Jack Robinson (anarchist)
Jack Robinson | |
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| Born | 1913 Birmingham, England |
| Died | 20 March 1983 (aged 69–70) |
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| Movement | Anarchist |
| Partner | Mary Canipa |
Jack Robinson (1913 – 20 March 1983) was an English anarchist, activist, and editor of the paper Freedom.
Biography
[edit]Robinson was born in 1913 in Birmingham.[1][2][Note 1]
A conscientious objector and nurse by training, he worked in an epileptic colony during World War II. He earned part of his living as a book trader, working alongside Lilian Wolfe and Mary Canipa in the Freedom Bookshop.[2] Robinson contributed articles to Freedom and Anarchy, sometimes anonymously, likely during the 1960s and certainly into the 1970s.[3] He also contributed under the name Jon Quixote.[4]
His discovery that Albert Meltzer’s Wooden Shoe Press was being evicted for unpaid rent was the premise of the long dispute between Meltzer and Vernon Richards.[5]
Robinson was active for stints in the Colne and Nelson Anarchist Groups alongside Donald Rooum. He was a non-smoker, a teetotaler and a vegetarian.[6][2] Robinson died 20 March 1983, following a stroke two months earlier.[2]
Publications
[edit]- Rooum, D (Ed.) "Freedom": A Hundred Years, October 1886-October 1986 London, Freedom Press, 1986 ISBN 0-900384-35-2
- Rooum, D (Ed.) What Is Anarchism?: An Introduction, London, Freedom Press, ISBN 0-900384-66-2
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Rob Ray (2018) states that Robinson was born in 1921.
References
[edit]- ↑ Robinson, Jack (January 1963). "A Man's Ambition Must Be Small..." (PDF). Anarchy. No. 23. London. p. 25.
- 1 2 3 4 Sansom, Philip (26 March 1983). "Jack Robinson" (PDF). Freedom. Vol. 44, no. 6. London. p. 5.
- ↑ Rai, Milan (26 February 2010). "John Rety: "The Point Is This"". Freedom Press. Archived from the original on 17 March 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
- ↑ Ray, Rob (2018). A Beautiful Idea: History of the Freedom Press Anarchists. London: Freedom Press. p. 235. ISBN 978-1-904491-30-9. OCLC 1052463857.
- ↑ Rooum, Donald (2008). "Freedom, Freedom Press and Freedom Bookshop A short history of Freedom Press" (PDF). Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
- ↑ ""The Noble Experiment": A socialist-anarchist fable about the prohibition of smoking". Website / Text. Spunk.org. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
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