Julián Gorkin
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Julián Gómez García-Ribera, better known as Julián Gorkin (January 1901, Benifairó de les Valls
- 08 August 1987, Paris
) was a Spanish
revolutionary socialist, and a central leader of the Workers' Party of Marxist Unification
(POUM) during the Spanish Civil War
. He was also a writer of many books on political and cultural themes, as well as novels and some plays. After the Spanish Civil War, he escaped to Mexico
where he became a part of the strong anti-Stalinist
socialist community there. He helped obtain visas for Victor Serge
and his son Vlady to enter Mexico when they had to escape from the Nazis
invading France
.
He returned to Paris in 1948. From 1953 to 1963 (with a brief interlude in 1959) he was editor in Paris of the "Cuadernos del Congreso por la Libertad de la Cultura
".
Benifairó de les Valls
Benifairó de les Valls is a municipality in the comarca of Camp de Morvedre in the Valencian Community, Spain....
- 08 August 1987, Paris
Paris
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) was a Spanish
Spain
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revolutionary socialist, and a central leader of the Workers' Party of Marxist Unification
Workers' Party of Marxist Unification
The Workers' Party of Marxist Unification was a Spanish communist political party formed during the Second Republic and mainly active around the Spanish Civil War...
(POUM) during the Spanish Civil War
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...
. He was also a writer of many books on political and cultural themes, as well as novels and some plays. After the Spanish Civil War, he escaped to Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
where he became a part of the strong anti-Stalinist
Anti-Stalinist left
The anti-Stalinist left is an element of left-wing politics that is critical of Joseph Stalin's policies and the political system that developed in the Soviet Union under his rule...
socialist community there. He helped obtain visas for Victor Serge
Victor Serge
Victor Serge , born Victor Lvovich Kibalchich , was a Russian revolutionary and writer. Originally an anarchist, he joined the Bolsheviks five months after arriving in Petrograd in January 1919 and later worked for the Comintern as a journalist, editor and translator...
and his son Vlady to enter Mexico when they had to escape from the Nazis
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
invading France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
He returned to Paris in 1948. From 1953 to 1963 (with a brief interlude in 1959) he was editor in Paris of the "Cuadernos del Congreso por la Libertad de la Cultura
Association for Cultural Freedom
The Congress for Cultural Freedom was an anti-communist advocacy group founded in 1950. In 1967, it was revealed that the United States Central Intelligence Agency was instrumental in the establishment and funding of the group , and it was subsequently renamed the...
".
Political Writings
- Canibales politicos (Hitler y Stalin en Espana), Ediciones Quetzal, Mexico, 1941
- Ainsi fut assassiné Trotski, Editions Self, Paris, 1948
- La Vie et la Mort en U.R.S.S., Les Iles d'Or, Paris, 1950
- Comunista en Espana y antistalinista en la U.R.S.S., Editorial Guarania, Mexico, 1952
- Destin du XXe siècle, Les Iles d'Or, Paris, 1954
- Marx y la Russia de ayer y de hoy, Editorial Bases, Buenos Aires, 1956
- Espana, primer ensayo de democracia popular, Biblioteca de la Libertad, Buenos Aires, 1961
- El Imperio Soviético, Editions Claridad, Buenos Aires, 1969
- L'assassinat de Trotski, Julliard, Paris, 1970, et Livre de Poche, Paris, 1973, Prix Voltaire 1970
- El proceso de Moscú en Barcelona, Aymá S.A. Editora, Barcelona, 1973
- El revolucionario profesional, Aymá S.A. Editora, Barcelona, 1975
- Les communistes contre la révolution espagnole, Belfond, Paris, 1978
External links
- Marc Ferri i Ramírez, "Julián Gorkin, la vida de un luchador" http://www.fundanin.org/ferri.htm.