Notable Individuals
Noted anarchist philosophers Peter Kropotkin and Emma Goldman spent some time in Canada; Goldman died in Toronto in 1940. Rudolf Rocker visited Winnipeg three times, meeting Honoré Jaxon during his first visit in 1913. The Rudolf Rocker Cultural Centre and Emma Goldman Grassroots Centre are part of Winnipeg's main anarchist institution, the Old Market Autonomous Zone.
Canadian anarchist figures include Honoré Jaxon, George Woodcock, L. Susan Brown, Wendy McElroy, Norman Nawrocki, Larry Gambone, Dimitrios Roussopoulos, Dick Martin, Eugene Plawiuk, Ann Hansen, Mark Leier, Jeff Shantz and Jaggi Singh. There are many other individuals who have made long term contributions to Canadian anarchism, among them, Harold Barclay, Alexandre Popovic, Michael William, Zig Zag, Sea Weed, Bob Melcombe, Jim Campbell, Bruno Massé, Radical Rodent and Gary Moffatt. Recently, Taiaiake Alfred has developed Anarcha-Indigenism through his book Wasáse: Indigenous Pathways of Action and Freedom. Two Quebec-based anarchist academics, Normand Baillargeon and Francis Dupuis-Déri, have also published several books. Simon Springer has written several articles on anarchism and organized a special issue of Antipode (journal) on "anarchist geographies".
As well it is a long-standing tradition among anarchists to use pen names or to sign their work anonymously, so many authors and activists remain unknown.
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