Ban the Bomb!
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Ban the Bomb!

Michael Randle and Direct Action against Nuclear War

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eBook - ePub

Ban the Bomb!

Michael Randle and Direct Action against Nuclear War

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About this book

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.

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Information

Publisher
ibidem
Year
2021
eBook ISBN
9783838274898
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Foreword
  3. Introduction
  4. 1. Family and Schooling
  5. 2. The Birth of a Satyagrahi
  6. 3. The Direct Action Committee and the first Aldermaston March
  7. 4. Peace News and Ghana
  8. 5. The Committee of 100
  9. 6. Marriage, The ‘Official Secrets’ Trial and Prison
  10. 7. Greece, Vietnam, and George Blake
  11. 8. The Greek Embassy ‘Invasion’ and Czechoslovakia
  12. 9. Peace Studies and the Alternative Defence Commission
  13. 10. The Blake Trial
  14. 11. Bradford University and Final Thoughts
  15. Chronology
  16. Acknowledgements
  17. Further Reading