Richard Hunt (editor)
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Richard Hunt is a green anarchist
activist, and editor of various environmentalist magazines, such as Green Anarchist
and Alternative Green
. He was widely criticised in the anarchist community for his perceived sympathies for nationalism
, and wrote an editorial for Green Anarchist expressing patriotic support for British soldiers serving in the 1991 Gulf War
in Iraq
. Richard Hunt continued to have political disputes with the other editors of Green Anarchist, and shortly afterwards left the editorial collective to form his own magazine, entitled Alternative Green.
Hunt has maintained links to the National-Anarchist movement, although he himself does not support their views on racial separatism
. Hunt has contributed to The English Alternative, the journal of Troy Southgate
's now disbanded National Revolutionary Faction.
Green anarchism
Green anarchism, or ecoanarchism, is a school of thought within anarchism which puts a particular emphasis on environmental issues. An important early influence was the thought of the American anarchist Henry David Thoreau and his book Walden...
activist, and editor of various environmentalist magazines, such as Green Anarchist
Green Anarchist
The magazine Green Anarchist was for a while the principal voice in the UK advocating green anarchism, an explicit fusion of libertarian socialist and ecological thinking.-Early years:...
and Alternative Green
Alternative Green
Alternative Green is a UK magazine set up by former Green Anarchist contributor and editor Richard Hunt in 1991 to promote the ideas later set out in his book 'To End Poverty, The Starvation of the Periphery by the Core' ....
. He was widely criticised in the anarchist community for his perceived sympathies for nationalism
Nationalism
Nationalism is a political ideology that involves a strong identification of a group of individuals with a political entity defined in national terms, i.e. a nation. In the 'modernist' image of the nation, it is nationalism that creates national identity. There are various definitions for what...
, and wrote an editorial for Green Anarchist expressing patriotic support for British soldiers serving in the 1991 Gulf War
Gulf War
The Persian Gulf War , commonly referred to as simply the Gulf War, was a war waged by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States, against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.The war is also known under other names, such as the First Gulf...
in Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
. Richard Hunt continued to have political disputes with the other editors of Green Anarchist, and shortly afterwards left the editorial collective to form his own magazine, entitled Alternative Green.
Hunt has maintained links to the National-Anarchist movement, although he himself does not support their views on racial separatism
Racial separatism
Racial separatism refers to a belief that people of different races should live apart. It can be used in either the sense of:* Racial segregation* White separatism or Black separatism...
. Hunt has contributed to The English Alternative, the journal of Troy Southgate
Troy Southgate
Troy Southgate is an author, musician and leading National-Anarchist activist based in the United Kingdom.-Politics:Originally from Crystal Palace, in South London, Southgate is of English-Scots descent and moved to the small village of Jarvis Brook, East Sussex, in his teenage years...
's now disbanded National Revolutionary Faction.
External links
- Interview conducted by Troy Southgate (now offline, retrieved from Wayback Machine)
- Why Anarchism? by Richard Hunt
- Villages Can Solve Our Social Problems by Richard Hunt