Stuart Christie

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Stuart Christie
Born(1946-07-10)10 July 1946
Anarchist
writer and publisher
Notable workGranny Made Me an Anarchist (2004)
SpouseBrenda Earl
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    Stuart Christie (10 July 1946 – 15 August 2020)

    libertarian socialist
    themes. His memoir Granny Made Me an Anarchist was published in 2004.

    Biography

    Early life

    Christie was born in the

    Faslane Naval Base CND demonstration on 14 February 1963, among others.[4]

    Attempt to assassinate Franco

    On the last day of July 1964, an 18-year-old Christie departed London for

    plastic explosives from the anarchist organisation Defensa Interior.[5]

    Before he left England, he was interviewed for a television programme with Malcolm Muggeridge, a known MI6 contact, and asked whether he felt the assassination of Franco would be right. He answered that it would; when the programme was broadcast after his arrest in Spain, these comments were edited out.

    Christie hitchhiked into Spain and was arrested in Madrid on 11 August 1964 in possession of explosives. He faced a military trial and a possible execution sentence by

    Luis Andres Edo and Juan Busquets.[6] Christie was later freed. The official reason given by Francoist Spain was that it was due to a plea from Christie's mother.[6]

    Back in Britain

    Industrial Workers of the World picket in Australia in 1981, calling for the release of Christie's wife Brenda from prison

    After his release he continued his activism in the

    Black Flag with Albert Meltzer, was acquitted of involvement with the Angry Brigade, and started the publishing house Cienfuegos Press, which for a number of years he operated from Sanday, Orkney
    , where he also edited and published a local Orcadian newspaper, The Free-Winged Eagle.

    Christie had various writing and journalistic jobs including as editor of an unauthorised British edition of Pravda and Argumenty i Fakty (Arguments and Facts International) in the late years of the Soviet Union and the early years of the Russian Federation.[3]

    Published work

    An updated and single-volume version of his autobiography Granny Made Me an Anarchist was published in 2004 by Scribner. It had previously been published in three parts, the other titles being General Franco Made Me a Terrorist,

    Respect - The Unity Coalition in the European Parliament elections that year, because of the general anarchist stance against participating in capitalist democracy.[3] Christie also wrote articles attacking freemasonry.[10]

    He also wrote, with Meltzer, The Floodgates of Anarchy. Christie's other books include Stefano Delle Chiaie: Portrait of a Black Terrorist,[11] (on Italian neo-fascist terrorist Stefano Delle Chiaie, founder of Avanguardia Nazionale and member of P2 masonic lodge) and We, the Anarchists! A study of the Iberian Anarchist Federation (FAI) 1927–1937 (2000).[12] As a publisher Christie founded

    Cienfuegos Press in 1972 and edited the Cienfuegos Anarchist Review (c. 1977–1982), Refract Publications (1982), The Meltzer Press (1996) and Christiebooks/Christiebooks.com/Read 'N' Noir. His The Christie File was published by the Cienfuegos Press in 1980. He also edited The Hastings Trawler, a monthly magazine that ran from 2005 to 2006.[13]

    Christie also translated into English the biography of

    Antonio Téllez Solá
    .

    Reviews

    Ross, Raymond J. (1981), "Review of The Christie File", in Murray, Glen (ed.), Cencrastus No. 6, Autumn 1982, p. 35

    Personal life

    Christie's wife of more than 50 years, Brenda Christie, died of cancer at the age of 70 in June 2019.[14] Stuart Christie died aged 74, also from cancer, on 15 August 2020.[15]

    See also

    References

    1. ^ "Stuart Christie 1946-2020", Bella Caledonia, 16 August 2020.
    2. ^ Campbell, Duncan (17 August 2020). "Stuart Christie obituary". The Guardian.
    3. ^ a b c Campbell, Duncan (23 August 2004). "The woolly-jumpered anarchist". The Guardian. G2 p2.
    4. ^ Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. "abolition-usa-digest", Abolition 2000 Grassroots Newsletter, 14 February 2000, Vol. 1, Number 257.
    5. ^ Keeley, Graham (21 May 2011). "Anarchist jailed over plot to kill Franco fights to clear name". The Times. London. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
    6. ^
      ISBN 1-873176-93-7
      .
    7. ^ Review of General Franco made me a "Terrorist" - The Christie File: Part 2, 1964–1967.
    8. ^ "Review of Edward Heath Made Me Angry", Infoshop News, 27 July 2005.
    9. ^ Patten, John (16 August 2020), "Stuart Christie 1946-2020 Anarchist activist, writer and publisher", Kate Sharpley library.
    10. ^ "A wink, a nod, or a shake of the hand: on the Masons". Kate Sharpley Library. 13 July 1983.
    11. ISBN 0946222096
      .
    12. ^ Review of We, the Anarchists! A study of the Iberian Anarchist Federation (FAI) 1927–1937. Archived 12 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine
    13. ^ "The Hastings Trawler – a treasure chest for HOT readers", 1067 & All That, Hastings Online Times, 12 December 2012.
    14. ^ Christie, Stuart (18 July 2020), "Brenda Christie" (obituary). The Guardian.
    15. ^ Wade, Mike (16 August 2020). "Scottish anarchist who attempted to assassinate General Franco dies from cancer", The Times. (subscription required)

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