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Abbie Hoffman
Abbot Howard "Abbie" Hoffman was a political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party.
Abbot Howard "Abbie" Hoffman was a political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party.
Adolph Joffe
Adolph Abramovich Joffe was a Communist revolutionary, a Bolshevik politician and a Soviet diplomat of Karaite descent.
Adolph Abramovich Joffe was a Communist revolutionary, a Bolshevik politician and a Soviet diplomat of Karaite descent.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein (; ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics.
Albert Einstein (; ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics.
Alexander Parvus
Alexander Lvovich Parvus, born Israel Lazarevich Gelfand, was a Marxist theoretician, a Russian revolutionary, and a controversial activist in the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
Alexander Lvovich Parvus, born Israel Lazarevich Gelfand, was a Marxist theoretician, a Russian revolutionary, and a controversial activist in the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
Arkadi Kremer
Arkadi Kremer (1865-1935) Also known as Aleksandr Kremer or Solomon Kremer.
Arkadi Kremer (1865-1935) Also known as Aleksandr Kremer or Solomon Kremer.
Arkady Rosengolts
Arkady Pavlovich Rosengolts (1889-1938), sometimes spelled 'Rosengoltz' or 'Rosenholz', was a Bolshevik politician, a Soviet Commissar of Foreign Trade and a defendant at the Moscow Trial of the...
Arkady Pavlovich Rosengolts (1889-1938), sometimes spelled 'Rosengoltz' or 'Rosenholz', was a Bolshevik politician, a Soviet Commissar of Foreign Trade and a defendant at the Moscow Trial of the...
Avram Gots
Avram Rafailovich Gots (1882, Moscow - 1940?) was a Russian Socialist-Revolutionary leader, active in the Revolutions of 1905 and 1917.
Avram Rafailovich Gots (1882, Moscow - 1940?) was a Russian Socialist-Revolutionary leader, active in the Revolutions of 1905 and 1917.
Boris Souvarine
Boris Souvarine (born Boris Konstantinovich Lifschitz and also known as Varine; 1895–1984) was an Imperial Russian-born French socialist, communist activist, essayist, and journalist.
Boris Souvarine (born Boris Konstantinovich Lifschitz and also known as Varine; 1895–1984) was an Imperial Russian-born French socialist, communist activist, essayist, and journalist.
David Ben-Gurion
Dafeed Bin Ghuriyyun, born David Grün; 16 October 1886 – 1 December 1973 was the main founder and the first Prime Minister of Israel.
Dafeed Bin Ghuriyyun, born David Grün; 16 October 1886 – 1 December 1973 was the main founder and the first Prime Minister of Israel.
Eduard Bernstein
Eduard Bernstein was a German social democratic political theoretist and politician, a member of the SPD, and the founder of evolutionary socialism and revisionism.
Eduard Bernstein was a German social democratic political theoretist and politician, a member of the SPD, and the founder of evolutionary socialism and revisionism.
El Lissitzky
Lazar Markovich Lissitzky, better known as El Lissitzky, was a Russian artist, designer, photographer, typographer, polemicist and architect.
Lazar Markovich Lissitzky, better known as El Lissitzky, was a Russian artist, designer, photographer, typographer, polemicist and architect.
Enrique Múgica Herzog
Enrique Múgica Herzog is an attorney and Spanish politician.
Enrique Múgica Herzog is an attorney and Spanish politician.
Felix Dzerzhinsky
Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky was a Soviet state and Communist Party leader, and a prominent member of Polish and Russian revolutionary movements.
Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky was a Soviet state and Communist Party leader, and a prominent member of Polish and Russian revolutionary movements.
Ferdinand Lassalle
Ferdinand Johann Gottlieb Lassalle was a German-Jewish jurist, philosopher, and socialist political activist.
Ferdinand Johann Gottlieb Lassalle was a German-Jewish jurist, philosopher, and socialist political activist.
Friedrich Adler (assassin)
Friedrich Wolfgang Adler (July 9, 1879 – January 2, 1960) was an Austrian politician, lobbyist and revolutionary.
Friedrich Wolfgang Adler (July 9, 1879 – January 2, 1960) was an Austrian politician, lobbyist and revolutionary.
Fyodor Dan
Fyodor Ilyich Dan (Фёдор Ильич Дан) (October 19, 1871, Saint Petersburg – January 22, 1947, New York) was one of the leaders of Menshevism.
Fyodor Ilyich Dan (Фёдор Ильич Дан) (October 19, 1871, Saint Petersburg – January 22, 1947, New York) was one of the leaders of Menshevism.
Grigory Gershuni
Grigory Andreyevich Gershuni was a Russian revolutionary and one of the founders of the Socialist-Revolutionary Party.
Grigory Andreyevich Gershuni was a Russian revolutionary and one of the founders of the Socialist-Revolutionary Party.
Grigory Zinoviev
Grigory Yevseevich Zinoviev (Григо́рий Евсе́евич Зино́вьев, ; - August 25, 1936), born Ovsei-Gershon Aronovich Radomyslsky Apfelbaum (Радомысльский), was a Bolshevik revolutionary and a ...
Grigory Yevseevich Zinoviev (Григо́рий Евсе́евич Зино́вьев, ; - August 25, 1936), born Ovsei-Gershon Aronovich Radomyslsky Apfelbaum (Радомысльский), was a Bolshevik revolutionary and a ...
Gustav Landauer
Gustav Landauer was one of the leading theorists on anarchism in Germany in the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.
Gustav Landauer was one of the leading theorists on anarchism in Germany in the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.
Hans Litten
Hans Achim Litten (June 19, 1903 – February 5, 1938) was a German lawyer who represented opponents of the Nazis at important political trials between 1929 and 1932, defending the rights of worke...
Hans Achim Litten (June 19, 1903 – February 5, 1938) was a German lawyer who represented opponents of the Nazis at important political trials between 1929 and 1932, defending the rights of worke...
Hans Reichenbach
Hans Reichenbach (September 26, 1891 in Hamburg – April 9, 1953 in Los Angeles) was a leading philosopher of science, educator and proponent of logical empiricism.
Hans Reichenbach (September 26, 1891 in Hamburg – April 9, 1953 in Los Angeles) was a leading philosopher of science, educator and proponent of logical empiricism.
Henryk Ehrlich
Henryk Ehrlich (sometimes spelled Henryk Erlich; 1882 – 15 May 1942) was an activist of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Jewish Bund and Menshevik factions), member of the Petrogr...
Henryk Ehrlich (sometimes spelled Henryk Erlich; 1882 – 15 May 1942) was an activist of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Jewish Bund and Menshevik factions), member of the Petrogr...
Hermann Cohen
Hermann Cohen (4 July 1842 – 4 April 1918) was a German-Jewish philosopher, one of the founders of the Marburg School of Neo-Kantianism, and he is often held to be "probably the most impor...
Hermann Cohen (4 July 1842 – 4 April 1918) was a German-Jewish philosopher, one of the founders of the Marburg School of Neo-Kantianism, and he is often held to be "probably the most impor...
Ilan Halevi
Ilan Halevi (אִילָן הַלֵּוִי; born Ilan Albert in 1943, France) is a Jewish Palestinian journalist and politician, and one of the very few high-ranking Jewish members of the Palestine Libe...
Ilan Halevi (אִילָן הַלֵּוִי; born Ilan Albert in 1943, France) is a Jewish Palestinian journalist and politician, and one of the very few high-ranking Jewish members of the Palestine Libe...
Ilya Fondaminsky
Ilya Isidorovich Fondaminsky (Илья′ Исидо′рович Фондами′нский, 1880, Moscow, Russia — November 19, 1942, Auschwitz, Nazi Germany) was a Jewish Russian author (writing under the pseudonym B...
Ilya Isidorovich Fondaminsky (Илья′ Исидо′рович Фондами′нский, 1880, Moscow, Russia — November 19, 1942, Auschwitz, Nazi Germany) was a Jewish Russian author (writing under the pseudonym B...
Ilya Rubanovich
Ilya Rubanovich was a Russian revolutionary who joined 'The People's Will' ('Narodnaya Volya') in the 1880s.
Ilya Rubanovich was a Russian revolutionary who joined 'The People's Will' ('Narodnaya Volya') in the 1880s.
Isaac Steinberg
Isaac Nachman Steinberg (Исаак Нахман Штейнберг, 13 July 1888 – 2 January 1957) was a lawyer, revolutionary, politician, a leader of the Jewish Territorialist movement and writer in Soviet Russi...
Isaac Nachman Steinberg (Исаак Нахман Штейнберг, 13 July 1888 – 2 January 1957) was a lawyer, revolutionary, politician, a leader of the Jewish Territorialist movement and writer in Soviet Russi...
Joe Slovo
Joe Slovo (23 May 1926 – 6 January 1995) was a South African politician, long-time leader of the South African Communist Party (SACP), and leading member of the African National Congress.
Joe Slovo (23 May 1926 – 6 January 1995) was a South African politician, long-time leader of the South African Communist Party (SACP), and leading member of the African National Congress.
Judith Butler
Judith Butler is an American post-structuralist philosopher, who has contributed to the fields of feminism, queer theory, political philosophy, and ethics.
Judith Butler is an American post-structuralist philosopher, who has contributed to the fields of feminism, queer theory, political philosophy, and ethics.
Karl Marx
Karl Heinrich Marx (5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist.
Karl Heinrich Marx (5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist.
Karl Radek
Karl Bernhardovic Radek (Карл Бернга́рдович Ра́дек) (31 October 1885 – 19 May 1939) was a socialist active in the Polish and German movements before World War I and an international Commun...
Karl Bernhardovic Radek (Карл Бернга́рдович Ра́дек) (31 October 1885 – 19 May 1939) was a socialist active in the Polish and German movements before World War I and an international Commun...
Leo Deutsch
Lev Grigorievich Deutsch, also known as Leo Deutsch (Лев Григо́рьевич Дейч) (1855 – 1941) was a Russian revolutionary who was an early member of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party ...
Lev Grigorievich Deutsch, also known as Leo Deutsch (Лев Григо́рьевич Дейч) (1855 – 1941) was a Russian revolutionary who was an early member of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party ...
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky, born Lev Davidovich Bronshtein, was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and theorist, Soviet politician, and the founder and first leader of the Red Army.
Leon Trotsky, born Lev Davidovich Bronshtein, was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and theorist, Soviet politician, and the founder and first leader of the Red Army.
Leonard Nelson
Leonard Nelson (July 11, 1882, Berlin – October 29, 1927, Göttingen) was a German mathematician and philosopher.
Leonard Nelson (July 11, 1882, Berlin – October 29, 1927, Göttingen) was a German mathematician and philosopher.
Leslie Feinberg
Leslie Feinberg (b. September 1, 1949, in Kansas City, Missouri) is a transgender lesbian and communist activist, speaker, and author.
Leslie Feinberg (b. September 1, 1949, in Kansas City, Missouri) is a transgender lesbian and communist activist, speaker, and author.
Lev Kamenev
Lev Borisovich Kamenev, born Rozenfeld, was a Bolshevik revolutionary and a prominent Soviet politician.
Lev Borisovich Kamenev, born Rozenfeld, was a Bolshevik revolutionary and a prominent Soviet politician.
Levi Eshkol
Levi Eshkol served as the third Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 until his death from a heart attack in 1969.
Levi Eshkol served as the third Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 until his death from a heart attack in 1969.
Lewis Black
Lewis Niles Black is an American stand-up comedian, author, playwright, social critic and actor.
Lewis Niles Black is an American stand-up comedian, author, playwright, social critic and actor.
Leó Frankel
Leó Frankel (Léo Fränkel) (February 25, 1844, Újlak, Óbuda – March 29, 1896, Paris) was a Communist revolutionary of Hungarian and Jewish origin.
Leó Frankel (Léo Fränkel) (February 25, 1844, Újlak, Óbuda – March 29, 1896, Paris) was a Communist revolutionary of Hungarian and Jewish origin.
Léon Blum
André Léon Blum was a French politician, usually identified with the moderate left, and three times Prime Minister of France.
André Léon Blum was a French politician, usually identified with the moderate left, and three times Prime Minister of France.
Marcel Janco
Marcel Janco (,, common rendition of the Romanian name Marcel Hermann Iancu, last name also Ianco, Janko or Jancu; May 24, 1895 – April 21, 1984) was a Romanian and Israe...
Marcel Janco (,, common rendition of the Romanian name Marcel Hermann Iancu, last name also Ianco, Janko or Jancu; May 24, 1895 – April 21, 1984) was a Romanian and Israe...
Mark Natanson
Mark Andreyevich Natanson (Марк Андреевич Натансон; alias - Бобров, or Bobrov) (December 25, 1850 (N.S. January 6, 1851), Švenčionys - July 29, 1919, Berne) was a Russian revolutionary and o...
Mark Andreyevich Natanson (Марк Андреевич Натансон; alias - Бобров, or Bobrov) (December 25, 1850 (N.S. January 6, 1851), Švenčionys - July 29, 1919, Berne) was a Russian revolutionary and o...
Mark Rein (journalist)
Mark Rafailovich Rein (1909-1937?) was a socialist journalist.
Mark Rafailovich Rein (1909-1937?) was a socialist journalist.
Max Adler (Marxist)
Max Adler was an Austrian jurist, politician and social philosopher; his theories were of central importance to Austromarxism.
Max Adler was an Austrian jurist, politician and social philosopher; his theories were of central importance to Austromarxism.
Mikhail Liber
Mikhail Isaakovich Liber (b. May 24/June 5, 1880, d. October 4, 1937).
Mikhail Isaakovich Liber (b. May 24/June 5, 1880, d. October 4, 1937).
Moses Hess
Moses Hess was a Jewish philosopher and socialist, and one of the founders of Labor Zionism.
Moses Hess was a Jewish philosopher and socialist, and one of the founders of Labor Zionism.
Nikolai Danielson
Nikolai Frantsevich Danielson (Никола́й Фра́нцевич Дание́льсон; also known as N-on, Nik-on, Nikolai-on; February 7, 1844, MoscowJuly 13, 1918, Petrograd) was a Russian economist and sociologist.
Nikolai Frantsevich Danielson (Никола́й Фра́нцевич Дание́льсон; also known as N-on, Nik-on, Nikolai-on; February 7, 1844, MoscowJuly 13, 1918, Petrograd) was a Russian economist and sociologist.
Noam Chomsky
Avram Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, and activist.
Avram Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, and activist.
Osip Minor
Osip Solomonovich Minor (1861-1932) was a Russian revolutionary and member of the Socialist-Revolutionary Party.
Osip Solomonovich Minor (1861-1932) was a Russian revolutionary and member of the Socialist-Revolutionary Party.
Otto Bauer
Otto Bauer (September 5, 1881 – July 4, 1938) was an Austrian Social Democrat who is considered one of the leading thinkers of the left socialist Austro-Marxist tendency.
Otto Bauer (September 5, 1881 – July 4, 1938) was an Austrian Social Democrat who is considered one of the leading thinkers of the left socialist Austro-Marxist tendency.
Otto Neurath
Otto Neurath (Vienna, December 10, 1882 - Oxford, December 22, 1945) was an Austrian philosopher of science, sociologist, and political economist.
Otto Neurath (Vienna, December 10, 1882 - Oxford, December 22, 1945) was an Austrian philosopher of science, sociologist, and political economist.
Pati Kremer
Pati Kremer was a Russian socialist and pioneer of the General Jewish Workers' Union in Lithuania, Poland and Russia.
Pati Kremer was a Russian socialist and pioneer of the General Jewish Workers' Union in Lithuania, Poland and Russia.
Pavel Axelrod
Pavel Borisovich Axelrod (Па́вел Бори́сович Аксельро́д August 25, 1850 – April 16, 1928) was a Russian Menshevik.
Pavel Borisovich Axelrod (Па́вел Бори́сович Аксельро́д August 25, 1850 – April 16, 1928) was a Russian Menshevik.
Phil Ochs
Philip David Ochs was an American protest singer and songwriter who was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humor, earnest humanism, political activism, insightful and alliterative lyrics, and dis...
Philip David Ochs was an American protest singer and songwriter who was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humor, earnest humanism, political activism, insightful and alliterative lyrics, and dis...
Raphael Abramovitch
Raphael Rein Abramovitch (1880-1963) was a Russian socialist, a member of the General Jewish Workers' Union in Lithuania, Poland and Russia (Bund) and a leader of the Menshevik wing of the Russi...
Raphael Rein Abramovitch (1880-1963) was a Russian socialist, a member of the General Jewish Workers' Union in Lithuania, Poland and Russia (Bund) and a leader of the Menshevik wing of the Russi...
Robert Danneberg
Robert Danneberg (b. 23 July 1882, Vienna, d. approx 12 December 1942, Auschwitz) was an Austrian Jewish politician, a member of the Social Democratic Workers Party of Austria (SDAPÖ) and a prom...
Robert Danneberg (b. 23 July 1882, Vienna, d. approx 12 December 1942, Auschwitz) was an Austrian Jewish politician, a member of the Social Democratic Workers Party of Austria (SDAPÖ) and a prom...
Rosa Luxemburg
Rosa Luxemburg (Rosalia Luxemburg, Róża Luksemburg; 5 March 1871, Zamość, Vistula Land, Russia – 15 January 1919, Berlin, Germany) was a Marxist theorist, philosopher, economist and revolutionar...
Rosa Luxemburg (Rosalia Luxemburg, Róża Luksemburg; 5 March 1871, Zamość, Vistula Land, Russia – 15 January 1919, Berlin, Germany) was a Marxist theorist, philosopher, economist and revolutionar...
Rudolf Hilferding
Rudolf Hilferding was an Austrian-born Marxist economist, leading socialist theorist, politician and chief theoretician for the Social Democratic Party of Germany during the Weimar Republic, alm...
Rudolf Hilferding was an Austrian-born Marxist economist, leading socialist theorist, politician and chief theoretician for the Social Democratic Party of Germany during the Weimar Republic, alm...
Susan Stern
Susan Ellen (Tanenbaum) Stern (January 31, 1943 – July 31, 1976) was an American political activist.
Susan Ellen (Tanenbaum) Stern (January 31, 1943 – July 31, 1976) was an American political activist.
Tristan Tzara
Tristan Tzara (; ; born Samuel or Samy Rosenstock, also known as S. Samyro; – December 25, 1963) was a Romanian and French avant-garde poet, essayist and performance artist.
Tristan Tzara (; ; born Samuel or Samy Rosenstock, also known as S. Samyro; – December 25, 1963) was a Romanian and French avant-garde poet, essayist and performance artist.
Victor Adler
Victor Adler (June 24, 1852, Prague – November 11, 1918) was an Austrian Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) leader.
Victor Adler (June 24, 1852, Prague – November 11, 1918) was an Austrian Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) leader.
Victor Alter
Victor Alter (also Wiktor Alter) (born February 7, 1890 in Mława, died February 17, 1943 in the Soviet Union) was a Jewish socialist activist and publicist of the Bund, and a member of the...
Victor Alter (also Wiktor Alter) (born February 7, 1890 in Mława, died February 17, 1943 in the Soviet Union) was a Jewish socialist activist and publicist of the Bund, and a member of the...
Vladimir Medem
Vladimir Davidovich Medem, né Grinberg (Владимир Давидович Медем), (1879, Liepāja, Russian Empire, – 1923, New York City), was a Russian Jewish politician and ideologue of the Jewish L...
Vladimir Davidovich Medem, né Grinberg (Владимир Давидович Медем), (1879, Liepāja, Russian Empire, – 1923, New York City), was a Russian Jewish politician and ideologue of the Jewish L...
Yakov Sverdlov
Yakov Mikhaylovich Sverdlov; known under pseudonyms "Andrei", "Mikhalych", "Max", "Smirnov", "Permyakov" – 16 March 1919 was a Bolshevik party leader and president of the Russian Soviet Republic.
Yakov Mikhaylovich Sverdlov; known under pseudonyms "Andrei", "Mikhalych", "Max", "Smirnov", "Permyakov" – 16 March 1919 was a Bolshevik party leader and president of the Russian Soviet Republic.
Yevno Azef
Yevno Azef (Евгений Филиппович (Евно Фишелевич) Азеф, 1869–1918, also transliterated as Evno Azef), was a Russian socialist revolutionary who was also a double agent working both as an organ...
Yevno Azef (Евгений Филиппович (Евно Фишелевич) Азеф, 1869–1918, also transliterated as Evno Azef), was a Russian socialist revolutionary who was also a double agent working both as an organ...