Buenaventura Durruti | |
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 Durruti in 1936 | |
| Birth name | José Buenaventura Durruti Dumange |
| Born | 14 July 1896 León, Spain |
| Died | 20 November 1936 (aged 40) Madrid, Spain |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance |  CNT-FAI |
| Service |  Los Justicieros (1920–1922) Los Solidarios (1922–1924) Confederal militias (1936) |
| Years of service | 1920–1936 |
| Commands | Durruti Column |
| Known for | Anarcho-syndicalism, Anti-fascism |
| Battles / wars | Spanish Civil War |
| Spouse(s) | Émilienne Morin |
| Children | Colette Durruti |
| Relations | Pedro Durruti (brother) |
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José Buenaventura Durruti Dumange (14 July 1896 – 20 November 1936) was a Spanish anarchist revolutionary 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]
- ^ 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.