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Cadogan was born in [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] on 26 January 1921. He attended [[The King's School, Tynemouth]] during the 1930s. He studied history at [[King's College, Durham]]. For his career, Cadogan started out with an insurance company. In 1941, he joined the [[Royal Air Force]] [[Air-sea rescue|Air Sea Rescue]] and served until 1946. On his demobilisation, he became a member of the [[Communist Party of Great Britain]]. He also was a teacher in Northampton and Cambridge following his 1949 marriage. |
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When Cadogan was ousted from the Communist Party in 1956, he became a member of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]. While with Labour, Cadogan was part of the first [[Socialist Labour League]] (SLL) conference in 1959. After being removed from the Labour Party and SLL that year, Cadogan became an editor for a Trotskyist magazine called ''[[International Socialism (magazine)|International Socialism]]'' in 1960. He also wrote for ''[[Socialist Worker]]''. |
When Cadogan was ousted from the Communist Party in 1956, he became a member of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]. While with Labour, Cadogan was part of the first [[Socialist Labour League]] (SLL) conference in 1959. After being removed from the Labour Party and SLL that year, Cadogan became an editor for a Trotskyist magazine called ''[[International Socialism (magazine)|International Socialism]]'' in 1960. He also wrote for ''[[Socialist Worker]]''. |
Revision as of 18:13, 4 February 2024
Peter Cadogan (26 January 1921 – 18 November 2007) was an English writer and political activist.[1]
Life
Cadogan was born in Newcastle upon Tyne on 26 January 1921. He attended The King's School, Tynemouth during the 1930s. He studied history at King's College, Durham. For his career, Cadogan started out with an insurance company. In 1941, he joined the Royal Air Force Air Sea Rescue and served until 1946. On his demobilisation, he became a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain. He also was a teacher in Northampton and Cambridge following his 1949 marriage.
When Cadogan was ousted from the Communist Party in 1956, he became a member of the Labour Party. While with Labour, Cadogan was part of the first Socialist Labour League (SLL) conference in 1959. After being removed from the Labour Party and SLL that year, Cadogan became an editor for a Trotskyist magazine called International Socialism in 1960. He also wrote for Socialist Worker.
He was national secretary of the anti-nuclear Committee of 100 in the 1960s. He became an advocate of the breakaway state of Biafra during the Nigerian civil war. In 1968 he started the Save Biafra Campaign.
He was chairman of the South Place Ethical Society from 1970 to 1981. He took the controversial decision, on the grounds of freedom of speech, to permit the British National Front (despite his hatred of fascism) and the Paedophile Information Exchange to meet at the society's premises.[2]
He taught the history of ideas in the extramural department of the University of London (later part of Birkbeck College) between 1981 and 1983.
Cadogan was a long-standing member of the Blake Society and served as both its chairman and president.
He wrote a book on direct democracy in 1974 and many pamphlets and articles. He was a founder of New Consensus/New Dialogue in 1990, co-founder of Values and Vision, 1991, and chairman of the London Alliance for Local Democracy from 1998.
References
- ^ Obituary: Peter Cadogan | World news | The Guardian
- ^ Heyden, Tom; de Castella, Tom (27 February 2014). "How did the pro-paedophile group PIE exist openly for 10 years?". BBC News. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
- 1921 births
- 2007 deaths
- Writers from Newcastle upon Tyne
- Alumni of King's College, Newcastle
- British anti-war activists
- English Trotskyists
- Writers about direct democracy
- Academics of Birkbeck, University of London
- Royal Air Force personnel of World War II
- People educated at The King's School, Tynemouth
- People associated with Conway Hall Ethical Society
- People of the Nigerian Civil War