Black Flag magazine

tried search englines for black flag - took me quite a while to get anything related to anarchism. is there no limit to conspiracy theories?

For your interest the The Sparrows' Nest Library and Archive has some digitised snippets from 1984-85 due to a visit by a researcher interested in The Miners' Strike and contemporary events. Search on Black Flag in online catalogue for these.
Also we are just about to digitise Vol 1 (then called Bulletin of the Anarchist Black Cross) and 2 (1969-1973).
See our BF page: http://thesparrowsnest.org.uk/index.php/14-news-and-events/103-black-flag-archive where you can see the list of our physical collection. Any gaps you can fill are gratefully received.

Quick note: Issues from 2010-2018 were on flag.blackened.net, however that has now gone offline. Fortunately it's still up at archive.org

I had a bit of time tonight and so added issue 210 from the archive.org link.
http://libcom.org/library/black-flag-210

There are a few subsequent edits submitted including a better image. Let me know if there is anything wildly wrong with the edited version (after it's been moderated) :)

Worth bearing in mind that AK has better cover images of the issues at the archive.org link:
https://akuk.com/index.php?_a=category&cat_id=53&page=all

Also covers here: https://libcom.org/gallery/black-flag-magazine-covers

I'm gradually adding the flag.blackened.net ones as text.

there are some PDFs from the 70s here too:
https://search.freedomarchives.org/search.php?s=black+flag

I'll get to them eventually as well.

Great stuff! There's a few others at https://archive.org/search.php?query=black%20flag as well I think, and a bunch at the Sparrows' Nest http://thesparrowsnest.org.uk/search.php?query=black+flag&logic=and&digital=0&digital=0&digital=1, mostly mid-80s.

Well if Freedom is going to have a comprehensive online archive, Black Flag needs to have one too right?

Future students of intra-anarchist squabbles of the late 20th Century will thank us all for this! ;-)

OK I'm pretty sure that's everything from archive.org and https://search.freedomarchives.org/search.php?s=black+flag added.

Fozzie, this is brilliant and much appreciated, both for the future students of intra-anarchist squabbles and beyond!

I'd forgotten what a great mag it is, so it was a fun thing to go back over old issues... :)

Not strictly my kind of publication, its revolutionary credentials and dedication to militant, non-passive anarchism and dedication to the most militant elements of anarch-syndiclsim and class struggle are beyond dispute.

A "must read" for those interested in anarchism,anarchist and revolutionary class movements, class war prisoners and anarchist history.

lots of covers in our sister page...

with thousands more to follow

https://www.facebook.com/Anarcho-Covers-1437009556596154/

That is a very cool page - nice work.

The comdrades at The Sparrows Nest have scanned in most issues from vols 1-4:
http://thesparrowsnest.org.uk/index.php/14-news-and-events/165-new-additions-to-the-digital-library-sep-2018

Good progress with this. If anyone can lend me the following issues (or older ones) I will scan them in and return them in good condition:

206*
208*
209*
221

*Parts of these issues are on Libcom in text form, but it would be good to have the whole thing.

Otherwise it'll be a job for other archives like Sparrows Nest...

I've added a few issues from Sparrows Nest and there is now a geeky summary of the history of the mag on this page too that people are welcome to correct or add to.

Nice one! I feel like one of the 1970s issues would be a better illustration of the mag as a whole than my 2010 computer screen from when I was uploading the later versions btw ;).

149 issues now, although a handful are partial text only ones.

Edit - July 2021 - 161 issues.

In memory of Stuart Christie and Albert Meltzer
Two comrades who dedicated their lives in the advancement of a militant, antifash. class struggle anarchism