Gaston Leval

Gaston Leval (born Robert Pillar October 20, 1895 - April 8, 1978) was an anarcho-syndicalist, combatant and historian of the Spanish Revolution.

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Anarcho-syndicalist - Spanish Revolution

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The son a of French Communard, Leval became a war resister before World War I seeking refuge from military service in Spain in 1915. In Spain Leval entered the anarcho-syndicalist movement with the CNT.

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Communard - War resister - World War I - 1915 - CNT

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Leval left for Argentina during the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera where he would live from 1923 to 1936, returning to Spain to document the revolution and the urban and rural anarchist collectives.

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Primo de Rivera - 1923 - 1936

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