To Rob A Bank Is An Honor
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- Paperback
312 pages
- Release Date
6 February 2025
Summary
The Anarchist Banker: Lucio Urtubia’s Audacious Heists
In 1981, Lucio Urtubia walked away a free man after receiving a suitcase full of cash from Citibank executives and handing over the plates he’d used to forge $20 million in traveler’s checks.
This is the true story of the 20th century’s most celebrated Robin Hood, a lifelong anarchist dedicated to robbing from the rich to support liberation movements worldwide.
Born into poverty in the Basque Country, Urtubia was…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781849355780 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1849355789 |
| Author: | Paul Sharkey, Philip Ruff, Lucio Urtubia |
| Publisher: | AK Press |
| Imprint: | AK Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 312 |
| Release Date: | 6 February 2025 |
| Weight: | 398g |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 152mm |
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About The Author
Paul Sharkey
Lucio Urtubia (1931-2020) was a bricklayer, antifascist, forger, bank robber, and anarchist. Born in the Basque Country, he lived most of his life in Paris. He met his wife, Anne Garnier, during the events of May 1968 and together they had one daughter. In 1991, they opened an anarchist social center in the Belleville neighborhood of Paris called L’Espace Louise-Michel, which continues to operate after his death. Urtubia’s life has been the subject of the documentary Lucio (2007) and the Netflix film A Man of Action (2022).
Paul Sharkey has made a vast body of anarchist works available in English, including those of Peter Kropotkin, Errico Malatesta, Nestor Makhno, and many more. He lives in Ireland.
Philip Ruff is an historian and author of A Towering Flame: The Life & Times of the Elusive Latvian Anarchist Peter the Painter.
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