The Anarchists in London 1935-1955
A personal memoir
Nonfiction, History, Revolutionary, British, Biography & Memoir, Political
| Author: | Albert Meltzer | ISBN: | 1230000272794 |
| Publisher: | ChristieBooks | Publication: | October 8, 2014 |
| Imprint: | ChristieBooks | Language: | English |
| Author: | Albert Meltzer |
| ISBN: | 1230000272794 |
| Publisher: | ChristieBooks |
| Publication: | October 8, 2014 |
| Imprint: | ChristieBooks |
| Language: | English |
Albert Meltzer's personal account and reminiscences of the anarchist movement and its personalities in London between 1935 and 1955. Originally published by Cienfuegos Press, Over the Water, Sanday, Orkney - 1976
Albert Meltzer (1920-1996) was involved actively in class struggles from the age of 15; exceptionally for his generation in having been a convinced Anarchist from the start, without any family background in such activity. The Anarchists in London, 1935-1955. A Personal Memoir is a lively, witty account of 20 plus years years of anarchist activism. As a result it is a unique recounting of many struggles otherwise distorted or unrecorded, including the history of the contemporary development of anarchism in Britain and other countries where he was involved, notably Spain. His story tells of many struggles, the printers’ and miners’ strikes, fighting Blackshirts and the battle of Cable Street, the so-called Angry Brigade activities, the Anarchist Black Cross, the Cairo Mutiny and wartime German anti-Nazi resistance, the New Left of the 60s, the rise of squatting — and through individuals as varied as Kenyata, Emma Goldman, George Orwell, Guy Aldred and Frank Ridley — all of which have crowded out not only his story, but his life too.
Albert Meltzer's personal account and reminiscences of the anarchist movement and its personalities in London between 1935 and 1955. Originally published by Cienfuegos Press, Over the Water, Sanday, Orkney - 1976
Albert Meltzer (1920-1996) was involved actively in class struggles from the age of 15; exceptionally for his generation in having been a convinced Anarchist from the start, without any family background in such activity. The Anarchists in London, 1935-1955. A Personal Memoir is a lively, witty account of 20 plus years years of anarchist activism. As a result it is a unique recounting of many struggles otherwise distorted or unrecorded, including the history of the contemporary development of anarchism in Britain and other countries where he was involved, notably Spain. His story tells of many struggles, the printers’ and miners’ strikes, fighting Blackshirts and the battle of Cable Street, the so-called Angry Brigade activities, the Anarchist Black Cross, the Cairo Mutiny and wartime German anti-Nazi resistance, the New Left of the 60s, the rise of squatting — and through individuals as varied as Kenyata, Emma Goldman, George Orwell, Guy Aldred and Frank Ridley — all of which have crowded out not only his story, but his life too.
