[1] Brown contributed articles to papers including War Commentary, Freedom, and Direct Action alongside authoring numerous pamphlets.
[5][10] In the mid-1930s he moved to London with his wife, Lilian, and his two daughters and became involved in the Anarcho Syndicalist Union until it collapsed in 1944, at which point he joined the Anarchist Federation of Britain.
he took an active role in producing the anti-militarist newspaper War Commentary alongside Vernon Richards, Marie Louise Berneri and Albert Meltzer.
[1] Brown assisted residents in Paddington to protest against the opening of a Mafia brothel, but one evening was attacked with iron bars leaving him unable to walk.
[11][5] He and Lily retired to Low Fell, Gateshead where he remained involved in the SWF and became active in the North East Labour History Society.