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Green Anarchist
The ''Green Anarchist'', established in 1984 in the UK, was a magazine advocating green anarchism. Early years Founded after the 1984 Stop the City protests, the magazine was launched in the summer of that year by an editorial collective consisting of Alan Albon, Richard Hunt and Marcus Christo. Albon had been a member of the editorial collective of ''Freedom'', whilst Hunt had become frustrated with the more mainstream green magazine '' Green Line'' for which he had been writing. The younger Christo had come from a more anarcho-punk background – he was also a member of Green CND, and had been involved in the blockade of Ronald Reagan's car at the 1984 Lancaster House summit meeting. During the UK miners' strike of 1984–85 - in contrast to class struggle anarchist groups such as Black Flag, Direct Action Movement and newly formed Class War - ''GA'' took a "largely apathetic" stance to the struggles in mining areas": according to historian of anarchism Benjam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Albon
Alan Albon (24 August 1921 – 30 March 1989) was a British anarchism, anarchist, Pacifism , pacifist, conscientious objector and publishing, publisher. He was born in Edmonton, London, Edmonton, London on 24 August 1921 and died at Heathrow, Greater London, on 30 March 1989. Early life Albon was born into a Quakers , Quaker family which was concerned with pacifism. In World War I , First World War both his father and his uncle were conscientious objectors, for which they were imprisoned. His family background and the injustices of the capitalist system were the major influences which determined his political identification as an adult. Around the early 1930s, anarchist Albert Meltzer encountered Albon in London as the son of the Mayor of Edmonton, London, and a pacifist, when he was a member of the Labour Party (UK) , Labour Party. However, later Albon joined the youth section of the Independent Labour Party, in which as a pacifist, he was in the minority. On leaving school, Alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |