Donald Rooum

Content by or about Donald Rooum (20 April 1928 – 31 August 2019) an English anarchist, cartoonist and writer. He had a long association with Freedom Press who have published seven volumes of his Wildcat cartoons.

Portrait of Donald Rooum in front of anarchist portraits in Angel Alley, London

Debate: socialism or anarchism?

Report of a public debate held at Bethnal Green Library on Friday 16 May, 1957, between the Socialist Party of Great Britain and the London…

Disillusionment, anarchy and war

DONALD ROOUM's article is the substance of a speech he gave to a meeting on 29th March, 1967, organised by the London Federation of Anarchists to explain anarchist and near-anarchist attitudes to the Easter demonstrators. The other speakers were Andy Anderson of Solidarity, Ken Hawkes of the Syndicalist Workers' Federation, and Robert Barltrop.

Anarchy #075

Issue of Anarchy Magazine from May 1967

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The Ethics of Egoism

A policeman stands on a stone foundation which has big holes in it - the holes are named after recent miscarriages of justice

I've Dislodged a Bit of Brick - Donald Rooum

DONALD ROOUM, born in Bradford, 1928, is a typographer and. cartoonist who wrote on Freedom of Access in ANARCHY 17.

Freedom of access - Donald Rooum

Donald Rooum looks at several case studies to demonstrate how communist, or moneyless distribution of goods or services, can function effectively.

Anarchy #022

Issue of Anarchy magazine from December 1962

Tony Gibson: the face of Brylcreem

Gibson, Tony, 1914-2001 - Donald Rooum and Rufus Segar

2001 biography from The Guardian of anarchist member of the Freedom group, conscientious objector…

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…

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…