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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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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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A Day in the Life of the car - 24 Damning Facts (Oldham Anarchists)

A shabby London suburb? - A Walk Around the Working Class and Radical History of Hammersmith (Past Tense, 2006)

Ablitt, Dave: A Guide to Old Sneinton - A Fascinating Part of Nottingham's Inner City (Sneinton Environmental Society, 1986)

Anarchist Communism or Death! - What is Class Struggle Anarchist Communism (Proletarian Gob; BM Makhno, 1993)

Anti-Semitism and the Beirut Progrom (Left Bank Books, 1983)

Asher (ed): Our Dark Passenger - Anarchists Talk About Mental Illness and Community Support (Kapito Books, 2008)

Crossing the Border - Organise!, Class Unity and the Partition of Ireland (Organise!, 2004)

Desire-value and the Pleasure Tendency - Two Essays (Pleasure Tendency; Further Theses #01; 1985)

Down with the Fences - Batles for the Commons in South London (Past Tense, 2004)

Everywhere and Nowhere - Towards an account of the 1926 General Strike in London (Past Tense, 2013)

Hodges, Andrew; Hutter, David: With Downcast Gays - Aspects of Homosexual Self-Oppression (Pomegranate Press)

Insumision Total - From fighting conscription to changing the world - the victories of the Insumision Total movement in today's Spain (People Like Us Publications, 1997)

Irish Political Prisoners in English Jails (Prisoners Aid Committee, 1980)

Jones, Clara: How Much do you Know About the WTO (People and Planet)

Lee, C: Rare Doings at Camberwell - Radicals, subversion and social control: a short tour through Camberwell's underground History (Past Tense, 2008)

Let the Gabblers Gabble! - Or, How and why you should ignore marxist intellectuals (Orgonauts)

May '68: Spot the Workers Autonomy (Past Tense, 2009)

Muzak to my ears - Canned Music and Class Struggle: Public Space and Muzak as Policing (Past Tense)

Nine Days in May - The General Strike in Southwark (Past Tense, 2005)

Not the end of history - The South London Radical History Group winds up (Past Tense)

Nottingham Anarchists: One Step Beyond - Or, Smash the Revolutionary Communist Party (Pirate Press, Phoenix Press, 1988)

O Cathain, Mairtin: A Wee Black Booke of Belfast Anarchism (1867-1973) (Organise!)

OCA-UTCL Fusion pour un pole communiate libertaire (L'Organisation Combat Anarchiste, 1979)

Occupational Therapy - The Incomplete Story of the University College Hospital Strikes and occupations of 1992/3/4 (News from Everywhere, 1995)

O'Connor, Betty: Rights of Common - The Fight Against the Theft of Sydenham Common and One Tree Hill (Past Tense, 2009)

Of course as so often in all matters of life there is a little bit of truth and a great deal of nonsense

O'Hara, Larry: Searchlight for Beginners (Phoenix Press, 1996)

Olday, John: The March to Death (Freedom Press, 1945)

Olivier, Juan Garcia: Wrong Steps - Errors in the Spanish Revolution (KSL, 2000)

OS Cangaceiros - Freedom is the crime which contains all crimes and some texts about recent movements in France

Ostergaard, Geoffrey: Resisting the Nation State - The Pacifist and Anarchist Tradition (Peace Pledge Union, 1982)

O'Toole, Alan: With the Poor People of the Earth - A Biography of Doctor John Creaghe of Sheffield and Buenos Aires (KSL, 2005)

Otter, Laurens: Anarchism and the Wider Left (2000)

Otter, Laurens: Organisation and Anarchists (YAG York Anarchist Group, 1970)

Our Story - Events and people who have shaped the LGBT community - produced coincide with LGBT history month, February 2005 (PCS Proud Magazine, 2005)

Pallais, Rafael: Remarks on Nicaragua (TVA Thames Valley Anarchists, 1984)

Pannekoek, Anton: Workers' Councils #01 - The task (Echanges et Mouvement)

Pannekoek, Anton: Workers' Councils #02 - The fight (Echanges et Mouvement)

Pannekoek, Anton: Workers' Councils #03 - The foe (Echanges et Mouvement)

Pannekoek, Anton: Workers' Councils #04 - The war (1944) the peace (1947) (Echanges et Mouvement)

Paper Boys - Accounts of Picketing around Wapping

Parsons, Les: Which Side Are You On? - Peace Protest in the Wake of the Libyan Bombings (1986)

Parsons, Lucy: A Thousand Rioters - Selected Writings of Lucy Parsons

Past Tense: Going Underground? (2011)

Past Tense: The Burning of the Albion Mills (2006)

Patchrider, Des: The Couriers are Revolting! - The Despatch Industry Workers Union 1989-92

Patten, John: Ned Kelly's Ghost - The Tottenham IWW and the Tottenham Tragedy (KSL, 1997)

Peacock, Adrian: Two Hundred Pharaohs, Five Billion Slaves… Manifesto (Ellipsis; Repetitive Fame Injuries, 1999)

Peacott, Joe (ed): Against Separatism (BAD Boston Anarchist Drinking Brigade, 1990)

Peacott, Joe: Misinformation and Manipulation - An Anarchist Critique of the Politics of AIDS (BAD Boston Anarchist Drinking Brigade, 1982)

Pearce, Brian: Some Past Rank and File Movements

Perlman, Fredy: The Continuing Appeal of Nationalism (Dark Star; Phoenix Press)

Perlman, Fredy: The Reproduction of Daily Life (Dark Star; Phoenix Press)

Petard, Paul: Communism, Liberty and Freedom Some Brief Notes towards a libertarian communist critique of marxism (Yes it's boring) (Whinger Press, 2003)

Pike, Derrick: Anarcho-Pacifism: Some Questions and Answers - A personal view of anarchism and pacifism (1987)

Pike, Derrick: Creating Peaceful People (1989)

Pleasure Tendency: Life and its Replacement with a Dull Reflection of Itself (1984)

Polet, Robert: The Polish Summer - Workers' victories and popular non-violent civilian defence (WRI, 1981)

Pomonis, Paul (ed): The Early Days of Greek Anarchism - The Democratic Club of Patras & Social Radicalism in Greece (KSL, 2004)

Postone, Moishe: Anti-Semitism and National Socialism (Chronos Publications, 2000)

Pour une Intervention Communiste: On Workers' Autonomy (Unpopular Books, 1996)

Power, Camilla: The Human Revolution - Insurrection against the leisured sex

Power, Organisation & Ideas (AF)

Prods, Papists and Partition - A Potted History of Ireland

Pugh, Jacob: Working Class First! - The Working Class and Anti-Capitalism (Anti-Capitalist Debate Press, 2000)

Purchase, Graham: Anarchist Organisation: Suggestions and Possibilities (Black Swan, 1991)

Purchase, Graham: Anarchist Society - And Its Practical Realization (See Sharp Press, 1990)

Purchase, Graham: The New Anarchy (Black Swan)

ReallyOldHippy: Plunder (2012)

Return of the Moral Subject - An Essay on Class, Identity & Free Will (Pleasure Tendency; Further Theses #03; 1986)

Sharkey, Paul; Key, Anna (eds): Rebellious Spirit - Maria Occhipinti and the Ragusa Anti-Draft Revolt of 1945 (KSL, 2008)

Space Rituals - Parasol Association of Autonomous Astronauts (Red Republic of Parasol)

Szczelkun, Stefan: Kennington Park - The Birthplace of People's Democracy (Past Tense, 2005)

Tech Tools For Activists - Privacy, anonymity and other stories… (Hackington Lab)

The Councilist Movement in Germany (1914-1935) - A History of the AAUD-E Tendency (Pannekoek Press, 2012)

The Mayor of Garratt - Mock Elections in 18th Century South London (Past Tense, 2007)

The Poor Folks' Guide to the Revolt of 1381 (TVA Thames Valley Anarchists)

The Story of William Cuffay - Black Chartist (Past Tense, 2005)

Too Many Rebels - And not enough revolutionaries (The Pompous Libertarians)

JOURNALS ETC

Class-Struggle Defence Notes #22 (1995)

Offline - The Indymedia News Sheet #21 (2007)

Oggly #02

On the Streets Anarchy, Peace & Freedom #01

One and all #06

Organise Wandsworth #01

Organise! Irish Anarchist Bulletin Vol:01 #07 (1992)

Organise! Irish Anarchist Bulletin Vol:01 #08 (1992)

Organise! The Voice of Anarcho-Syndicalism Vol:02 #04 (1995)

Organise! The Voice of Anarcho-Syndicalism Vol:02 #05 (1996)

Organise! The Voice of Anarcho-Syndicalism Vol:02 #06 (1996)

Out - For and about Gay Women and Men #04 (CHE, 1977)

Outlaws #01

Outta Control - News & Views of the Belfast Anarchist Collective #04 (1980)

Outta Control - News & Views of the Belfast Anarchist Collective #05 (1980)

Outta Control - News & Views of the Belfast Anarchist Collective #11 (1981)

Overall - There Is A Smell Of Fried Onions 1992/06 Vol:02 #06 (1992)

Oxyacetylene - The free fortnightly Newssheet for Oxford #05 (1999)

Pan Sothis #02

Paving Moratorium Update and Auto-Free Times #06 (1994)

Peace News Supplement 1962/11/16 - Report to the nation - H-Bomb War - What it would be like

Peace of Mind #01 (1987)

Peace of Mind #06 (1991)

Peoples News Service #171 (1979)

Peoples News Service #172 (1979)

Peoples News Service #173 (1979)

Peoples News Service #174 (1979)

Peoples News Service #175 (1979)

Peoples News Service #176 (1979)

Picket #05-12 (1986)

Picket #18 (1986)

Picket #20 (1986)

Picket #21 (1986)

Picket #22 (1986)

Picket #22-28 (1986)

Picket #23 (1986)

Picket #26 (1986)

Picket #28 (1986)

Picket #29 (1986)

Picket #29-35 (1986)

Picket #30 (1986)

Picket #31 (1986)

Picket #32 (1986)

Picket #33 (1986)

Picket #36 (1986)

Picket #37 (1986)

Picket #38 (1986)

Picket #40 (1987)

Picket #41 (1987)

Picket #42 (1987)

Pink and Black Attack #03 (2009)

Pipes of Pan #12 (1983)

Pledge - Newsletter of The Pledge of Resistance #04 (2002)

Pledge - Newsletter of The Pledge of Resistance #05 (2003)

Pledge - Newsletter of The Pledge of Resistance #06 (2003)

Pod #??

Pod #04

Pod #05 (1994)

Pogo 'til I die! #07

Poison Pen #?? (Hastings Anarchist Group)

Poison Pen 1985/02 #?? (Hastings Anarchist Group)

Poison Pen 1985/09 #?? (Hastings Anarchist Group)

Poison Pen Vol:02 #17 (Hastings Anarchist Group)

Practical Anarchy 1982/?? May Day Special

Practical Anarchy 1983/Easter

Practical Anarchy 1984/09/15 #??

Prisoner of Charity #01 (1983)

Processed World #02 (1981)

Processed World #06 (1982)

Processed World #07 (1983)

Processed World #10 (1984)

Processed World #11 (1984)

Processed World #12 (1985)

Processed World #14 (1985)

Processed World #17 (1986)

Processed World #20 (1987)

Processed World #21 (1987)

Processed World #22 (1988)

Processed World #23 (1988)

Proletarian Gob #02 (1993)

Proletarian Gob #05 (1995)

Proletarian Gob #06 (1995)

Proletarian Gob Special Issue (1998)

Prompt #13 (1980)

Proper Gander #01

Public Service Workers' Network #03 (SolFed, 1993)

Public Service Workers' Network #04 (SolFed, 1994)

Public Service Workers' Network #05 (SolFed, 1994)

Public Service Workers' Network #06 (SolFed, 1995)

Public Service Workers' Network #08 (SolFed, 1995)

Punching the Clock #02 (1999)

Punchline #06 (1990)

Punchline #07 (1990)

Punchline #08 (1991)

Punchline #09 (1991)

The Ox-Fly - Biting back: Oxford's radical newsletter #01 (2010)

The Pitchfork - A pain in the arse for the ruling class… - Independent media for the Westcountry (2006)

The Plain Truth - Bulletin of the Leicester A Group #?? (1989)

The Poor, the Bad and the Angry #02 (1992)

The Post - Hull's Other Paper #21 (1985)

The Post - Hull's Other Paper #22 (1985)

The Protester - Against all animal abuse #215 (2009)

The Pulse Vol:02 #06 (1998)

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