Alan Albon Explained

Alan Albon
Birth Date:24 August 1921
Birth Place:Edmonton, London
Death Place:Heathrow, London
Party:Independent Labor Party

Alan Albon (24 August 1921 – 30 March 1989) was a British anarchist, pacifist and publisher. He was born in Edmonton on 24 August 1921 and died at Heathrow on 30 March 1989.[1]

Publishing

Early on in his career, he served as an editor and columnist for Freedom.[2] In 1984 he met with Marcus Christo and Richard Hunt to form a magazine entitled Green Anarchist.[2]

Politics

As a pacifist, he enjoyed a brief stint in the Independent Labour Party.[3]

References

  1. Nicolas Walter, Alan Albon: Radical and Lovable (Obituary), The Guardian, Thursday, May 25, 1989, p39 http://archive.guardian.co.uk/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=GUA/1989/05/25/39/Ar03903.xml&CollName=GUA_1981_1990&DOCID=755605&PageLabelPrint=39&Skin=DigitalArchive&enter=true&AW=1274386801949&AppName=2&sPublication=GUA&sPublication=TOB&sQuery=alan%20albon&sSorting=%2553%2563%256f%2572%2565%2c%2564%2565%2573%2563&sDateFrom=%2530%2531%2f%2530%2531%2f%2531%2539%2530%2531&sDateTo=%2531%2532%2f%2533%2531%2f%2531%2539%2539%2539&ViewMode=HTML
  2. Web site: Two Decades of Disobedience: A retrospective on Green Anarchist's first twenty years. The Anarchist Library. Connor. John. 2004. March 21, 2020.
  3. Book: Meltzer, Albert. I Couldn't Paint Golden Angels. 1996. San Francisco, CA. Edinburgh, Scotland. 1873176937. Chapter 1.