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Avnery, Uri and Rachel : Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Israeli human rights activists, founders of the Gush Shalom peace movement. Beauvoir, Simone de: Connexipedia Article Article French writer, philosopher, feminist, and social theorist. (1908-1986). Bebel, August: Connexipedia Article Article German social democrat who was one of the founders of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. (1840-1913). Benjamin, Walter: Connexipedia Article Article German-Jewish Marxist, literary critic, essayist, translator, and philosopher. (1892-1940). Berger, John: Connexipedia Article Article English art critic, novelist, painter and author. (Born 1926). Bernstein, Eduard: Connexipedia Article Article German social democratic theoretician and politician, a member of the SPD, and the theorist of "evolutionary socialism" and revisionism. (1850-1932). Biró, András: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Advcoate for Roma self-reliance and founder of the Hungarian Foundation for Self-Reliance (HFSR). (Born 1925). Blanqui, Louis Auguste: Connexipedia Article Article French political activist, founder of the revolutionary theory of Blanquism. (1805-1881). Bolotnikov, Ivan: Connexipedia Article Article The leader of a popular uprising in Russia known as the Bolotnikov rebellion. (Died 1608). Bordiga, Amadeo: Connexipedia Article Article Italian Marxist, contributor to Communist theory, founder of the Communist Party of Italy, leader of the Communist International and, after World War II, leading figure of the International Communist... Brecht, Bertolt: Connexipedia Article Article German poet, playwright, theatre director, and radical. (1898-1956). Brinton, Maurice: Connexipedia Article Article Libertarian socialist writer and neurologist. (1923-2005). 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Cade, Jack: Connexipedia Article Article The leader of a popular revolt in the 1450 Kent rebellion. (Died 1450.) Carpenter, Edward: Connexipedia Article Article English socialist poet, anthologist, early gay activist and socialist philosopher. (1844-1929). Castoriadis, Cornelius: Connexipedia Article Article Greek-French philosopher, libertarian socialist, and psychoanalyst. Author of the The Imaginary Institution of Society, co-founder of the Socialisme ou Barbarie group and 'philosopher of autonomy'. (1... Cohn-Bendit, Daniel: Connexipedia Article Article Political activist and politician, active in France and Germany. A student leader during the May 1968 revolt in France. (Born 1945). Comfort, Alex: Connexipedia Article Article Medical professional, gerontologist, anarchist, pacifist, conscientious objector and writer. (1920-2000). Condorcet, Marquis de: Connexipedia Article Article (1743-1794).French philosopher, mathematician, and early political scientist. Connolly, James: Connexipedia Article Article Irish and Scottish socialist leader, executed by the British. (1868-1916). Debord, Guy: Connexipedia Article Article French Marxist theorist, writer, filmmaker, hypergraphist and founding member of the groups Lettrist International and Situationist International. (1931-1994). Deutscher, Isaac: Connexipedia Article Article Marxist historian, journalist and political activist. (1907-1967). Diary of Bergen-Belsen Levy-Hass, Hanna; with a foreword and afterword by Amira Hass Book 2009 Hanna Lévy-Hass, a Yugoslavian Jew, emerged a defiant survivor of the Holocaust. Her observations, recorded in her own incomparable voice, shed new light on the lived experience of Nazi internment. Lé... Dózsa, György: Connexipedia Article Article Leader of a peasants' revolt against the Hungarian landed nobility. (1470-1514). Dürr, Hans-Peter: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Physicist and peace activist. (Born 1929). Dutschke, Rudi: Connexipedia Article Article Prominent spokesperson of the German student movement of the 1960s. (1940-1979). Edelman, Marek: Connexipedia Article Article Jewish-Polish political and social activist and cardiologist. (1919-2009). Engels, Friedrich: Connexipedia Article Article German author, political theorist, philosopher, and father of communist theory, alongside Karl Marx. (1820-1895). Equiano, Olaudah: Connexipedia Article Article African former slave involved in the British movement for the abolition of the slave trade. (1745-1797). Fanon, Frantz: Connexipedia Article Article Psychiatrist, philosopher, revolutionary, and author from Martinique. (1925-1961). Fowler, Cary: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Awad Winner Article Winner of the Right Livelihood Award for his work to save the world's genetic plant heritage. (Born 1949). Fromm, Erich: Connexipedia Article Article Internationally renowned social psychologist, psychoanalyst, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist. (1900-1980). Genefke, Inge: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Campaigner and worker on behalf of torture victims. Glezos, Manolis: Connexipedia Article Article Greek left wing politician and writer, known especially for his participation in the World War II resistance. (Born 1922). Godwin, William: Connexipedia Article Article English journalist, political philosopher and novelist, considered one of the first exponents of utilitarianism, and one of the first modern proponents of anarchism. (1756-1836). Goldsmith, Edward: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Was an Anglo-French environmentalist, writer and philosopher. (Died 2009). Gramsci, Antonio: Connexipedia Article Article Italian Marxist philosopher, writer, politician and political theorist. (1891-1937). Halper, Jeff: Connexipedia Article Article Co-founder and Coordinator of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD). (Born 1946). Hauser, Monika: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article German human rights advocate. (Born 1959). Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich: Connexipedia Article Article German philosopher, one of the creators of German Idealism. (1770-1831). Hekmat, Mansoor: Connexipedia Article Article Iranian Marxist theorist and leader of the worker-communist movement. (1951-2002). Holbach, Baron d': Connexipedia Article Article French-German author, philosopher, encyclopedist and a prominent figure in the French Enlightenment. (1723-1789). Horkheimer, Max: Connexipedia Article Article German philosopher and sociologist and member of the Frankfurt School. (1885-1973). Ikanan, Evaristo Nugkuag: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Activist working to protect the rights of the indigenous people of the Amazon. Illich, Ivan: Connexipedia Article Article Austrian philosopher, Roman Catholic priest and critic of the institutions of contemporary western culture. (1926-2002). James, C. L. R.: Connexipedia Article Article Afro-Trinidadian historian, journalist, Marxist, socialist theorist and essayist. (1901-1989). James, C.L.R.: Connexipedia: Entry in Encyclopedia of Marxism Glossary of People Article Afro-Trinidadian historian, journalist, Marxist, socialist theorist and essayist. (1901-1989). Jogiches, Leo: Connexipedia Article Article Marxist revolutionary active in Lithuania, Poland, and Germany. (1867-1919). Jungk, Robert: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Austrian writer, journalists and peace activist who wrote mostly on issues relating to nuclear weapons. (1913-1994). Karl Marx  Korsch, Karl Book 1938 It is the purpose of this book to restate the most important principles and contents of Marx's social science in the light of recent historical events and of the new theoretical needs which have arise... Kautsky, Karl: Connexipedia Article Article German social democrat and a leading theoretician of Marxism. (1854-1938). Kautsky, Karl: Connexipedia: Entry in Encyclopedia of Marxism Glossary of People Article German social democrat and a leading theoretician of Marxism. (1854-1938). Kelly, Petra: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Left-wing German politician. (1947-1992). Kohr, Leopold: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Advocate of human scale, economist, jurist and political scientist. (1909-1994). Kollontai, Alexandra: Connexipedia: Entry in Encyclopedia of Marxism Glossary of People Article Russian Communist revolutionary. (1872-1952) Korsch, Karl: Connexipedia: Entry in Encyclopedia of Marxism Glossary of People Article German Marxist theorist. (1886-1961). Kruhonja, Katarina: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Croatian peace activist. (Born 1962). Laing, R. D.: Connexipedia Article Article Scottish psychiatrist who wrote extensively on mental illness. (1927-1989). Langer, Felicia: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Israeli human rights lawyer, winner of the Right Livelihood Award. Larkin, James: Connexipedia Article Article Irish trade union leader and socialist activist. (1876-1947). Lemke, Birsel: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Turkish environmentalist. (Born 1950). Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich: Connexipedia: Entry in Encyclopedia of Marxism Glossary of People Article Russian revolutionary. (1870-1924). Liebknecht, Karl: Connexipedia Article Article German socialist, revolutionary, and a co-founder of the Spartacist League. (1871-1919). Liebknecht, Wilhelm: Connexipedia Article Article German social democrat, one of the founders of the SPD. (1826-1900). Lilburne, John: Connexipedia Article Article English political agitator before, during and after English Civil Wars 1642-1650. (1614-1657). Longuet, Jenny: Connexipedia Article Article Socialist activist. Daughter of Jenny von Westphalen and Karl Marx. (1844-1883). Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution Gabriel, Mary Book 2011 A biography of Karl and Jenny Marx. Lukács, Georg: Connexipedia: Entry in Encyclopedia of Marxism Glossary of People Article Hungarian Marxist philosopher, writer, literary critic, and socialist. (1885-1971). Lukács, György: Connexipedia Article Article Hungarian Marxist philosopher, writer, literary critic, and socialist. (1885-1971). Makhno, Nestor: Connexipedia Article Article Ukrainian anarcho-communist guerrilla leader. (1888-1934). Marat, Jean-Paul: Connexipedia Article Article Radical journalist and politician from the French Revolution. (1743-1793). Marcuse, Herbert: Connexipedia Article Article Marxist philosopher, political theorist and sociologist. (1898-1979). Marek Edelman: A True Mensch Rosenberg, David Article 2009 To be a Jew means always being with the oppressed and never the oppressors. Marx, Karl: Connexipedia: Entry in Encyclopedia of Marxism Glossary of People Article Brief biography of Karl Marx. (1818-1883). Marx, Karl: Connexipedia Article Article German philosopher, political economist, historian, political theorist, sociologist, communist, and revolutionary, whose ideas are credited as the foundation of modern communism. (1818-1883). Mattick Paul: Connexipedia: Entry in Encyclopedia of Marxism Glossary of People Article Marxist writer and activist. (1904-1981). Mehring, Franz: Connexipedia Article Article German socialist publicist, politician and historian. (1846-1919). Mer-Khamis, Arna: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Israeli educator and human rights activist. (1929-1995). Michel, Louise: Connexipedia: Entry in Encyclopedia of Marxism Glossary of People Article French anarchist, school teacher and medical worker. (1830-1905). Miliband, Ralph: Connexipedia Article Article Marxist political theorist and sociologist. (1924-1994). Morris, William: Connexipedia Article Article British artist, designer, author, and socialist. (1834-1896). Müntzer, Thomas: Connexipedia Article Article An early Reformation-era German theologian and Anabaptist. (1488-1525). Neill, A. S.: Connexipedia Article Article Scottish progressive educator, author and founder of Summerhill school. (1883-1973). An Opposing Man: The Autobiography of a Romantic Revolutionary Fischer, Ernst Book 1969 The memoirs on Ernst Fischer, a socialist literary and art critic. Tom Paine, restless democrat: Profile of a radical Marqusee, Mike Article 2009 Mike Marqusee celebrates the life, work and ideas of the great revolutionary who declared that "my country is the world and my religion is to do good." Pankhurst, Emmeline: Connexipedia Article Article English women's suffrage movement leader. (1858-1928). Pilecki, Witold: Connexipedia Article Article A member of the Polish resistance and the only known person to volunteer to be imprisoned at Auschwitz concentration camp. (1901-1948). Plekhanov, Georgi Valentinovich: Connexipedia: Entry in Encyclopedia of Marxism Glossary of People Article Russian socialist. (1856-1918). Politkovskaya, Anna: Connexipedia Article Article Russian journalist, author and human rights activist. (1958-2006). Proudhon, Pierre-Joseph: Connexipedia Article Article French politician, mutualist philosopher and socialist. (1809-1865). Rosa Luxemburg in Retrospect Mattick, Paul Article 1978 Mattick reconsiders the legacy of Rosa Luxemburg, particularly her critique of Bolshevism and her economic theory. Rowbotham, Sheila: Connexipedia Article Article British socialist feminist theorist and writer. (Born 1943). Russell, Bertrand: Connexipedia Article Article Philosopher, logician, mathematician, pacifist, social critic. (1872-1970). Santas, Apostolos: Connexipedia Article Article Greek veteran of the Resistance against the Axis Occupation of Greece during World War II. (Born 1922). Scargill, Arthur: Connexipedia Article Article British trade unionist and political party leader. (Born 1938). Scholl, Hans: Connexipedia Article Article A member of the White Rose resistance movement in Nazi Germany. (1918-1943). Scholl, Sophie: Connexipedia Article Article A member of the White Rose non-violent resistance group in Nazi Germany. (1921-1943). Schweitzer, Albert: Connexipedia Article Article German-French theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician. (1875-1965). Shahak, Israel: Connexipedia Article Article Polish-born Israeli chemist, professor, radical political thinker and author and activist for the defense of the human and civil rights. (1933-2001). Sofri, Adriano: Connexipedia Article Article Italian radical intellectual, a journalist and a writer. (Born 1942). Souchy, Augustin: Connexipedia Article Article German anarchist, antimilitarist, and journalist. (1892-1984). Sousa Mendes, Aristides de: Connexipedia Article Article Portuguese diplomat who ignored and defied the orders of his own government for the safety of war refugees fleeing from invading German military forces in the early years of World War II. (1885-1954). Spartacus: Connexipedia Article Article Leader of major slave revolt against the Roman Empire. (c. 109 BC-71 BC). Spurr, Richard: Connexipedia Article Article English cabinet maker and lay preacher who was imprisoned for his part in leading the political movement Chartism. (1800-1855). Terselic, Vesna: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Croatian peace activist. (Born 1962). Thompson, E. P.: Connexipedia Article Article English historian, writer, socialist and peace campaigner (1924-1993). Thompson, William: Connexipedia Article Article Irish political and philosophical writer and social reformer, developing from utilitarianism into an early critic of capitalist exploitation whose ideas influenced the Cooperative, Trade Union and Cha... Thompson, William Article Born with the proverbial silver-spoon in his mouth, William Thompson (1775-1833) devoted his life to ameliorating the condition of those less fortunate than himself. Turner, John F. Charlewood: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Advocate for the rights of people to build, manage and sustain their own shelter and communities. (Born 1927). Vanunu, Mordechai: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Israeli nuclear technician who publicly revealed the extent of Israel's illegal nuclear weapons program and was subsequently kidnapped and jailed by Israel. (Born 1963). Wallenberg, Raoul: Connexipedia Article Article A Swedish humanitarian who worked in Budapest, Hungary, during World War II to rescue Jews from the Holocaust. (1912-1947?) Wilberforce, William: Connexipedia Article Article British politician, philanthropist and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. (1759-1833). William Morris: From Romantic to Revolutionary Thompson, E. P. Book 1955 A biography of the nineteenth-century socialist, designer, artist, and intellectual William Morris. Winstanley, Gerrard: Connexipedia Article Article English Protestant religious reformer and political activist, a member of the True Levellers. (1609-1676). Wollstonecraft, Mary: Connexipedia Article Article British writer, philosopher, and feminist. (1759-1797). Zetkin, Clara: Connexipedia: Entry in Encyclopedia of Marxism Glossary of People Article German socialist. (1857-1933). Zinoviev, Grigory: Connexipedia Article Article Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet Communist. (1883-1936). Sources LibraryBannister, Roger Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia British runner, first to run the mile in under four minutes. Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Claus Philipp Maria Justinian Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (15 November 1907 – 21 July 1944) was a German army officer and Catholic aristocrat who was one of the leading members of the failed 20 Jul... Jörg Friedrich Jörg Friedrich is a Berlin-based author of books on history commonly described as an "independent German Historian". Friedrich is best known for his publication Der Brand (2002) in which he portrays t... Eric Hobsbawm 1917-2012 Historian in the Marxist tradition with a global reach Kettle, Martin; Wedderburn, Dorothy 2012 The historian Eric Hobsbawm dies at 95. Joan of Arc Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia 1412 A peasant girl born in what is now eastern France who claimed divine guidance, she led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years' War. Niemoller, Martin Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Friedrich Gustav Emil Martin Niemoller (14 January 1892 – 6 March 1984) was a German anti-Nazi theologian and Lutheran pastor. He is best known as the author of the poem First they came.... Quisling, Vidkun Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling (July 18, 1887- October 24, 1945) was a Norwegian army officer and politician, who served as President of occupied Norway. Today in Norway and other parts of t... Riefenstahl, Leni Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl; 22 August 1902 - 8 September 2003) was a German film director, actress and dancer widely noted for her aesthetics and innovations as a filmmaker. Her most famo... Scott, Walter Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Sir Walter Scott (15 August 1771 - 21 September 1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, popular throughout much of the world during his time. Sorel, Georges Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Georges Eugène Sorel (2 November 1847 in Cherbourg – 29 August 1922 in Boulogne-sur-Seine) was a French philosopher and theorist of revolutionary syndicalism. His notion of the power of myth in peo... |
