100 years of Freedom

A collection of writings celebrating the 100th anniversary of Freedom newspaper from 1986. We do not agree with all of the articles but reproduce them for reference.

The original issue of Freedom has been omitted and instead is available here in our library. Digitised by libcom.org, 2015

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freedom-centenary.pdf (9.85 MB)

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Freedom (October 1886)

The first-ever issue of Freedom newspaper, subtitled A journal of anarchist socialism, dated October 1886.

Malatesta Club members, John Bishop (back right)

The Malatesta Club

A short account of the celebrated anarchist Malatesta Club of 1950s London.

A beautiful idea: history of the Freedom Press anarchists by Rob Ray [Book review]

A review of Rob Ray's 2018 history of Freedom Press taken from KSL: the Bulletin of the Kate…

Spanish anti-fascist prisoners in Chorley

Spanish anti-fascist ‘prisoners of war’ in Lancashire, 1944–46

Fascinating and detailed paper by Richard Cleminson examining the appalling treatment of Spanish…

Printers Playtime

Workers Playtime is a defunct workerist journal that last came out in May 1985, just after the end of the miners' strike. This pamphlet is a collection of Playtime articles. Together, they…

The Raven #01 1987

First issue of The Raven anarchist quarterly, with articles by Colin Ward, Vernon Richards and more.