Fernand Pelloutier
French anarchist (1867-1901) · France · On the map · Journalists · Died at 33
Fernand Léonce Émile Pelloutier (1867-1901) was a French journalist, trade union organiser and anarcho-syndicalist theoretician. A revolutionary from an early age, after beginning a career in journalism, Pelloutier became involved in socialist politics.
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He briefly joined the French Workers' Party, but following a disagreement with its leader over his proposal for a general strike, he left the party and joined the anarchist movement. He became the leader of the Bourses du Travail, in which he advocated for anarcho-syndicalism. Having suffered from tuberculosis luposa for most of his career, he eventually succumbed to the disease, and died in 1901 at the age of 33.
