Person    | Male  Born 5/2/1846  Died 17/3/1906

Johann Most

Categories: Politics & Administration

Countries: Germany, USA

Anarchist and journalist. Born Germany. Forced into exile, first France and in 1878 to London. Here he founded a newspaper, Freiheit/Freedom in which he printed his anarchist views. Imprisoned for a year and a half after which he emigrated to the USA, in 1882, where he repeated his London experiences: publishing his unacceptable views in his own paper and thus being imprisoned. Died Ohio, USA.

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