Lawrence Storione
British anarchist
About Lawrence Storione
Lived 1867 – 1922 (aged 54–55).
Lawrence Storione (1867–1922) was a Fife miner and political figure. He is best known for founding the Anarchist Communist League in Cowdenbeath, Scotland.
Life Apparently the son of the Italian stonemason Felix Storione and Philomena Moir (or Noir), and a French citizen according to the United Kingdom Census 1901, Lawrence Storione worked as a miner in Italy, France, Belgium and the west of Scotland. In 1908, he settled in Lumphinnans, Fife, after fleeing France dressed as a woman. He married Annie Cowan whom he met whilst living in Hamilton, Lanarkshire in 1900. They named their children Annie, Germinal, Libertie, Autonomie, Grace and Anarchie.
He was injured in a pit accident during the First World War.
He died in 1922.
Political Activity Storione founded the Fife Anarchist Communist League in Cowdenbeath, which 'preached a heady mixture of De Leonist Marxism and the anarchist teachings of Kropotkin and Stirner, a libertarian communism which was fiercely critical of the union.'
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Who was Lawrence Storione?
British anarchist
When was Lawrence Storione born?
Lawrence Storione was born in 1867.
When did Lawrence Storione die?
Lawrence Storione died in 1922.
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