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Fox, Leonard Phillips (Len) (1905–2004)

	Fox, Leonard Phillips (Len) (1905–2004)
Born	28 August 1905 Malvern, Melbourne , Victoria , Australia
Died	3 January 2004 Sydney , New South Wales , Australia
Religious Influence	Congregational
Related Entries [View as tree]	Brand, Mona Alexis (wife) Fox, David Henry (father) Fox, Caroline (aunt) Fox, Joel (uncle) Fox, Michael Philip (uncle) Fox, Emanuel Phillips (uncle) Fox, Lewis Joseph (uncle) Fox, Laura Mary (aunt by marriage) Fox, Edith Lucy (aunt by marriage) Fox, Ethel Carrick (aunt by marriage) Bandler, Ida Lessing Faith (acquaintance)
Education*	Scotch College (Melbourne) (student, 1919-1923) University of Melbourne (student, 1924-1927)
Occupation*	communist (1935-1970) New South Wales, Australia Indigenous rights activist/supporter (1935-2004) New South Wales, Australia contemporary-affairs commentator (1940-1970) New South Wales, Australia journalist (1940-1970) New South Wales, Australia pamphleteer (1940-1980) New South Wales, Australia political activist (1940-2004) New South Wales, Australia painter (1950-1980) New South Wales, Australia poet (1950-1990) New South Wales, Australia newspaper editor (1958-1970) New South Wales, Australia socialist (1970-2004) New South Wales, Australia autobiographer/memoirist (1980-1997) New South Wales, Australia
Key Events*	referendum on Indigenous rights (1967) (activist supporting it) Spanish Civil war, 1936-39 (supported Republicans)
Key Organisations*	Melbourne University Rifles (member) Movement Against War and Fascism (member, 1934) Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship (member, 1958)
Political Activism*	Communist (activist, 1935-1970)
Workplaces*	Scotch College (Melbourne) (schoolteacher, 1928-1932) Progress (Sydney) newspaper (journalist, 1940-1945) Soviets Today (Sydney) magazine (editor, 1940-1940) Tribune (Sydney) newspaper (journalist, 1946) Common Cause (Sydney) newspaper (journalist, 1958-1970) Common Cause (Sydney) newspaper (editor, 1965-1970)

* Dates are approximate