
Compendium
Tomás González Morago
- AKA
- 'Paulo'
- Known for
- Writer
- Born
- Unknown
- Died
Biography
Spanish writer and Bakunist member of the First International, Member of the federal council of the Internacional Española (1870-1871) and the Alianza Internacional de la Democracia Socialista. The son of a Carlist in Andalusia.He became drawn to anarchism due to his religious beliefs. In his view, it realized the teachings of the Gospel. His magazine 'El Condenado' (1872-73) defended the ideas of Bakunin against Marx. He is recognized for possessing brilliant qualities, prompting peers such as Ericco Malatesta to call him as the greatest Spanish anarchist. However, he was described as unstable, spending days in bed with bouts of depression.
He also worker for the newspaper 'La Federación' and was associate editor of 'La Solidaridad' and 'El Orden', newspapers from which he challenged the pro-Marxist of the Madrid Federation. On December 30 1883, he was expelled from the Federation for "immoral conduct detrimental to the organisation", terms that concealed the fact that he had been printing counterfeit currency at the official Mint, where he worked as a recorder. He then found himself denounced and arrested. Abandoned by everyone, including the Federal Commission, he was jailed in Madrid for this crime.
He died of cholera in Granada prison.