Buenaventura Durruti

Buenaventura Durruti
Durruti in 1936
Birth nameJosé Buenaventura Durruti Dumange
Born(1896-07-14)14 July 1896
León, Spain
Died20 November 1936(1936-11-20) (aged 40)
Madrid, Spain
Buried
Allegiance CNT-FAI
Service Los Justicieros (1920–1922)
Los Solidarios (1922–1924)
Confederal militias (1936)
Years of service1920–1936
Commands heldDurruti Column
Known forAnarcho-syndicalism, Anti-fascism
Battles/warsSpanish Civil War
Spouse(s)Émilienne Morin
ChildrenColette Durruti
RelationsPedro Durruti (brother)
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José Buenaventura Durruti Dumange (14 July 1896 – 20 November 1936) was a Spanish insurrectionary, anarcho-syndicalist militant involved with the CNT and the FAI in the periods before and during the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939. Durruti played an influential role during the Spanish Revolution of 1936 and is remembered as a hero in and by the anarchist movement.[1]

  1. ^ Joseph, Paul, ed. (12 October 2016). "Anarchism". The SAGE Encyclopedia of War: Social Science Perspectives. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications. p. 63. ISBN 9781483359885. Retrieved 2 June 2023. Durruti is remembered as a hero, an anarchist militant, and a revolutionary armed fighter against fascism, willing to wage war to foster a worker-controlled anarchist society.