Osvaldo Escribano (1939–2025)

From Anarchistická federace

He was born in 1939. At the age of 18, he was drawn to anarchism, through the anarchist club of the José Ingenieros People's Library. In the 1960s, he became involved in student revolts. He was also part of the cooperative movement and the peasant movement, and became one of the founders of a federation of housing cooperatives. He was a member of the Comunidade do Sul do Uruguai (Community of Southern Uruguay), an experiment in free living in which he practiced his ideas for years, until his exile in Argentina in 1974.

Vincent Scotti Eirene, a Catholic anarchist who devoted his life to the poor, dies at 73

From Pittsburgh Post-Gazette by Jeremy Reynolds

Vincent Scotti Eirene opened his house to the homeless and disabled and was no stranger to being arrested for civil disobedience.

The Brookline native who became a fixture for decades in the North Side’s Manchester neighborhood died Sept. 11. He was 73.

For Gianfranco Sanguinetti (1948-2025)

FromAutonomies

We only recently learned of Gianfranco Sanguinetti’s death, on October 3rd of this year. In a modest gesture of homage to this late member of the Italian Section of the Situationist International, we share below his classic text, On Terrorism and the State, in a translation by Bill Brown.

Tributes to our Friend and Comrade, Tarun Bhartiya (1970-2025)

From Raiot Collective

I have known him only through FB but that friendship has been a very enriching one because of his uncompromising anarchism which was built on the twin foundations of a deep theoretical study of classic anarchist texts and engagement with the down to earth communitarian knowledge of the indigenous peoples of the Northeast.

Ciao Mario

From Umanità Nova

Today we say goodbye to a free man. A "rebel," as he liked to call himself.

And Mario Candotto's life was a work of art and a hymn to rebellion and freedom. Anti-fascism, the Resistance, and deportation. Then came the dream of building socialism in Yugoslavia. A dream that almost immediately revealed itself to him as a scam or a nightmare. He then returned to Ronchi and the construction site, becoming more and more drawn to the anarchist group.

John Englart, 1955-2025: A life of honesty, integrity and social conscience

From Brunswick Voice

Much of John’s life from 1975 to 1990 revolved around the Anarchist movement in Sydney.  His experience in the short-lived Federation of Australian Anarchists cemented in him a determination to do Anarchism differently.  Accordingly, in 1977 he was a founding member of Jura Books, now Sydney’s longest running Anarchist bookshop.  Differences within the collective led to a split in 1982, with John amongst those leaving to establish the Redfern Black Rose Anarchist Bookshop.  Out of those experiences, John learnt much about working with people in a collective and egalitarian way.

Giorgos Garbis, founder of the anarchist publisher "Free Press," has died

From Athens Indymedia

The anarchist publisher, bookseller, and translator of "Free Press" publications, Giorgos Garbis, passed away on Wednesday, June 25th, in the afternoon. The death of George Garbis, founder of the anarchist publisher "Free Press," marks the end of the historical era of a generation of Greek anarchists who had an enormous contribution. George Garbis, born in 1947, joined the anarchist movement in May 1968, influenced by the events in France.

Goffredo Fofi has died

From Rivista Malamente

The infosphere of what remains of the left in Italy is exploding with obituaries, crocodiles, and memories.

We too are doing our part, but please don't lump us into the rubble of the "left that once was," a stale position that doesn't belong to us. We salute Maestro Fofi as the editorial team of a small, provincial, anti-capitalist and anarchist social critique project, which Goffredo held in high esteem.

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