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Today in Labor History January 7, 1920: Jewish anarchist Albert Meltzer was born in London. He became an anarchist at age fifteen through the boxing lessons he took with Billy Campbell, a seaman, boxer and anarchist. During the Spanish Civil War, Meltzer smuggled arms from Hamburg to the CNT in Spain. Meltzer was a co-founder of the anarchist newspaper Black Flag and wrote several books, including “Anarchism, Arguments For and Against,” “The Floodgates of Anarchy, and his autobiography, “I Couldn't Paint Golden Angels, published by AK Press.” He was also was involved in the founding of the Anarchist Black Cross prisoner support movement. In the early 1980s, he joined the anarcho-syndicalist Direct Action Movement.

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Remembering Albert Meltzer 25 years on
Albert Edward Meltzer, anarcho-syndicalist (7 January 1920 – 7 May 1996)
‘Don’t forget me - or I’ll be back!’ Those were Albert Meltzer’s final words to Stuart Christie, his closest friend and collaborator, in a letter which he left with his last will and testament. In a perverse way I wish I could fo
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📘 Neuerwerbung der Gustav-Landauer-Bibliothek Witten:

Albert Meltzer:
The Anarchists in London
1935–55

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