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Richard Hunt was a green anarchist activist, and editor of various environmentalist magazines, such as '' Green Anarchist'' and ''Alternative Green''. He also contributed to early editions of Green Line. He was widely criticised in the anarchist community for his sympathies for
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, and wrote an editorial for ''Green Anarchist'' expressing patriotic support for British soldiers serving in the
1991 Gulf War The Gulf War was a 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a 35-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Spearheaded by the United States, the coalition's efforts against Iraq were carried out in two key phases ...
in
Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...
. Richard Hunt continued to have political disputes with the other editors of ''Green Anarchist'', and shortly afterwards left the editorial collective to form his own magazine, entitled ''Alternative Green'', of which he edited the first thirty-one issues and to which he contributed articles. Hunt founded "Alternative Green" after leaving the editorial collective of ''Green Anarchist''. According to the remaining editors of ''Green Anarchist'', he left the collective following a conflict over what was perceived to be his nationalistic tendencies. This came to a head when ''Green Anarchist'' published an article of Hunt's that appeared to give patriotic support to Britain's role during the 1991
Gulf War The Gulf War was a 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a 35-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Spearheaded by the United States, the coalition's efforts against Iraq were carried out in two key phases: ...
. Hunt himself stated that the conflict arose when other editors wanted to move ''Green Anarchist's'' political direction further left, while Hunt wished to remain outside the left-right spectrum.An Interview with Richard Hunt
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Written works

* To End Poverty: The Starvation of the Periphery by the Core * * Who's Starving Them? * The Theory of Alternative Green


Further reading

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hunt, Richard 1933 births Living people Anarchist writers English anarchists English magazine editors English male non-fiction writers English political writers Green anarchists