Thomas Keell
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Thomas Henry Keell was an Englishman compositor
who edited the anarchist periodical Freedom. He attended the International Anarchist Congress of Amsterdam
in 1907, where he was hailed by Emma Goldman
as "one of our most devoted workers on the London Freedom". Keell also contributed to Voice of Labour for many years, and was an outspoken opponent of the First World War. He was arrested along with companion Lilian Wolfe
during a 1916 raid of Freedom offices; the pair were imprisoned and later lived together in Whiteway Colony
in Gloucestershire
from the 1920s until Keell's death in 1938.
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who edited the anarchist periodical Freedom. He attended the International Anarchist Congress of Amsterdam
International Anarchist Congress of Amsterdam
The International Anarchist Congress of Amsterdam took place from 24 August to 31 August 1907. It gathered delegates from 14 different countries, among which important figures of the anarchist movement, including Errico Malatesta, Luigi Fabbri, Benoît Broutchoux, Pierre Monatte, Amédée Dunois, Emma...
in 1907, where he was hailed by Emma Goldman
Emma Goldman
Emma Goldman was an anarchist known for her political activism, writing and speeches. She played a pivotal role in the development of anarchist political philosophy in North America and Europe in the first half of the twentieth century....
as "one of our most devoted workers on the London Freedom". Keell also contributed to Voice of Labour for many years, and was an outspoken opponent of the First World War. He was arrested along with companion Lilian Wolfe
Lilian Wolfe
Lilian Gertrude Woolf, better known as Lilian Wolfe , was an English anarchist, pacifist and feminist. She was for most of her life a member of the Freedom Press publishing collective.-Early life and radicalisation:Wolfe was born in her father's jewellery shop on Edgware Road, London on December...
during a 1916 raid of Freedom offices; the pair were imprisoned and later lived together in Whiteway Colony
Whiteway Colony
Whiteway Colony is a residential community in the Cotswolds in the parish of Miserden near Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK. The community was founded in 1898 by Tolstoyans and today has no spare land available with over sixty homes and one hundred and fifty colonists...
in Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....
from the 1920s until Keell's death in 1938.
See also
- List of anarchist periodicals
- Manifesto of the SixteenManifesto of the SixteenThe Manifesto of the Sixteen , or Proclamation of the Sixteen, was a document drafted in 1916 by eminent anarchists Peter Kropotkin and Jean Grave which advocated an Allied victory over Germany and the Central Powers during the First World War...