Isidre Guàrdia Abella

Born in Valencia (Valencia, Country Valencian) the writer and anarchist propagandist and anarcho-syndicalist Isidre Guard Bee, who did serve numerous pseudonyms (Leopoldo Arribas, Codine, Juan Lorenzo, Viriato, Juan Ibérico, Isigual). He was born the . His parents were called Isidre Guàrdia and Carme Abella. In 1931 was orphaned by his father and when he was 10 years he had to get to work in various jobs (grum, assistant of waiter, apprentice barber, dependent, pawn, cashier, etc.), being his intellectual training of character self-taught. In 1935 he joined the Union Gastronomic of the National Confederation of Work (CNT). When the lift Fascist of July 1936, in addition to military in the CNT, was part of the Libertarian Youth of the Center Neighborhood Valencia. On August 2, 1936 participates in the assault of the Light Cavalry Regiment barracks Battleship «Lusitania» No. 8, located in the Paseo de Álbers de Valencia. During the Civil war fought as a volunteer in the "I Confederal Column of Levante" and, After the militarization of the militias, at the age of 17, on the front of Teruel be appointed sergeant of the 82 Mixed Brigade; at this time He will collaborate, under the pseudonym of Isigual in the newspaper mural of the II Battalion of this brigade. With the triumph Franco was captured and was locked in the camp of Utiel concentration (Plana Utiel, Country Valencian).

Once free, he joined the fight clandestine. He was a member of the Provincial Committee of the Libertarian Movement Valencia and, since November of 1939, Head of Committee Organization Provincial of the Association Libertarian, which included the CNT, the FAI and the Libertarian Youth. As a participating in the distribution of the manifesto of the Spanish Democratic Alliance (ADE) using 5,000 printed pamphlets in France by Francisco Ponzán Vidal and introduced to the Peninsula by Agustín Remiro Manero, on June 15, 1940, the The same day he was 19 years old, he was arrested by the police Francoist. The 8 November 1941, together with 32 CNT and CNT militants Federation Iberian of Libertarian Youth (FIJL), was judged in court of war and sentenced to death for “conspiracy against the regime” and belong to the Association Libertarian, sorry that it was commuted in January 1942 by the 30 years in prison. Between February 1942 and October 7, 1950, he remained closed to the Valencian Prison Central of Sant Miquel dels Reis, place where it began to write for the movement Libertarian.

During the imprisonment he was secretary of the Youth Libertarians for four years and member of the Libertarian Committee of the Prison for four others years. In this period, in addition to expanding the their knowledge of French and of Italian and of studying accounting, he published the Boletín of CNT, He directed the Youth Newspaper Libertarians and He was a correspondent for the anarchist press in exile, Thanks to the support of the prison official Castor García Rojo, who I took out the articles. In 1974 his testimony (Juan Lorenzo) was collected in the special number of Cuadernos of Ruedo Ibérico "The movement Spanish libertario". After death of the dictator Francisco Franco, participated in the reconstruction of the CNT. From 1976 he ran a chemical company and this same year was among the 10 finalists the Planeta Prize with his novel autobiographical Saca, which It was not published since he was asked to do “some changes»; later the Madrid editor Gregorio del Toro the publicate under the name of Otoño 1941. The 22 of September 1977 he taught at the premises of the Cultural Association "Libre Studio" conference The CNT ante the presente, past and perspective.

Later he was a business manager Agricultural citrus and member of the Committee of Management of Citrus and different agricultural organizations, in addition to a large knowledgeable about the world of economics Valencian and citrus export Travel throughout Europe and the north of Africa marketing oranges–, and wrote around this problem in different Valencian newspapers and magazines. In 1999 made a Conference on Trade Unionism at the University of Valencia. In 2004 he participated in a tribute to Ángel Tarín Haro (The Pirate) in Cheste and in 2005 his testimony was collected by the documentary Red Zone, by Felip Solé. He was a partner of the Salvador Seguí Foundation. In 2011 photos of him by Juan Navarro were shown in Valencia in the exhibition Los not convincing. We find his articles in numerous publications Libertarians, many sometimes using numerous pseudonyms, such as Comunidad Ibérica, Spain Libre, Espoir, Frente Libertario, The Time of Mañana, Levante, The Boy, Nosotros, Confederal News, Pentagram, Controversy, The Provinces, Ibero-American Magazine Self-management and Communal Action, Rumbos, Unionism, Umbral, The Truth, between of others.

He is the author of Otoño of 1941. Between the essay and history (1976 and 2007), The CNT ante el presente, pasado y perspectiva (1977), Conversations on the workers' movement. Interviews with militants of the CNT (1978), Tras las Elections trade unions. Analysis of a situation (1978), Considerations on Rights human (1979), Writings of the silencio (2005, articles written in the penal), Between walls and shadows (2006), From San Miguel we follow in lucha. Texts 1949-1971 (2010). Isidre Guard Abella died on August 29 – some sources They mistakenly quote 28 of August– of 2012 in the General Hospital of Valencia (Valencian Country) as a As a result of a stop cardiorespiratory and was cremated the next day in the General Cemetery of Valencia. Her companion, Amparo Cortés Arrives.