butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Phil Ruff confirmed this earlier. Lung Cancer.
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RIP Stuart Christie
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Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Oh no 
RIP
Got to see Franco dead and 45 years in the grave tho
RIP
Got to see Franco dead and 45 years in the grave tho
Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
Very sorry to hear this.
Kevbad the Bad
Amiable Bowel Syndrome
Good bloke. We need more like him.
Streathamite
ideological dogmatist
That guy wqas a legend.
RIP Mr C
RIP Mr C
Lurdan
old wave
Very sorry to hear this. He was still posting to christiebooks until mid-June.
I was a Cienfuegos subscriber and Black Flag reader in the 70s and Stuart's writing and publishing had a good deal of influence. I don't know if people still read 'The Floodgates of Anarchy'. (Some varieties of 'class-struggle anarchism' these days appear to be primarily influenced by the output of what Black Flag used to describe as the 'package deal left'). I can only say that at the time it engaged me as an introductory text in a way that, say, Nicolas Walters' 'About Anarchism', or Laurens Otter's 'Introduction to Revolutionary Anarchism' did not.
I just tried out the automated paypal shopping cart at Christiebooks and it is still functioning. You want the ebookshelf link at the top. There are lot of interesting inexpensive ebooks, including a lot of Paul Sharkey's translations along with Stuarts own writings. I've no idea whether whoever is looking after his affairs needs funds, but even if not while it's still working it's a chance to pick things up and no doubt the proceeds will go to a good cause.
(From the basket use the Paypal button. Once the Paypal payment has been made you are returned to a page with an invoice and a 'Place Order' button. Hit that and you are taken to a download link. The one's I bought came in mobi format but are easily converted. If you want to see what you are buying many are also available on Amazon where they have the preview function working. They are a good deal more expensive there).
I was a Cienfuegos subscriber and Black Flag reader in the 70s and Stuart's writing and publishing had a good deal of influence. I don't know if people still read 'The Floodgates of Anarchy'. (Some varieties of 'class-struggle anarchism' these days appear to be primarily influenced by the output of what Black Flag used to describe as the 'package deal left'). I can only say that at the time it engaged me as an introductory text in a way that, say, Nicolas Walters' 'About Anarchism', or Laurens Otter's 'Introduction to Revolutionary Anarchism' did not.
I just tried out the automated paypal shopping cart at Christiebooks and it is still functioning. You want the ebookshelf link at the top. There are lot of interesting inexpensive ebooks, including a lot of Paul Sharkey's translations along with Stuarts own writings. I've no idea whether whoever is looking after his affairs needs funds, but even if not while it's still working it's a chance to pick things up and no doubt the proceeds will go to a good cause.
(From the basket use the Paypal button. Once the Paypal payment has been made you are returned to a page with an invoice and a 'Place Order' button. Hit that and you are taken to a download link. The one's I bought came in mobi format but are easily converted. If you want to see what you are buying many are also available on Amazon where they have the preview function working. They are a good deal more expensive there).
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Cienfuegos PR was for me ( i know 2020 and move on etc it's the internet) but exactly what the sort of thing that an anarchist publishing collective project should be doing, and i find it mental that we've not been able to do anything of that quality - despite/because times changing, since. Just churning about books about non-anarchists because they sell or not ensuring that publication is a debate.
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Kate Sharpley
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Stuart Christie 1946-2020 Anarchist activist, writer and publisher: Stuart Christie 1946-2020 Anarchist activist, writer and publisher
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Thank you for the more personal post there.
redsquirrel
This Machine Kills Progressives
Sad news, though at least from the obit Kate Sharpley posted he went peacefully with family close by.
Thanks for all the work comrade.
Thanks for all the work comrade.
Kate Sharpley
Well-Known Member
If you have memories of Stuart, please send them to us. We'd like to try and write something longer about his life.
Smokeandsteam
Working Class First
Really sad to hear this.
I started his autobiography, which I’ve been meaning to read for a long time, last night. It’s a fabulous read.
I started his autobiography, which I’ve been meaning to read for a long time, last night. It’s a fabulous read.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
My Dad remembers Stuart as a boy. (He’s older than Stuart was). He grew up in Blantyre, right across the road from my grandparents’ house. Reading his autobiography, “My Granny”, I know the places he talks about, and the culture, although I’m a generation later, so things weren’t the same by the time I knew them.
I’ll probably reread My Granny soon. (Although my reading has slowed down during the pandemic. I don’t seem to have the impetus). It’s a great read.
Thanks for all your work, comrade. You were an inspiration.
I’ll probably reread My Granny soon. (Although my reading has slowed down during the pandemic. I don’t seem to have the impetus). It’s a great read.
Thanks for all your work, comrade. You were an inspiration.
Guardian obituary
www.theguardian.com
Stuart Christie obituary
Anarchist who was jailed in Spain for an attempt to assassinate Franco and later acquitted of being a member of the Angry Brigade
Kate Sharpley
Well-Known Member
Tribute from Joan Busquets:
"His death has robbed me of a comrade, a co-worker upon whom I could always rely. Let me say that Stuart spent his entire life championing the memory of the maquis, in which he was an indefatigable pioneer."
Stuart Christie has died after a lengthy illness
"His death has robbed me of a comrade, a co-worker upon whom I could always rely. Let me say that Stuart spent his entire life championing the memory of the maquis, in which he was an indefatigable pioneer."
Stuart Christie has died after a lengthy illness
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
yeh melford whatsisface wasn't like some judges i've heard of
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
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Late to this thread, but I'm really, really sorry to read this news
RIP
Thanks for posting this up, zahir :
But for whatever reason, it fails to mention that he (briefly?) did some history teaching/lecturing at Queen Mary College (University of London) in the mid-eighties.
That was just after I graduated from there, but someone told me it was Paul Preston (Franco biographer and Spanish Civil War expert!) who recruited him.
He came to a party that we organised in Leytonstone in 1985 -- a pupil of his at QMC was housesharing with us at the time, and she not only invited him, but urged me to have a chat with him about history ....
Very interesting that was too -- lovely man.
I'd hardly heard of him then, but I picked up plenty -- we chatted for a good while!
(He was very aware of the 'War and Literature' course that was active at QMC at the time -- maybe he taught on that himself? My module with that course had been Spanish Civil War/Homage to Catelonia oriented .... I wish I remembered better
what Mr Christie's views were on Orwell and POUM, but we certainly discussed them .... )
I found Granny Made me an Anarchist a much-loved read about twelve (?) years ago too.
Like danny la rouge , I intend a re-read now!
Respect.
RIP
Thanks for posting this up, zahir :
It's a great read, a pretty good obit IMO.Guardian obituary
Stuart Christie obituary
Anarchist who was jailed in Spain for an attempt to assassinate Franco and later acquitted of being a member of the Angry Brigade
But for whatever reason, it fails to mention that he (briefly?) did some history teaching/lecturing at Queen Mary College (University of London) in the mid-eighties.
That was just after I graduated from there, but someone told me it was Paul Preston (Franco biographer and Spanish Civil War expert!) who recruited him.
He came to a party that we organised in Leytonstone in 1985 -- a pupil of his at QMC was housesharing with us at the time, and she not only invited him, but urged me to have a chat with him about history ....
Very interesting that was too -- lovely man.
I'd hardly heard of him then, but I picked up plenty -- we chatted for a good while!
(He was very aware of the 'War and Literature' course that was active at QMC at the time -- maybe he taught on that himself? My module with that course had been Spanish Civil War/Homage to Catelonia oriented .... I wish I remembered better
what Mr Christie's views were on Orwell and POUM, but we certainly discussed them .... )I found Granny Made me an Anarchist a much-loved read about twelve (?) years ago too.
Like danny la rouge , I intend a re-read now!
Respect.
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