March 2024 KSL Update

New pamphlet: José Xena Torrent: A Contribution to a Necessary Biography by Víctor García 

Both García (pseudonym of Germinal Gracia) and Xena were lifelong anarchists and activists in the CNT in Spain and in exile. £3.35 inc. UK postage see https://abcwithdannyandjim.substack.com

Correction

‘Trouble in Moscow: From the life of the “Liesma” [“Flame”] Group’ from 1918 wasn’t written by Jan Birze. Details, and biography of Birze are at https://www.katesharpleylibrary.net/tmpj8q 

David (Dave) Poole,

editor of Land and liberty : anarchist influences in the Mexican revolution, died in 2023. There are some links to reviews at https://www.katesharpleylibrary.net/3xskp4 

London Rebel History Calendar 2024 

From our comrades at Past Tense, see https://pasttensehistories.bigcartel.com/ or https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/PastTenseHistories 

New on the KSL Site: Articles

The Sten Gang (Jean Marc Rouillan on the MIL)
De-constructing the Lies and Nonsense on the Monolith on Display in Puigcerdá by Agustín Guillamón
How Libertarian Memory was Hijacked South of the Pyrenees. The Story of a Theft by Imanol

Ephemera and Treasures

We have just bought another selection of anarchist ephemera – thanks to our Friends and others who have made donations to the KSL. 

Meeting in Memory of Louise Michel [Leaflet, 1905]
Youth – who gains from war? [Leaflet, 1938]
Freedom Publications Committee [Leaflet]
Letter to Spain and the World re: the movement in Australia
Letter From Allen Pope to Tom Keell re: Spain and the World and Relief work for Republican Spain
Marie Louise Berneri Memorial Committee Circular Letter no.2 (November 1950), postcard and leaflet.
The German Emperor – Damn Him – and the flunkeys who cheer him [Leaflet, 1891]

Read via https://www.katesharpleylibrary.net/9320sp