Edgard Leuenroth

Edgard Leuenroth (October 31,

1881, Mogi Mirim – September 28,
1968, São Paulo) was a Brazilian
journalist, publisher and writer, who
became famous for his
documentation of the country's
earliest social movements,
particularly the communist, socialist
and anarchist worker's and
intellectual's activities and Edgard Leuenroth.
movements.

Leuenroth was born in the city of Mogi Mirim, in the state of

São Paulo, Brazil, to immigrants from Germany. He moved
with his then widowed mother to the city of São Paulo while
still a child of five years of age.

As he entered the professional world, Edgard Leuenroth got

interested in socialism and in the claims of the common
worker, attending the meetings of the Circuito Socialista
from around 1900. Once introduced to the anarchist
movement, he remained a loyal member until his death.

He was one of the organizers of the General Strike of 1917,

the culmination of a series of partial strikes, lockouts and
labour conflicts in the city of São Paulo that then spread to
other major cities such as Rio de Janeiro. He was arrested
shortly afterwards, under the accusation of having led a raid
on a grain mill.

Edgard Leuenroth published many newspapers, such as O

Boi ("The Ox"), O Trabalhador Gráfico ("The Graphical
Worker"), A Lucta Proletária ("The Proletarian Fight"), Ação
Direta ("Direct Action"), Spartacus, A Plebe ("The Mob"), O
Combate ("The Combat"), A Voz do Povo (The People's
Voice"). A Plebe had a very strong impact on the working
class of the states of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

After his death, Leuenroth's family donated his extensive

collections of media (newspaper scraps, articles,
photographs, etc.) to the State University of Campinas,
which organized the Arquivo Edgard Leuenroth, one of the
most important historical sources of the 20th century social
movements in Brazil.

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