A partial online archive of Freedom newspaper, which was the world's longest running anarchist newspaper, published in the UK from 1886 to 2014.
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The first-ever issue of Freedom newspaper, subtitled A journal of anarchist socialism, dated October 1886.
The November 1886 edition of Freedom
Contents
EDUCATION BY FORCE.
WHAT REVOLUTION MEANS.
FATE-FORCE-FREEDOM. A BAS-RELIEF.
NORTH-WESTERN SPINDRIFT ON THE ETHICS (?) OF MAJORITY-RULE.
LAW AND ORDER IN IRELAND.
THE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM.
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fd-1886-nov.pdf
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freedom-1886-nov.pdf
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Freedom vol 1. no 2 (November 1886).pdf
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The December 1886 edition of Freedom
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THINGS OF TO-DAY.
WHAT MUST WE DO?
A SCENE IN LONDON.
ON MAJORITY-RULE AS MAKE-SHIFT.
LAW AND ORDER IN IRELAND.
FROM THE WORKERS' POINT OF VIEW.
THE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM.
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fd-dec-1886.pdf
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Freedom vol 1. no 3 (December 1886).pdf
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The January 1887 issue of Freedom.
The February 1887 edition of Freedom
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THINGS OF TO-DAY.
REMEDIAL MEASURES.
SCIENTIFIC MUDDLES.
LAW AND ORDER IN IRELAND.
THE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM.
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fd-feb-1887.pdf
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Freedom vol 1. no 5 (February 1887).pdf
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The March 1887 issue of Freedom.
The April 1887 edition of Freedom
Contents
THE REVOLT IN RUSSIA.
THE PARIS COMMUNE. - Peter Kropotkin
WORK AND THE WORKERS IN
SHEFFIELD.
SOCIALISM AND SEX.
THE PEOPLE TO THEIR LAND (song).
LAW AND ORDER IN IRELAND.
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fd-apr-1887.pdf
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Freedom vol 1. no 7 (April 1887).pdf
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The May 1887 edition of Freedom
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THE LESSONS OF TO-DAY.
LOCAL ACTION.
NOTES ON COERCION.
FORERUNNERS OF ANARCHISM
A DUTCH SOCIALIST MEETING. - S.W
LAW AND ORDER IN IRELAND.
THE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM.
AN ANARCHIST COMMUNITY.
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fd-may-1887.pdf
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Freedom vol 1. no 8 (May 1887).jpg
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The June 1887 edition of Freedom
Contents
NOTES.
THE END SET BEFORE US.
A LESSON OF TO-DAY.
THE EGOIST. - Ivan Turgenev
ANARCHIST LITERATURE.
THE ENFORCEMENT OF LAW.
A PAINTER OF THE PEOPLE.
AUGUST SPIES ON THE CHICAGO MOVEMENT.
LAW AND ORDER IN IRELAND.
THE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM.
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fd-jun-1887.pdf
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Freedom vol 1. no 9 (June 1887).pdf
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The July 1887 edition of Freedom
Contents
THE LAND WAR.
PRACTICAL QUESTIONS
EVICTION. - John Henry Dell
WOMEN'S LABOUR.
THE LOGIC OF COMMUNISM – S.O
PRISONS AND THEIR EFFECTS.
LAW AND ORDER IN IRELAND.
THE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM.
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fd-jul-1887.pdf
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Freedom vol 1. no 10 (July 1887).pdf
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The August 1887 edition of Freedom
Contents
BENEATH THE THUNDER-CLOUD.
THE FIRST WORK OF THE REVOLUTION.
ACROSS THE NORTH SEA.
FRIEND AND FOE.
NOTES.
SPONTANEITY.
PRISON LIFE
ANARCHIST LITERATURE.
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fd-aug-1887.pdf
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Freedom vol 1. no 11 (August 1887).pdf
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The September 1887 edition of Freedom
Contents
JUSTICE IN ENGLAND.
THE NECESSITY OF COMMUNISM.
AN ENEMY OF FREEDOM.
THE CHICAGO PRISONERS.
NOTES ON THE SOCIALIST MOVEMENT.
SPONTANEITY AGAIN.
PRACTICAL SOCIALISM.
THE NEW LABOUR EXCHANGE.
LAW AND ORDER IN IRELAND.
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fd-sep-1887.pdf
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The October 1887 issue of Freedom.
The November 1887 issue of Freedom.
The December 1887 issue of Freedom.
Issues of Freedom newspaper from 1888.
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The January 1888 issue of Freedom.
The February 1888 issue of Freedom.
The March 1888 issue of Freedom.
The April 1888 issue of Freedom.
The August 1888 issue of Freedom.
The September 1888 issue of Freedom.
The October 1888 issue of Freedom.
The November 1888 issue of Freedom.
The December 1888 issue of Freedom.
Issues of Freedom newspaper from 1889. There were no January or February 1889 issues.
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The March 1888 issue of Freedom. There were no January or February 1889 issues.
The April 1889 issue of Freedom.
The August 1889 issue of Freedom.
The September 1889 issue of Freedom.
The October 1889 issue of Freedom.
The November 1889 issue of Freedom.
The December 1889 issue of Freedom.
Issues of Freedom newspaper from 1890.
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The January 1890 issue of Freedom.
The February 1890 issue of Freedom.
The March 1890 issue of Freedom.
The April 1890 issue of Freedom.
The August 1890 issue of Freedom.
The September 1890 issue of Freedom.
The October 1890 issue of Freedom.
The November 1890 issue of Freedom.
The December 1890 issue of Freedom.
Issues of Freedom from 1891.
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The January 1891 issue of Freedom.
The February 1891 issue of Freedom.
The March 1891 issue of Freedom.
The April 1891 issue of Freedom.
The June 1891 issue of Freedom.
The July 1891 issue of Freedom.
The August 1891 issue of Freedom.
The September 1891 issue of Freedom.
The October 1891 issue of Freedom.
The November 1891 issue of Freedom.
The December 1891 issue of Freedom.
Issues of Freedom from 1892.
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The January 1892 issue of Freedom.
The February 1892 issue of Freedom.
The March 1892 issue of Freedom.
The April 1892 issue of Freedom.
The June 1892 issue of Freedom.
The July 1892 issue of Freedom.
The August 1892 issue of Freedom.
The September 1892 issue of Freedom.
The October–November 1892 issue of Freedom.
The December 1892 issue of Freedom.
Issues of Freedom from 1893.
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The January/February 1893 issue of Freedom.
The March 1893 issue of Freedom.
The April 1893 issue of Freedom.
The June 1893 issue of Freedom.
The July 1893 issue of Freedom.
The August 1893 issue of Freedom.
The September 1893 issue of Freedom.
The October 1893 issue of Freedom.
The November 1893 issue of Freedom.
The December 1893 issue of Freedom.
Issues of Freedom from 1894.
There was no September issue. October and November/December were both printed as issue 91, with misnumbering continuing into 1895.
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The January/February 1894 issue of Freedom.
The March 1894 issue of Freedom.
The April 1894 issue of Freedom.
The August 1894 issue of Freedom.
The October 1894 issue of Freedom.
The November/December 1894 issue of Freedom.
Issues of Freedom from 1895.
There was no paper published for February, March, April or December.
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The January 1895 issue of Freedom.
The May 1895 issue of Freedom.
This issue was misprinted as issue number 96, rather than 93.
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Freedom vol 9. no 96 (May 1895).pdf
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The June 1895 issue of Freedom.
The July 1895 issue of Freedom.
The August 1895 issue of Freedom.
The September 1895 issue of Freedom.
The October 1895 issue of Freedom.
The November 1895 issue of Freedom.
Issues of Freedom from 1896.
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The February 1896 issue of Freedom.
The March 1896 issue of Freedom.
The April 1896 issue of Freedom.
The June 1896 issue of Freedom.
The July 1896 issue of Freedom.
The August/September 1896 issue of Freedom.
The October 1896 issue of Freedom.
The November 1896 issue of Freedom, marking the death of William Morris.
The December 1896 issue of Freedom.
Issues of Freedom newspaper from 1914.
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Issues of Freedom newspaper from 1916.
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The January 1927 edition of Freedom
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Notes
Recollections of W. Tchersoff (conclussion) - M.N
Unity and freedom - W.C.O
Work as a unit of exhange - Vaughn Bachman Brokav
"Socialism in Our Day!" - W.C.O
Heard in the mess - Sir. Phillib Gibbs
Here is my opinion - Peter Kropotkin
Science and Dogma
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Freedom-1926-01.pdf
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I'm busy doing scans and uploads myself at the moment, but there's now a collated set of over 230 issues of Freedom up on the website here:
https://freedomnews.org.uk/archive/
which people are welcome to mirror to libcom (or if doing new ones, email us about)
Issues of Freedom from 1929
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Issue of Freedom Bulletin from 1929.
Contents
The Governments Promising Start
History of the First International –MN
Edward Carpenter – Bessie Ward (1844-1929)
Death of Wlm C Owen – TH Keell
William Charles Owen – Victor B. Neuburg
Cuttings and Comments-BBW
Berkmans ABC of Communist Anarchism
Appeal to our Readers
The Road to Freedom
Thomas Henry Keell (24 September 1866 – 26 June 1938) was Editor of this issue No.8 of Freedom Bulletin.
[/i] Found in Spirit of Revolt(Glasgow, Scotland) online archive. [/i]
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Freedom 1929.pdf
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This is great, thanks! Can I just check that the Freedom Bulletin was the temporary name of Freedom newspaper? If so I will move this into the freedom newspaper archive
Also, our history section is for articles about historical events. Old publications like this, please just post in our library.
Thank you very much for all your continued contributions!
Yep, the bulletins were produced by Tom Keell at Whiteway after he retired there in 1928-32. Final page has the production bumf that it's Freedom Press, printed by Stepney Press.
Stepney press seems to have done a lot of radical printing (they're defined as "trade union printers" here) but otherwise I don't know many details, they used to operate at Kings Cross and liquidated in March 1974.
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/46235/page/3238/data.pdf
For general info on who was doing what when btw the Centenary book has a list on page 30.
Sorry about putting it in the wrong category.
Thank you. I'm trying to find things which I've never seen anywhere else to put on here and I'm finding things all the time.
Cheers!
RobberBurns88
Sorry about putting it in the wrong category.
Thank you. I'm trying to find things which I've never seen anywhere else to put on here and I'm finding things all the time.
Cheers!
no problem no need to apologise, we are very grateful just thought I would let you know so you know for future submissions. Keep it up!
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1972 was about the time I started to see copies of "Freedom". It's a pity that I used to cut them up for articles, not save whole editions. It was a mixed bag publication, yet important for english speakers in the sense that there were few english language publications, was international in scope and always liked the activities and contacts notifications. Look forward to seeing more of the older Freedom's on-line.
Is there actually a link to any of the 1972 issues here?
The Freedom Press site has the following linked:
1972
January: 1 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 29
February: 12 | 19 | 26
March: 4 |
April: 1 | 8 | 15 | 29
May: 6 | 13 | 27
June: 3 | 10 | 17 | 24
July: 1 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 29
August: 5 | 12 | 19 | 26
September: 2 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 30
October: 7 | 14 | 21
November: 4 | 11 | 18 | 25
December: 2 | 9 | 16 | 23
https://freedomnews.org.uk/archive/#archive1970s
From Sparrowsnest Archive http://thesparrowsnest.org.uk/collections/public_archive/PAR0335.pdf
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freedom 1st april 1972.pdf
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Freedom Sept 1972.pdf
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Hey thanks so much for uploading these. The only thing is we have an existing freedom archive. I have created a section for 1972, so do you think you would be able to add these issues individually there in? Just go to the 1972 page here https://libcom.org/library/1972
then click "add child page"
if you want to add any issues from different years, just go to the freedom archive from page, then click "add child page" and put in the year
Issues of Freedom newspaper from 1988.
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Issue of Freedom, volume 49, issue 9, with articles about the Iran-Iraq war and more.
Issues of Freedom newspaper from 1993.
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Issues of anarchist newspaper Freedom from 1994.
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The lead article for November was on wildcat postal strikes, which saw 30,000 walk out over "terms and conditions. After the Communication Worker’s Union’s (CWU) ballot over national strike action was lost the Royal Mail management have tried to press ahead with "modernisation" of the service. Modernisation of course being destruction of the union, wage cuts and slashing up to 30,000 jobs.
Also in this issue:
- Piccadilly line underground train crash
- George Bush will be in London from 19th to 21st November
- Thessaloniki hunger strike continues
- On the picket line
- Annual anarchist bookfair ... biggest ever ...
- Anarchist Federation of Gaucha (FAG) talk about Brazilian self-organisation
- Review: The Beano
----> Note: Text may be a little difficult to read, but it's also searchable.
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Freedom November 8 2005.pdf
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NB// This is a bit rough and ready as I'm testing a new scanning wand, but what the hey.
Issues of Freedom newspaper from 2012.
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Freedom May 2012 low res.pdf
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NB// Only thought to check today and surprisingly this is the only one in my personal email account, the others were probably sent to a (now-defunct) editorial one I can't access. I couldn't see a way to set it as a 2012 child page.
Rob Ray
NB// Only thought to check today and surprisingly this is the only one in my personal email account, the others were probably sent to a (now-defunct) editorial one I can't access. I couldn't see a way to set it as a 2012 child page.
that's great, cheers. I've done the year. Basically you need to create a child page of Freedom called 2012, then add this as a child page of that
Issues of Freedom from 2014.
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Despite the splash headline, this was not in fact the last print edition of the paper, merely the final edition of it as a monthly production. It has been printed intermittently since.
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Reduced paper focusing on reproductive rights, homelessness and the Panama papers.
Produced for the London Anarchist Bookfair in October of that year, featuring content from a number of activist groups. The lead article is from Frack Off, detailing government and business plans to expand the controversial gas extraction method across Britain, as well as the resistance against it.
Also in this issue:
- Students are suffering and rent strikes are the solution [Iida Käyhkö, UCL Cut The Rent]
- All for the Sisterhood [Sisters Uncut]
- So we're out of Europe [Matt Black]
- Democracy and the NHS
- The Freedom Annual Report 2016
- Editorial
- Anarchism and the bookshop trade
- Anarchy in Haringey
- Surviving the cop shop
- Who's Who and Where: A haphazard list of friendly British groups
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Bookfair 2016 issue web.pdf
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Really a treasure trove.
Really a treasure trove.
syndicalist wrote: Really a
syndicalist
we really want to get loads more Freedom up here but need people to help with it so if anyone is able to do this please drop us a line!
Hi Steven. This is amazing.
Hi Steven. This is amazing. We need far more online. Freedom mentions so much that is lost to the mists of time.
I'd help but I'm in Scotland.
RobberBurns88 wrote: Hi
RobberBurns88
hey, you could definitely help from Scotland if you were up for it!
Totally! How do I get
Totally! How do I get involved?
RobberBurns88 wrote: Totally!
RobberBurns88
I'll drop you a private message. First I need to talk to some folks at Freedom so when I've done that I'll be in touch
We have a giant stash of them
We have a giant stash of them going back decades at Freedom, the entire 80s/90s got professionally bound etc, but unfortunately they got damaged in the fire in 2013 so many are quite delicate. My personal archive is near-enough complete from 2003-8 and intermittent after, which I'd be happy to get scanned but iirc the libcom scanner might mean damaging them?
Rob Ray wrote: We have a
Rob Ray
hi, yeah for us to scan them we need to chop them up. So only good for ones you have duplicates of. Could anyone at Freedom identify any duplicates that we could have and get up quite easily?
In terms of more recent ones, I asked J a while ago if she could send over the PDFs that we could just put straight online. Unfortunately when she replied I missed it and have since replied but not sure if my message got through. So if you have a contact with her which is not through Facebook (which is how I messaged her) if you could let her know I responded through FB messenger that would be great