captured the attention of the world. Left and right, people demanded that Nick and Bart be granted a reprieve. This was not only true across the political spectrum (even Benito Mussolini made such a request), but also among a variety of unions and intellectual circles (Simone de Beauvoir remembers signing a petition for their pardon as one of the earliest steps that would lead to her subsequent political engagement).

In Memory of Peppe Tassone

From Umanità Nova

After a long illness, comrade Peppe Tassone died (November 20, 2025) at the age of 75. At a very young age, he had moved to Paris to avoid military service. There, he had come into contact with Spanish comrades from the exiled CNT and those of the ORA (Organisation Révolutionnaire Anarchiste), at their historic headquarters at 33 rue des Vignoles. With these comrades he had shared the libertarian enthusiasm that followed the 1968 riots.

Dupuy, Rolf (1946-2025)

From Libcom by Nick Heath

A short account of the life of Rolf Dupuy, one of the founders of the French ORA and an important historian of anarchism. I was shocked to hear news of the death of Rolf Dupuy two days after his death. Rolf was one of the founders of the French ORA, and later animator of the Dictionnaire International des Militants Anarchistes, a huge online resource in the French language, on biographies of libertarian militants around the world. I had first met his acquaintance whilst attending congresses of the ORA in the 1970s. I communicated with him on and off, offering biographies, corrections, and additions over the last decade or so, and he solicited my own biography from me, which duly appeared online in 2010. As well as the Dictionnaire, he also was behind another online endeavour, Dictionnaire des guérilleros et résistants antifranquistes (Dictionary of Anti-Francoist guerillas and resisters), which he jointly initiated with Antonio Tellez Sola.

Farewell Henri-Frédéric Blanc!

From Centre Internationnal de Recherches sur l'Anarchisme Newsletter

Born in Marseille in 1954, writer Henri-Frédéric Blanc died in the same city on January 23, 2025, the victim of aggressive cancer. He was the author of some thirty books: anarchist novels, plays, short stories, poetry, pastiches and pamphlets.

In memory of Colette

From El Salto

Some vital notes from Buenaventura Durruti's partner, Émilienne Morin, on their daughter Colette on the occasion of the latter's recent death in France.

A few days ago, Colette, also known as Diana, whose married name was Marlot and née Durruti, died in France. The news of her death, the exact date of which is unknown, has reached only a small press and libertarian media because she was the daughter of Buenaventura Durruti.

French Tesla Dealership Torched in Proclaimed 'Offensive'

From The Latin Times

"Welcome Spring, burn a Tesla," the group wrote.

An anarchist group in southwestern France is claiming responsibility for setting a Tesla dealership ablaze Sunday night.

The fire destroyed eight vehicles and severely damaged four others, with estimated losses exceeding €700,000—or roughly $740,000, French outlet Numerama reported.

Farewell Jean-Jacques Cellier

From International Center for Research on Anarchism (CIRA) & Éditions la Digitale

Jean-Jacques Cellier passed away on August 30, 2024 at the age of 78. For 40 years, he was a publisher, printer, typographer and bookbinder. In 1978, he founded Editions La Digitale in his Quimper workshop. Some fifty titles were published. All are printed the old-fashioned way: lead typography, on an old press.

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