The Anarchist Inquisition, 9781849355148
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Anarchists battled state terror, forging human rights amidst chaos.

The Anarchist Inquisition

Assassins, Activists, and Martyrs in Spain and France

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  • Paperback

    342 pages

  • Release Date

    2 November 2023

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Summary

This repression sought to quash anarchist activities at the turn of the twentieth century. Mark Bray guides readers through this tumultuous era - from backroom meetings in Paris and torture chambers in Barcelona to international antiterrorist conferences in Rome and human rights demonstrations in Buenos Aires. Bray draws a vivid picture of the assassins, activists, torturers, and martyrs whose struggles set the stage for a previously unexamined era of human rights mobilization. Rather than as…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781849355148
ISBN-10:1849355142
Author:Mark Bray
Publisher:AK Press
Imprint:AK Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:342
Release Date:2 November 2023
Weight:544g
Dimensions:230mm x 153mm
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Critics Review

“As enthralling as it is sobering, Mark Bray’s riveting tale of the legendary anarchist violence in Barcelona and Paris circa 1900 considers the burning question: can throwing bombs be understood as defending human rights against state violence?” –Michael T. Taussig, author of My Cocaine Museum

“Mark Bray is one of the world’s preeminent scholars of anarchism, and there is no one better to shine a light into this dark, bloody–yet still hopeful–chapter in the leftist tradition’s complex and evolving global history.” –Kim Kelly, author of Fight Like Hell

“The Anarchist Inquisition is narrative history at its finest, told in thrilling detail, and an essential challenge to entrenched human rights discourses. At this moment of calcifying nationalisms, Bray calls our attention to anarchism’s history of potent internationalism, which we would do well to rediscover.” –Natasha Lennard, author of Being Numerous

About The Author

Mark Bray

Mark Bray is a historian of human rights at Rutgers University. He is the author of the nationally bestselling Antifa and Translating Anarchy.

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