Tony Chater
Tony Chater (born December 21, 1929 in Northampton , † August 2, 2016 ) was a British journalist and communist politician .
Life
Chater became a member of the British Communist Party while still a student . He studied chemistry at Queen Mary University London and received a PhD . After several years abroad, he taught at the University of Bedfordshire . In the 1960s he ran in Luton several times unsuccessfully as a candidate for parliament.
From 1969 Chater worked as a full-time party functionary for the KPGB and in 1974 became editor-in-chief of Morning Star , the party newspaper. In the 1980s there was a power struggle in the CPGB for control of the council of Morningstar. The central committee of the KPGB wanted to remove Chater as editor-in-chief, but could not prevail. In 1988 Chater was instrumental in founding the British Communist Party . In 1995 he resigned as editor-in-chief of the Morning Star.
Tony Chater was married and had three sons.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Tony Chater, editor of the Morning Star - obituary ( English ) In: The Telegraph . August 14, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
- ^ Graham Stevenson: Chater Tony. In: Compendium of Communist Biographies.
- ↑ communist-party.org.uk
- ^ Keith Laybourn: Marxism in Britain: dissent, decline and re-emergence 1945-c.2000. Routledge, 2005, ISBN 0-415-32287-1 , pp. 116-118.
- ^ Phil Katz: A Disciplined & Democratic Organization. August 18, 2009.
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SURNAME | Chater, Tony |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British journalist and communist politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 21, 1929 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Northampton |
DATE OF DEATH | 2nd August 2016 |