Ban the Bomb!: Michael Randle and Direct Action Against Nuclear War - Couverture souple

Levy, Martin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3838214897 ISBN 13 : 9783838214894

Editeur : ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon, 2021

Synopsis

During the 1950s, Michael Randle helped pioneer a new form of direct action against nuclear war, based on the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. At the forefront of the British campaign, he worked closely with Peace News editor Hugh Brock (1914-1985) and other distinguished 'anti-nuclear pacifists' such as Pat Arrowsmith, April Carter, and Ian Dixon, serving as chairman of the Direct Action Committee against Nuclear War (1958-1961) and secretary of the Committee of 100 (1960-1961). In 1966, he helped 'spring' the Russian spy George Blake from Wormwood Scrubs Prison. Thereafter, he campaigned vigorously on behalf of the Greek democratic opposition, conscientious objectors, and Soviet dissidents. He has always been a man of rare candor and singular energy and principles, even enduring imprisonment for his beliefs. Nowadays, Michael lives in Shipley near Bradford, where he continues to write as a respected expert on 'people power'. Martin Levy's interviews with Michael Randle introduce the reader to a tumultuous life that is nothing short of extraordinary.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Martin Levy is a librarian at the University of Bradford. He has published books and articles on a variety of subjects including anti-psychiatry, the free universities movement of the 1960s, and 18th-century social history. This is his first book of interviews.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3838214897
• ISBN 13: 9783838214894
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 294
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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