José Peirats

José Peirats Valls (1908–1989) was a Spanish anarchist, activist, journalist and historian.

José Peirats
Josep Peirats Valls
Portrait of Peirats taken in the mid-1940s
Born	José Peirats Valls (1908-03-15)March 15, 1908 La Vall d'Uixó, Kingdom of Spain
Died	August 20, 1989(1989-08-20) (aged 81) Burriana, Kingdom of Spain
Education	Escola Moderna
Occupation(s)	Brickmaker, journalist, historian
Organizations	Confederación Nacional del Trabajo Federación Anarquista Ibérica Libertarian Youth Spanish Libertarian Movement
Notable work	Anarchists in the Spanish Revolution The CNT in the Spanish Revolution
Movement	Anarchism
Parents	José Peirats Dupla (father) Teresa Valls Rubert (mother)

Biography

Peirats was born on March 15, 1908, in La Vall d'Uixó, Province of Castellón.^[1] He was the second child of Jose Peirats Dupla and Teresa Valls Rubert, who were day laborers, working as espadrille makers (espardenyers).^[2]

Peirats came to anarchism after moving in his early years to Barcelona. He was a long-standing member of the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) and at one point edited its newspaper, Solidaridad Obrera ('Workers Solidarity').^{[citation needed]}

Peirats was a member of anarchist groups Afinidad (1932) and Verdad (1932–1936).^[3] He was also a member of the federation of anarchist affinity groups, the Federación Anarquista Ibérica (FAI). An account cited him as part of a delegation sent to Paris in November 1936 to purchase weapons.^[4]

In 1989, Peirats died in Barcelona.^[3]

Works

• Anarchists in the Spanish Revolution. London: Freedom Press, 1990. ISBN 0-900384-53-0.
• The CNT in the Spanish Revolution. ChristieBooks, Hastings, 2005: ISBN 1-901172-05-8 (vol. 1); ISBN 1-873976-24-0 (vol. 2); [2006]: ISBN 1-873976-29-1 (vol.3).

Further reading

• Ealham, Chris (2015). Living Anarchism: José Peirats and the Spanish Anarcho-Syndicalist Movement. Oakland, CA: AK Press. ISBN 978-1-84935-238-3. OCLC 976531857.
• Lee, Andrew H. (April 1, 2010). "Peirats Valls, José (1908–1989)". In Ness, Immanuel (ed.). The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest. Oxford, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. p. 1. doi:10.1002/9781405198073.wbierp1716. ISBN 978-1-4051-9807-3.
• Tosstorff, Reiner (2004). "Review of The CNT in the Spanish Revolution. Vol. 1, José Peirats". Iberoamericana (2001-). 4 (15): 252–255. ISSN 1577-3388. JSTOR 41675568.