The Raven: Anarchist Quarterly (Front Covers) 1987-2003

The Raven was a quarterly anarchist journal. It was published by Freedom Press, and ran between 1987-2003. In total there are 43 issues, each edition focuses on a specific topic, from a wide range of contributors.

Cover artists included Clifford Harper and Donald Rooum.

Libcom also hosts an online Raven archive.

Anarchists against the Army - Philip Sansom

Philip Sansom — one of the editors of War Commentary / Freedom found guilty of incitement to disaffection — describes the background to the trial…

Fight? for What? Poem read at the Old Bailey

Extracts from a paper which was said to have advocated anarchy, and verses of a poem which asked that landlords should do the fighting, were read…

Utopias of the English Revolution - Marie Louise Berneri

While on the Continent the seventeenth century saw the consolidation of absolute governments, in…

Selfishness and Benevolence - Donald Rooum

It is still not thought strange to denounce bosses for pursuing their own selfish advantage, as if to suggest that they would be acceptable, if…