Jaime Balius Mir

Balius Mir, Jaime

Spanish anarcho-syndicalist civil war fighter and editor of the Friends of Durruti newspaper.

In self defence: I demand an explanation - Jaime Balius

Jaime Balius's - editor of El Amigo del Pueblo, the paper of the Friends of Durruti group - angry rebuttal of accusations that he was a Marxist.

I will not repay defamatory comment in kind. But what I cannot keep mum about is that a legend of marxism has been woven about my person and I should like the record put straight

Jaime Balius and The Friends of Durruti

An account by Pablo Ruiz of his contact and activity with Jaime Balius in the Spanish Civil War and Friends of Durruti group, written after Balius's death in 1981

Balius Mir, Jaime, 1904-1980

A short biography of Spanish anarchist, civil war fighter and editor of the Friends of Durruti paper, Jaime Balius.

Jaime Balius Mir
Born 1904 - Barcelona, Spain, died 13 December 1980 - France

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