Remembering one of our own

With us celebrating friends and familes, take a moment
to remember one of own who was born today but died in
struggle.

Celedonio Garcia Casino (“Celes”) was born in
Barcelona in December 25th, 1922. When not yet 17 he
was arrested on June 24th, 1939 and accused of being
associated with a Young Libertarian group, having
illegal propaganda and possession of guns. He was
paroled on November 23rd, 1945 and immediately joined
the Young Libertarians of Carmelo. He attended some
of the sessions of the second congress of the
Federation of Young Libertarians of Iberia (FIJL),
which took place in Toulouse in March 1946. He
belonged to the Libertarian Resistance Movement (MLR),
an organization of armed struggle against the
Francoists, which had a short life. In 1947, he
attended the second congress of the Libertarian
Movement in Exile, which was also he in Toulouse.
He died on August 26th, 1949 in a Guardia Civil ambush
on the French frontier. He was buried in the cemetery
of Espolla (Gerona). He was 27.