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A few months ago we digitised a large number of issues of Counter Information to help someone's research. Working through a box of uncatalogued documents under "C", we found quite a few of the missing items, so we thought we might as well (almost) complete the set.

Indeed, aside from a few issues we do not have (#13, #14, #56) and three others we do have, but not in a format we can digitise (#15, #24, #26), issues 01-58 can now be found in the Digital Library (or see below).

Counter Information was a Scottish publication that ran between 1984 and the early 2000s, started during the Miners' Strike and continued for three decades.

Counter Information #01 1984   
Counter Information #02 1984   
Counter Information #03 1984   
Counter Information #04 1984   
Counter Information #04 - Supplement 1984
Counter Information #05 1985 NEW
Counter Information #06 1985   
Counter Information #07 1985
Counter Information #07 1985 NEW   
Counter Information #08 1986   
Counter Information #09 1986   
Counter Information #10 1986   
Counter Information #11 1986   
Counter Information #12 1986 NEW
Counter Information #16 1987 NEW
Counter Information #17 1987 NEW
Counter Information #18 1988   
Counter Information #18 - Supplement 1988 NEW
Counter Information #19 1988   
Counter Information #20 1988 NEW
Counter Information #21 1988 NEW
Counter Information #22 1989   
Counter Information #23 1989   
Counter Information #25 1990   
Counter Information #27 1990   
Counter Information #28 1990   
Counter Information #29 1991 NEW
Counter Information #30 1991   
Counter Information #31 1991   
Counter Information #31 - Supplement 1991 NEW
Counter Information #32 1991   
National Claimants Federation 1991 NEW (Attached to the Oct 1991 issue of Counter Information.)
Counter Information #33 1992   
Counter Information #33 1992   
Counter Information #34 1992   
Counter Information #35 1993   
Counter Information #36 1993   
Counter Information #37 1993 NEW
Counter Information #38 1993   
Counter Information #39 1994 NEW
Counter Information #40 1994   
Counter Information #41 1994   
Counter Information #42 1995   
Counter Information #43 1995 NEW
Counter Information #44 1996   
Counter Information #45 1996   
Counter Information #46 1996   
Counter Information #47 1997   
Counter Information #48 1997   
Counter Information #49 1997   
Counter Information #50 1998   
Counter Information #51 1998   
Counter Information #52 1999   
Counter Information #53 2000   
Counter Information #54 2000   
Counter Information #55 2001   
Counter Information #57 2002 NEW
Counter Information #58 2004   

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