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Stuart Christie

Scottish anarchist writer, publisher and anti-fascist (1946–2020)

Stuart Christie (10 July 1946 – 15 August 2020) was a Scottish anarchist writer and publisher. Aged 18, Christie was arrested while carrying explosives to assassinate the Spanish caudillo General Francisco Franco.2

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Born Jul 10, 1946, died Aug 15, 2020.1

About

He was later alleged to be a member of the Angry Brigade, but was acquitted of related charges. He went on to found Cienfuegos Press, an anarchist publishing house, as well as radical publications The Free-Winged Eagle and The Hastings Trawler, and in 2006 the online Anarchist Film Channel, which hosts films and documentaries with anarchist and libertarian socialist themes. His memoir Granny Made Me an Anarchist was published in 2004.

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Companies

Early life and education

Early life

Christie was born in the Partick area of Glasgow, Scotland, and was raised in Blantyre by his mother and grandparents, becoming an anarchist at a young age. He ascribed this to his grandmother's influence: "Basically, what she did was provide a moral barometer which married almost exactly with that of libertarian socialism and anarchism, and she provided the star which I followed." He joined the Anarchist Federation in Glasgow in 1962, at the age of 16. He became active in the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), attracted to the more militant approach of the Direct Action Committee and Committee of 100, and took part in the confrontational Faslane Naval Base CND demonstration on 14 February 1963, among others.

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Career

Occupation: author, publisher, autobiographer, politician, translator, linguist, anarchist, writer.5

  • Date not recordedFounded Black Flag Anarchist Review3
  • Date not recordedFounded Cienfuegos press4

Known for: Granny Made Me an Anarchist, We, the Anarchists! A Study of the Iberian Anarchist Federation (FAI), 1927–1937, The Floodgates of Anarchy.6

In 2004 Scribner published an updated and single-volume version of Christie's autobiography Granny Made Me an Anarchist. His autobiography had previously been published in three parts, the other titles being General Franco Made Me a Terrorist and Edward Heath Made Me Angry. Christie also wrote articles which attacked freemasonry.

Christie also co-wrote with Meltzer, The Floodgates of Anarchy. His other books included Stefano Delle Chiaie: Portrait of a Black Terrorist about the Italian neo-fascist terrorist Stefano Delle Chiaie, the founder of Avanguardia Nazionale and a member of the P2 masonic lodge, and We, the Anarchists!: A Study of the Iberian Anarchist Federation (FAI), 1927–1937 (2000).

Christie also translated into English the biography of Francisco Sabate Llopart, Sabate: An Extraordinary Guerrilla, by Antonio Téllez Solá.

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Personal life

  • BornJul 10, 1946, Glasgow7
  • DiedAug 15, 2020, Chelmsford8
  • CitizenshipUnited Kingdom9

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