The Sparrows' Nest Library and Archive
Holding tens of thousands of books, journals, pamphlets, zines, leaflets, posters and other archival materials, we focus on the history of anarchist groups and individuals in the UK and beyond, as well as on the history of other social movements, protests and radicalism in Nottingham & Notts and the wider regions of East Midlands & South Yorkshire. Browse our online catalogue, download digital copies and come and visit us!
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Document of the Month – March 2021

On March 26th 1871, almost 150 years ago, the Paris Commune council was elected. So we put this edition of Bakunin's The Paris Commune and the Idea of the State into the spotlight as our Document of the Month for March 2021...

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New additions to the Digital Library - March 2021

We have updated our Digital Library with another 182 items. Feel free to dig into another 4.38GB of documents at your leisure...

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New additions to the Digital Library - February-March 2021

We have updated our Digital Library with another 150 items. Dive in!

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Document of the Month – February 2021

Alexander Berkman's diary depicting the Kronstadt Revolt, printed in Anarchy Vol:07 #11 (1967), begins with his account of events in Petrograd on 28/02/1921, a century ago today.

We made this issue of Anarchy our Document of the Month.

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Document of the Month – January-February 2021

Our first document of the month in 2021 is...

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  1. New additions to the Digital Library - January-February 2021
  2. New additions to the Digital Library - December 2020 (Part 2)
  3. Document of the Month – December 2020
  4. New additions to the Digital Library - December 2020

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