Octavio Alberola is an anarchist. He was born in Alayor in the Balearic Islands in 1928. These days he lives in Perpignan, France. In 1939 he arrived in Mexico with his parents. That signalled the start of his anarchist activism. He was active with the Libertarian Youth (FIJL) and Spanish CNT in Mexico. In 1962 he joined the clandestine Defensa Interior organisation set up by the Spanish Libertarian Movement following its 1961 congress. He is currently active with the ‘Granado-Delgado Trial Review Group’ which has been lobbying since 1998 for the overturning of Franco-era convictions, and he is also a member of the GALSIC (Support Group for Libertarians and Independent Trade Unionists in Cuba). Indefatigable, he is also a contributor to other libertarian ventures around Europe. He is a man with tales to tell of an eventful, intense life as a libertarian. He touches on some of these during the following interview, granted to the ANA (Anarchist News Agency). But even when the conversation ends there is a lingering impression that much more has been left untold. But on to the interview.