Gerry Gable
Gerry Gable | |
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Born | 27 January 1937 |
Occupation | Editor of the anti-fascist Searchlight magazine |
Gerry Gable (born 27 January 1937) is a British political activist. He was a long-serving editor of the anti-fascist Searchlight magazine.
Background
The son of a
Joined by other Jews and anti-fascists, many ex-servicemen and members of the (Spanish) International Brigades, the
Gable organised intelligence for the 62 Group on fascists, including using infiltrators to help build a defence policy for the community against fascist attacks. This led to the formation of the anti-fascist magazine Searchlight in the mid-1960s, along with Reg Freeson, Joan Lestor, Maurice Ludmer and others. Gable and Ludmer remained active in Searchlight Associates and re-launched the magazine in 1975.[1]
1963 burglary of David Irving's flat
By November 1963,
BBC libel litigation
In 1984, Gerry Gable was commissioned by the BBC to produce research for a
The BBC later capitulated and paid the pair's legal costs. Hamilton and Howarth were awarded £20,000 each and in a subsequent edition of Panorama, the BBC made an unreserved apology to both.[citation needed]
In 1989, Private Eye magazine falsely claimed that Reginald Gulliver-Buckingham, a member of the military police, had plotted to abduct and murder Gable. The High Court ordered that substantial damages be paid due to the libellous claims.[8]
References
- ^ a b c d "Smashing Against Rocks". Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2006.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) 1999 Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council article on Gable - ^ "Searchlight and the State", Anarchy 36, 1983, as reprinted on the Kate Sharpley website
- ^ Neo-Nazi leader Colin Jordan's legacy Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Standing up to fascism: A celebration of the 43 Group
- ISBN 9781317397618.
- ^ Searchlight, No.130, April 1986, p2
- ^ Wilson, Jamie (22 December 1999). "Who will listen to his story now?". The Guardian. London.
- ^ "Eye pays security chief for libel". Evening Times. 13 December 1989. p. 25. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
External links
- Gable, Gerry (10 June 2009). "Gerry Gable: Well-aimed eggs aren't enough". The Independent.