Stuart Christie

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Stuart Christie is a Scottish anarchist most well-known for his part in the Spanish resistance to the dictator Francisco Franco: he was arrested in 1964 while carrying explosives to assassinate 'El Caudillo'. Before he left England, he was interviewed for a television programme with Malcolm Muggeridge, a known MI6 contact, and was asked whether he felt the assassination of Franco would be right. He answered that it would; when the programme was broadcast after his arrest in Spain, these comments were edited out. He was sentenced to twenty years in prison but only served three, being released due to international pressure, with support from Bertrand Russell and Jean-Paul Sartre. After his release he continued his activism in the Anarchist movement in the United Kingdom, founded the Anarchist Black Cross and Black Flag with Albert Meltzer, was acquitted of involvement with the Angry Brigade and started the publishing house Cienfuegos Press.

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An updated version of his autobiography Granny Made me an Anarchist has recently been published by Scribner (UK).(ISBN 0743263561)

A Spanish translation of the second volume of his memoirs, General Franco Made Me A Terrorist. The Christie File: Part 2, 1964-1972 (ISBN 1873976194) - General Franco me hizo terrorista - memorias del anarquista que intento matar al dictador (ISBN 8484604039) was published in Madrid, 2004 by Editorial Planeta.

Volume 1 My Granny Made Me An Anarchist. The Christie File: Part 1, 1946-1964 (ISBN 1873976143) is now out of print as is Volume 2 - Edward Heath Made Me Angry. The Christie File: Part 3, 1967-1975 (ISBN 1873976232)

He also wrote The Floodgates of Anarchy with Meltzer. This includes an early version of the Nolan chart, popularised by David Nolan of the Libertarian Party. The Meltzer/Christie chart was more like the political compass.

Stefano Delle Chiaie: Portrait of a Black Terrorist, London: Anarchy Magazine/Refract Publications, 1984. 182 pages (ISBN 0-946222-09-6) (on Italian terrorist Stefano Delle Chiaie, founder of Avanguardia Nazionale and member of P2 masonic lodge, involved in Gladio's strategy of tension)

He is also the author of We, the Anarchists! A study of the Iberian Anarchist Federation (FAI) 1927-1937 (2000). (ISBN 1901172066)

As a publisher Christie founded Cienfuegos Press (1972) & edited the "Cienfuegos Anarchist Review" (1977? - 82?), Refract Publications (1982), The Meltzer Press (1996) and Christiebooks/ Christiebooks.com.

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