José Sánchez Rosa (1864–1936) was an Andalusian anarchist.

Early life and career

José Sánchez Rosa was born in

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( Andalusian Spain) in 1864. Imprisoned during the 1892

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, he received a

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in 1900. As a regional anarchist propagandist, he published ''El abogado del obrero'', ''La aritmética del obrero'', and ''La idea anarquista''. He contributed to ''Revista Blanca'' and edited ''El Productor'' and ''La Anarquía''. He was assassinated by Spanish Nationalists in Seville, 1936.

Early life and career

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