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We have updated our Digital Library with another 2GB worth of materials.

Please see the full list below. Our focus this time is on Solidarity publications, adding to the many Solidarity documents we had already digitised. We assume many of these new additions can be found elsewhere on the internet, but as we were busy consolidating our Solidarity collections anyway (or at least the few boxes that really demanded some attention), we were happy to close many gaps in our digital collections whilst we were on it. But as always there is much more to do yet!

Other highlights include Les Prince's PhD thesis (be warned, it's a huge file), and many thanks to the comrade who scanned another three issues of Libero int'l for us, very much appreciated!

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Newspapers, Journals, Bulletins etc

Libero int'l #04 (CIRA Nippon, 1976)

Libero int'l #05 (CIRA Nippon, 1978)

Libero int'l #06 (CIRA Nippon, 1980)

Morse, Chuck (ed): The New Formulation Vol:01 #01 - An Anti-Authoritarian Review of Books (2001)

Morse, Chuck (ed): The New Formulation Vol:02 #01 - An Anti-Authoritarian Review of Books (2003)

Solidarity (Aberdeen) #04 - For Workers' Power

Solidarity (Aberdeen) #05 - For Workers' Power

Solidarity - For Workers' Power Vol:06 #03 (1970)

Solidarity - For Workers' Power Vol:06 #05 (1970)

Solidarity - For Workers' Power Vol:06 #09 (1971)

Solidarity - For Workers' Power Vol:06 #10 (1971)

Solidarity - For Workers' Power Vol:06 #11 (1971)

Solidarity - For Workers' Power Vol:06 #12 (1971)

Solidarity - Paper of the Solidarity National Group #02 (1977)

Solidarity - Paper of the Solidarity National Group #03 (1977)

Solidarity - Paper of the Solidarity National Group #04 (1977)

Solidarity - For Self-Managemet - National Group Paper #05 (1977)

Solidarity - For Social Revolution - Paper of the Solidarity National Group #01 (1978)

Solidarity - For Social Revolution #02 (1978)

Solidarity - For Social Revolution #03 (1978)

Solidarity - For Social Revolution #04 (1978)

Solidarity - For Social Revolution #05 (1978)

Solidarity - For Social Revolution #06 (1978)

Solidarity - For Social Revolution #10 (1979)

Solidarity - For Social Revolution #12 (1980)

Solidarity - For Social Revolution #13 (1980)

Solidarity - For Social Revolution #14 (1980)

Solidarity - For Social Revolution #15 (1981)

Solidarity - For Social Revolution #17 (1982)

Solidarity Vol:01 #01 (1982)

Solidarity Vol:01 #02 (1983)

Solidarity Vol:01 #03 (1983)

Solidarity Vol:01 #04 (1983)

Solidarity Vol:01 #05 (1984)

Solidarity - A Journal of Libertarian Socialism #17 (1988)

Solidarity - A Journal of Libertarian Socialism #21 (1989)

Pamphlets etc.

Brown, Andy; Pirie, Ian; Raskolnikov, A: A Fresh Look at Lenin (Solidarity Pamphlet #56)

Buick, Adam: Solidarity, the Market and Marx

Cardan, Paul: The meaning of socialism (Solidarity Pamphlet #06)

Cleminson, Richard: Anarchism, Ideology and Same-Sex Desire (KSL, 1995)

Comfort, Alex: Delinquency

Crump, John: A Contribution to the Critique of Marx (Solidarity Pamphlet #50)

Heckert, Jamie; Cleminson, Richard (eds): Anarchism & Sexuality - Ethics, Relationships and Power (Routledge)

McCann, Anthony: I Got It For A Song - Lifting the Lid on Performing Rights (a brief rant) (2003)

Mett, Ida: The Kronstadt Uprising 1921 (Solidarity Pamphlet #27)

Mike: The Secret Anarchist History of Newcastle

Prince, Les: Leadership and the Negotiation of Order in Small Groups (1988) (PhD Thesis, very large file!)

Serge, Victor: Kronstadt '21 (Solidarity Pamphlet #??)

Socialism or Barbarism (Solidarity Pamphlet #11)

Solidarity North West Pamphlet #01

Solidarity North West Vol:01 #02

Supporting Ourselves #01 - Activist Trauma Support (2007)

The Builders Labourers Federation of Australia (ASA Anarchist Syndicalist Alliance)

The Collective Experience - Articles and Poems about Communal Living - Communes Network (Communes Network, 1986)

The Origins of the Movement for Workers Councils in Germany 1918-29 (Workers' Voice)

The struggle for self-management - Open letter to IS/Interational Socialism (Solidarity, 1972)

Theses on the Chinese Revolution (Solidarity Aberdeen)

Watson, Bill; Smith, Walker C: Disruption - Counter Planning on the Shop Floor - Sabotage: Its History, philosophy and function

Westoby, Adam; Brown, Andy; Raskolinov A: A Second Look at Lenin (Solidarity)

Zerzan, Paul: Trade Unionism or Socialism - The Revolt Against Work (Solidarity Pamphlet #47)

Leaflets etc.

Assorted indexes for Solidarity publications, focussing on the Solidarity Pamphlet series. One covering the period 1960-1972, another dated 1975, another dated 1977, and one undated, probably compiled in the late 1970s.

Three leaflets published by Solidarity, their 1970s 'A We See It', a leaflet regarding the 1979 General Election and an undated (1980s?) leaflet regarding the group.

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