FREEDOM PRESSJOURNEY THROUGH
UTOPIA
by
MARIE LOUISE
BERNERI
MARIE LOUISE BERNERI 1918-1949 photo by V.R. Foreword by George Woodcock
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
‘Marie Louise Bemeri was born in Arezzo (near Florence) on March
Ist 1918. Bight years later her family had to flee from perseeution
by the Fascists and the next eleven years were spent in Pars. During
these formative years she developed her intorest in political and
social questions and in child psychology, which she studied at the
Sorbonne,
Th 1987, and until her sudden death, following a shor’ illness,
on April 13th 1949, she lived in London. During these years her
prineipal unpaid acivity was in political joumalism in the cause
ff anarchism, She was joint editor of the journals published by
F.P.: Spain & the World (1987-88), War Commentary (1939-45)
and Freedom from 1945 until a month before her death. She was
specally interested in the aspects of social revolution and her
Workers én Stalin's Russia frst published by FP in 1944 was an
immediate success, She also wrote extensively on the Spanish
Revolution but never had the time to produce a volume of conc: FREEDOM PRESS - LONDON
fusions on that epie strugele. With her fluent knowledge of four
languages she maintained an extensive correspondence with anar- 1982
chists and sympathisers throughout the world, but she also spent
many hours attending politieal meetings, and selling our liteature
at demonstrations, meetings and every Sunday at Speakers’Comer,
Marble Arch in London.First published in 1950
First FREEDOM PRESS edition 1982
84b Whitechapel High St
London B1.
Printed In Great Britain
bby Aldgate Press
‘London B1
ISBN 0 900884 212
| Note
Marie Loulsp Bemeri died on April 13th, 1949 at the age of
thirty one. Had she lived to see her book in print, she would hayo
‘wishod to acknpwledge the advice and encouragement she received
from a numbe} of friends in the preparation of the manuscript;
‘and in particular to Garfield Howe who first suggested such a book:
‘0 George Wodlteoek with whom the author discussed the form it
should take and who, with Colin Ward, read the manuscript.
Twish to think the above named and John Hewetson for their
help with tho pots and Colin Ward who compile the Index.
April 1950