Contemporaries

Comrades we've known and loved, and writings about them.

Dearly Departed:

Paul Avrich 
b. New York, NY - 1931 
d. New York, NY - 2006
Scholar, author, educator, anarchist.

Barbara Hirshkowitz 
b. Brooklyn, NY - 1950 
d. Philadelphia, PA - 2007
Publisher, Buddhist, activist, anarchist.

Nunzio Pernicone 
b. New York, NY - 1940 
d. Philadelphia, PA - 2013
Scholar, author, educator, anarchist.

Clara Solomon 
b. New York, NY - 1913 
d. New York, NY - 2001
Activist, pianist, anarchist.

Sidney Solomon 
b. Pogost, Russia - 1911 
d. New York, NY - 2004
Activist, painter, anarchist. 

Harry 
b. Philadelphia, PA - ?
d. Philadelphia, PA - 2006
Lover, fighter, anarchist, cat.

Texts Available: ​

Paul Avrich: A Eulogy 
by Robert P. Helms

Love and Anarchy: 
​A Profile and Interview with Paul Avrich 
by Susan Phillips

Barbara Hirshkowitz: 
Activist, Buddhist, Anarchist 
by Robert P. Helms

Nunzio Pernicone: Obituary 
[originally appeared in the Anarcho-Syndicalist Review] 
by Robert P. Helms

A Tribute to Clara and Sidney Solomon 
Clara Solomon: A Eulogy 
by Robert P. Helms and 
A Dream of Love: Sidney and Clara Solomon in Paris 

Harry: A Memorial
by Alison M. Lewis