Josep Llunas i Pujals

Josep Llunas i Pujals
Josep Llunas i Pujals c. 1900
Born(1852-01-30)30 January 1852
Died23 May 1905(1905-05-23) (aged 53)
NationalityCatalan
Occupation(s)Typesetter, Journalist
Years active1870–1905
Organization(s)FRE-AIT (1870–1881)
FTRE (1881–1888)
MovementAnarchism in Spain

Josep Llunas i Pujals (30 January 1852–23 May 1905) was a Catalan anarchist, journalist and trade unionist. He joined the Spanish Regional Federation of the International Workingmen's Association (FRE-AIT) in 1872 and, by the 1880s, became one of the leading exponents of anarcho-syndicalism in Spain. In 1881, he co-founded the Federation of Workers of the Spanish Region (FTRE), which he conceived of as an anarchist trade union federation capable of establishing a classless society. He was at the centre of a dispute between collectivist and communist anarchists, during which he took the side of the former. He left the labour movement after the anarchist movement adopted terrorist tactics, and spent the last year of his life in sports journalism.