Ban the Bomb!
Michael Randle and Direct Action against Nuclear War
Published on 13. April 2021
290 pages
978-3-8382-7489-8 (ISBN)
Description
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 withPeace Newseditor 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.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
Illustrations
File size
3,49 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-8382-7489-8 (9783838274898)
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04/2021
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Persons
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.
Content
- Intro
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1. Family and Schooling
- 2. The Birth of a Satyagrahi
- 3. The Direct Action Committee and the first Aldermaston March
- 4. Peace News and Ghana
- 5. The Committee of 100
- 6. Marriage, The 'Official Secrets' Trial and Prison
- 7. Greece, Vietnam, and George Blake
- 8. The Greek Embassy 'Invasion' and Czechoslovakia
- 9. Peace Studies and the Alternative Defence Commission
- 10. The Blake Trial
- 11. Bradford University and Final Thoughts
- Chronology
- Acknowledgements
- Further Reading
- Index
