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Based in Nottingham (UK), we look after tens of thousands of books, journals, pamphlets, zines, leaflets, posters and other items documenting the anarchist movement in the UK and beyond, as well as local radical history. Browse our catalogue, access digitised records in our free Digital Library and get in touch to arrange a visit.
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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.

Read all issues of the 1960s run of the Anarchy journal in our Digital Collections.

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