Tom Brown
Ah, different Tom Brown.
The Tom Brown I'm asking about is the former SWF militant, propagandist and writer. See http://libcom.org/tags/tom-brown
Thanks anyway.
No, I don't think so. When he died his family threw away everything pertaining to his political activity. There was, I believe a partly completed autobiography amongst these papers. He had lived in Paddington, west London towards the end of his life. The best sources are Meltzer's "Anarchists in London 1930-1970 (?)", and the biographical sketch in the collection of his writings which appeared in the 1980's.
Thanks Gerry. Yeah, I'm familiar with with Albert's and the Intro to Tom Brown's "Syndicalism" book. I was hoping there was more.
You mean all his papers were simply thrown in the bin? Nothng donated to a library, etc.? Wow. They must've lost their tolerance for Tom's activities. What a pity.
This is the best I can come up with on stuff from the old SWF and National Rank & File Movement.
Anything and anywhere else to look?
--mitch
From: Syndicalist Workers Federation (UK) Archivesat ISSH, Amsterdam
Period: 1960-1973 (-1986)
... 10770738_EAD Syndicalist Workers Federation (UK) Archives 1960-1973 (-1986) International Institute of Social History Cruquiusweg 31 1019 AT Amsterdam The Netherlands Description is in eng 14 juni 2004 PUBLIC"-//Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis//TEXT(NL::List of the archives of the SYNDICALIST WORKERS' FEDERATION 1960-1973 (-1986)//NL""10770738.sgm" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Descriptive Summary Syndicalist Workers Federation (UK) Archives 1960-1973 (-1986) Syndicalist Workers Federation (UK) 0.6 m. eng International Institute of Social ...
Hello,
Does anyone know if a proper full-length biography of Tom Brown was ever done?
Solidarity greetings.