Memoirs of a Revolutionist · Character

James Guillaume

Swiss anarchist and historian of the First International.

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Also known as James, James Guillaume, Guillaume

First appearance: I

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Proofreader and coeditor in Neuchâtel; Kropotkin helps him with wrappers, beginning a lasting friendship.

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James Guillaume first appears in 0056 i.

With Peter Kropotkin (friendship): Guillaume was a fellow anarchist and close comrade of Kropotkin in the international revolutionary movement. With Peter Kropotkin (friendship): Guillaume was a fellow anarchist and close comrade of Kropotkin in the international revolutionary movement.

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Peter Kropotkin
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First Contact with the Jura Federation
Proofreader and coeditor in Neuchâtel; Kropotkin helps him with wrappers, beginning a lasting friendship.
The Nature of Revolution and the Influence of Bakunin
Guillaume edited a small newspaper in the Jura hills that sounded a new note of independent thought in the socialist movement.
Part VI: Western Europe
Key figure in the Jura Federation, influences Kropotkin's anarchist ideas.
I
Friend in the Jura Federation with whom Kropotkin corresponded; influenced his move to Switzerland.
The Jura Federation and the International
Friend of Bakunin, excluded from the International alongside Bakunin and the Jura Federation at the Hague Congress.
III
Editor of the Bulletin of the federation, a teacher by profession, described as a born leader with phenomenal work capacity.
IV
Kropotkin visited him at Neuchâtel during his time in Switzerland.
The Ghent Congress and the Revival in France
Bars Kropotkin from returning to his hotel to prevent his arrest.
VII
Longtime editor of Jura Federation organ, forced to leave Switzerland.

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