Strandzha Commune of 1903
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phildwyer
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You mean the Bogomils and similar antinomians? Very possibly. But this seems much more modern in spirit, presumably influenced by the Russian Narodniks.
JimW
支那暗杀团
Yes, was thinking of them. Always imagined it made people more receptive to similar ideas in a modern iteration.
phildwyer
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No doubt. And a bit later the same tradition must have fed into the Ukrainian Makhnovshchina, so the one can see why the Stalinists would have been keen to suppress its memory. But I wonder why Western anarchists have forgotten about it.
JimW
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It is the first I've ever heard of it and I have done a fair bit of reading around over the years. And it's not like distance and language are usually barriers, heard about Mexicans like Flores Magon etc.
phildwyer
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Yes, I thought I knew my obscure anarchist history too. I can go for hours about Horacio Prieto or Caryl ap Rhys Pryce but this was a new one for me.
Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
Our charlie mowbray might know about this.
Kevbad the Bad
Amiable Bowel Syndrome
I believe, from memory, that there were a large number of local village revolts against the Ottoman Empire in 1903. A few of them had anarchist leanings, Strandzha among them.
Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
And let's not forget this lot:
Boatmen of Thessaloniki - Wikipedia
I had some dealings with Alexander Nakov. In his book, he mentions being in a fascist prison with a surviving boatman in the late 1930s.
Boatmen of Thessaloniki - Wikipedia
I had some dealings with Alexander Nakov. In his book, he mentions being in a fascist prison with a surviving boatman in the late 1930s.
phildwyer
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There's very little available, can't find anything in the library. Most of what I know about this comes from my gf's family, whose ancestors were apparently involved. But here's a decent article I found online: Down with the Sultan, long live the Balkan Federation!
Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
Check these sites out and put through translate:
Странджанската република и Михаил Герджиков
Странџанската Република, слична на Крушовската Република во Македонија
Странджанската република и Михаил Герджиков
Странџанската Република, слична на Крушовската Република во Македонија
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charlie mowbray
The Enforcer
I have quite a lot of info written by the Bulgarian anarchist Balkanski and intend writing an article about it at some point, quite soon.
phildwyer
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Never heard of him. Sounds like a nom de guerre.
ETA Yes, a pseudonym for Georgi Grigoriev. I posted his article above.
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Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
I met Georgi Grigorev in Paris in the late 80s at a meeting at Rue Amelot. I can confirm that he and Balkanski were indeed the same person.
phildwyer
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That's seriously impressive. Did he ever talk about the Strandzha?
Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
No, I was with a WSM friend as guests at a "business meeting" of an FA international committee. I talked about the ACF and my comrade talked about WSM. We were introduced to him as "Balkanski". I chatted to him a bit afterwards and he said his name was Georges Grigorov (or Grigoreff). He gave me his number to get in touch next time I was in Paris but I didn't go back there for years so never contacted him.
phildwyer
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Not sure if this thread was the inspiration, but a couple of new sources have just popped up online:
www.radical-guide.com
libsoc-wiki.fandom.com
And someone is taking the piss:
www.nationstates.net
The Strandzha Commune
The Strandzha Commune or Strandzha Republic was a short-lived Bulgarian political entity, proclaimed during the Preobrazhenie Uprising in 1903 by Internal
www.radical-guide.com
Strandzha Commune
The Strandzha Commune or Strandzha Republic was a short-lived anarchist society in the Ottoman Empire in what is now Bulgaria in 1903 during The St Elijah's Day or Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising. According to one historian righting on the subject:"The question of state power was never raised...
And someone is taking the piss:
NationStates | The Republic of Strandzha Commune
www.nationstates.net
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charlie mowbray
The Enforcer
Grigoriev, Georgi, 1906-1996
A short biography of veteran Bulgarian anarchist-communist militant, Georgi Grigoriev.
charlie mowbray
The Enforcer
This is not so complementary about him:
charlie mowbray
The Enforcer
Also this:
libcom.org
Lamberet, Madeleine (1908-1999)
A short biography of French anarchist and artist Madeleine Lamberet
phildwyer
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This is not so complementary about him:
Very sad at the end there. A romantic tragedy, or rather two, when he was in his 80s.
