Ken Weller atanyamula mwana wake Owen, cha m'ma 1968
Ken Weller, yemwe wamwalira ali ndi zaka 85, mwina anali membala womaliza wa "Spies for Peace", gulu laling'ono la otsutsa komanso omvera ufulu wa anthu omwe ali mgulu lankhondo lamtendere lomwe mu 1963 adakonza zopumira ziwiri. -pofufuza pa bwalo la boma pafupi ndi Reading ku Berkshire, Regional Seat of Government No 6 (RSG-6). Iwo adasindikiza kapepala, akuwulula kwa nthawi yoyamba kukula kwa kukonzekera kwachinsinsi ndi "boma lankhondo" kuti apulumuke osankhika pambuyo pa kuukiridwa kwa nyukiliya, komwe kunafalitsidwa kwa aliyense amene adamutchula komanso kwa atolankhani osankhidwa. Zinayambitsa mkuntho waukulu wandale. Boma linadzudzula zimene linati ndi kuphwanya chitetezo cha dziko, ndipo apolisi analowa mโnyumba zambiri nโkufufuza anthu ochita zachiwawawo (kuphatikizapo a Weller). Koma Azondiwo anali atavala bwino lomwe. Patangotha โโโโzaka 25, m'modzi wa iwo, Nicolas Walter, yemwe anali anarchist, adafotokoza momveka bwino. adawulula kutengapo mbali kwake m'nyengo yozizira; Weller analankhula pa rekodi kukhudzidwa kwake kokha mu 2010.
Aka sikanali koyamba kuti Weller atengepo gawo lalikulu pakugwira mitu yachindunji, komanso sikukanakhala komaliza. Iye ndi ena mu gulu la libertarian socialist Solidarity anali nalo m'dzinja 1961 analanda ofesi ya kazembe wa Russia ku London kuchitira ziwonetsero motsutsana ndi "bomba la ogwira ntchito" la Soviet, ndipo mu 1966 anali m'modzi mwa ziwonetsero zomwe zidapanga masamba padziko lonse lapansi posokoneza msonkhano wa tchalitchi cha Labor kuti awononge Harold Wilson chifukwa chothandizira nkhondo ya US ku Vietnam.
Koma zinali ngati wolimbikira m'malo ogulitsira komanso wolemba mabuku a Solidarity kuti Weller adakhudzidwa kwambiri.
Mnyamata wowala wogwira ntchito ku Islington, anasiya sukulu ali ndi zaka 15 ndipo anagwira ntchito zosiyanasiyana zamanja, potsirizira pake anakhala injiniya wamagetsi. Chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1960, atatha matsenga monga wophunzira wokhwima ku Coleg Harlech kumpoto kwa Wales, adalembedwa ntchito ndi galimoto yaikulu ya Ford ku Dagenham.
Kupyolera mu zonsezi iye anali wokonza mgwirizano wa shopfloor - komanso wokonda kusintha. Analowa m'gulu la Young Communist League kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1950 koma adathamangitsidwa chifukwa chotsutsana ndi utsogoleri pambuyo pa kuponderezedwa kwa Soviet mu 1956 ku Hungary. Kenako adalowa nawo gulu la Gerry Healy la Trotskyist The Club, lomwe silinalole kutsutsa ndikumuthamangitsa (ndi ena ambiri) mu 1959, atangosanduka Socialist Labor League. Odwala a Leninist authoritarianism, iye ndi ena akale a SLLers - makamaka a Chris Pallis yemwe ndi katswiri wodziwa za ubongo - adalumikizana mu zomwe zidakhala Mgwirizano, limodzi mwamagulu otsogola kwambiri, osalemekeza komanso otchuka azaka za m'ma 1960 ndi 1970 kumanzere (ndi amodzi mwa ochepa omwe anali omasuka osati Leninist).
Weller anali wolemba kwambiri wa Solidarity pazomwe gululo lidawona ngati chodabwitsa chatsopano cha zigawenga zodziyang'anira okha zolimbana ndi utsogoleri wa capitalist komanso mabuocratic official trade unionism - malingaliro okhudzidwa ndi ndemanga yaku French Socialisme ou Barbarie ndi katswiri wake Cornelius Castoriadis. Weller analemba nkhani za pafupifupi magazini iliyonse ya Solidarity ndi timapepala tomwe timawerenga kwambiri, pakati pawo m'ma 1972. Strategy for Industrial Struggle, zomwe zinapangitsa tsamba lotsogola mu News of the World chifukwa cholimbikitsa kuwononga, ntchito ndi kukhala-ins - komanso kukonza mndandanda wa Ma Bulletin a Magalimoto kwa ogwira ntchito m'magalimoto.
Ali ndi zaka 35, Weller anagwetsedwa panjinga yake yamoto ndi galimoto yoyendetsedwa ndi wapolisi woledzera yemwe sanagwire ntchito ndipo anavulala kwambiri; Patatha chaka chimodzi iye ndi mkazi wake Gwyn anapatukana, nโkumusiya kuti alere mwana wawo Owen, yemwe panthawiyo anali wamngโono. Weller anachira pangโonopangโono pangoziyo koma sanathe kugwira ntchito yamanja. Anapitirizabe kulemba, akutembenukira ku nkhani za mbiri yakale - zotsatira zake zinaphatikizapo kafukufuku wochititsa chidwi wa gulu lodana ndi nkhondo kumpoto kwa London pakati pa 1914 ndi 1918, Osakhala Msilikali!, lofalitsidwa ndi Journeyman Press mu 1987 - ndipo m'zaka za m'ma 1980 anachita zambiri kuposa wina aliyense kusunga magazini ya Solidarity kukhala woyang'anira bizinesi ndi woyang'anira misonkhano ya mkonzi.
Mโzaka makumi zotsatira thanzi lake lakuthupi linafooka. M'zaka zake zoyambirira za makumi asanu ndi atatu, adatsala pang'ono kumwalira ndi sepsis pomwe bondo linalowa m'malo mwake, ndipo m'zaka zomaliza za moyo wake adagonekedwa pabedi: Owen adabwerera kunyumba kwake kuti akamusamalire. Komabe adakhalabe wokondwa komanso wowolowa manja mosalephera kugawana nthawi yake ndi abwenzi, atolankhani ndi olemba mbiri mpaka kumapeto. Anasiya Owen, Gwyn, mlongo wake Barbara ndi adzukulu ake awiri.
Ken Weller, wotsutsa komanso wolemba, wobadwa 30 June 1935; adamwalira pa 25 Januware 2021
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