Frank Leech

Frank Leech (1900 – 1953) was a prominent Anarchist in Glasgow, Scotland.

Leech, a Scotsman of Irish descent. [1] In 1916 he had joined the Navy during World War One where he became service heavyweight champion, he would later work in mines and as a newsagent, [2] he would run several papers, among them Fighting Call, later incorporating another paper, Freedom. [3]

He also ran a radical bookshop, Bakunin Press Bookshop, on Buchanan Street, Glasgow, named after anarchist Mikhail Bakunin. [4] The shop was associated with the Anti-Parliamentary Communist Federation.

Leech got turned onto politics primarily through his experiences of the war. His conduits for radicalism was Alex Howie.

At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, there were attempts to co-ordinate the activities of London Freedom Group, the APCF and the United Socialist Movement which ushered in the creation of Fighting Call, edited by Leech. But a number of disagreements with its secretary Guy Aldred and one of its leading members, Jenny Patrick lead to a feud and Leech's departure to the Glasgow Anarchist Communist Federation, later to become Anarchist Federation of Britain. During this time he would work closely with Vernon Richards publication - Spain and the World. [5]

...
Wikipedia