Albert Meltzer Quotes
Optimism is inevitably the last hope of the defeated.
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| Birth: | 7th January, 1920 |
| Death: | 7th May, 1996 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Librarian, Writer |
Albert Meltzer was an anarcho-communist activist and writer. Meltzer was born in London, and attracted to anarchism at the age of fifteen as a direct result of taking boxing lessons . The Labour MP for Edmonton, Edith Summerskill was virulently anti-boxing and his school governors at The Latymer School considered it common. At his first anarchist meeting in 1935, he contradicted Emma Goldman's comments on boxing. He involved himself with smuggling arms from Hamburg to the CNT in Spain and acted as a contact for the Spanish anarchist intelligence services in Britain. At this time he had a part as an extra in Leslie Howard's film Pimpernel Smith, as Howard wanted more authentic actors playing the anarchists.
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