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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 - June 2022

We have added another 117 items to the Digital Library, featuring a lot of local CND materials, some publications regarding disputes in the mining industry and a mix of anarchist periodicals. Dive in!

PAMPHLETS

Billingsley, Phil: The Japanese Anarchists (Leeds Anarchists Group)

Black, Bob: The Abolition of Work (Feh!, 1985)

Camatte, Jacques: The Echo of Time (1988)

Douglass, David: Bores under the floor - A brief guide to the wave of 'left' groups and newspapers currently invading the pit villages

Federation of Radical Booksellers - List of Shops 1987 (1987)

Fight Goes On (Lancashire Women Against Pit Closures)

France Goes Off The Rails - The movements in France, November 1986-January 1987 (BM Combustion, BM Blob, 1987)

Goodman, Paul: The Black Flag of Anarchism (Kropotkin's Lighthouse Publications)

The Anarchists of Chicago - 1886: Haymarket: 1986 (Freedom, 1986)

The Police Bill - An Everyday Story of Everyday Folk (Exeter Campaign Against the Police Bill)

To Create at Long Last a Situation which goes beyond the point of no return - 4 Situationist Texts (Liberata)

LEAFLETS & OTHER

Brighton Fin's - So you think you're an Anarchist - The Quiz they tried to Ban

JOURNALS, MAGS, ETC

Alive - International Anarchist Newsletter #00

Anarchy (Second Series) #29

Bete Noire 1989/02

Black and Gold News 1993/11

Campsfield Monitor #11 (1997)

Conviction Newsletter #07 (1992)

FAB - Falmer Anarchist Bulletin #01 (1986)

Faslane Focus 1986/03

Faslane Focus 1986/04

Faslane Focus 1986/11

Fight the Poll Tax! - London #23 (1992)

Harpy #01

Hassle - The Paper of the Alliance of Unwaged Organisations #01 (Norwich Claimants Union, 1989)

Hassle - The Paper of the Alliance of Unwaged Organisations #02 (Norwich Claimants Union, 1989)

Here We Go! - Bulletin of the Nottinghamshire Women's Support Groups 1985/01

Merseyside Anarchist Newsletter #15

Merseyside Anarchist Newsletter #16

Merseyside Anarchist Newsletter #24

Merseyside Anarchist Newsletter #29

Merseyside Anarchist Newsletter #30

Movement - No Borders Newsletter #03 (2010)

National Birmingham Six Campaign Newsletter 1990/01

National Birmingham Six Campaign Newsletter 1990/05

National Birmingham Six Campaign Newsletter 1990/08

National Birmingham Six Campaign Newsletter 1990/11

National Birmingham Six Campaign Newsletter 1991/02

National Birmingham Six Campaign Newsletter 1991/05

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1988/03

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1988/04

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1988/05

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1988/06

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1988/07

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1988/08

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1988/09

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1988/10

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1988/11

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1988/12-1989/01

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1989/04

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1989/05

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1989/07

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1989/09

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1989/10

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1989/11

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1989/12

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1990/05

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1990/09

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1990/12-1991/01

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1993/05-06

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1993/07

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1993/08

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1993/10

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1993/12

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1993/Spring

NNottingham CND Bulletin 1994/03

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1994/06

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1994/07

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1994/08

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1994/12

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1995/07

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1996/01

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1996/07

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1996/Autumn

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1996/Spring

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1996/Summer

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1997/07

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1997/Autumn

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1997/Jan

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1997/Spring

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1998/03

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1998/06

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1998/09

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1998/12

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1999/03

Nottingham CND Bulletin 1999/07

Nottingham CND Bulletin 2001/06

Nottingham CND Bulletin 2002/02

Nottingham CND Bulletin 2002/06-07

Nottingham CND Bulletin 2002/08

Nottingham CND Bulletin 2002/10

Nottingham CND Bulletin 2003/02

Nottingham CND Bulletin 2003/05

Nottingham CND Bulletin 2003/11

Nottingham CND Bulletin 2004/03

Nottingham CND Bulletin 2004/10

Nottingham CND Bulletin 2005/07

Nottingham CND Bulletin 2005/10

Nottingham CND Bulletin 2006/Spring

Nottingham CND Bulletin 2006/Autumn

Nottingham CND Bulletin 2007/03-04

Nottingham CND Bulletin 2007/07-08

Nottingham CND Bulletin 2007/Autumn

Nottingham CND Bulletin 2008/04-05

Nottingham CND Bulletin 2008/08-09

Pink Brick - Lesbian and Gay Class War #04 (1991)

Processed World #09 (1983)

Radioactive Times/Chance of a Lifetime #01 (Nottingham CND, 1986)

Radioactive Times/Chance of a Lifetime #02 (Nottingham CND, 1986)

Road to Rebellion #01 (DIWU Despatch Industry Workers Union)

Rufford Pit Camp Newsletter #199?/05 (Women Against Pit Closures Rufford Pit Camp)

Rufford Pit Camp Newsletter #1993/02 #01 (Women Against Pit Closures Rufford Pit Camp)

Seditious Whispers #12 (Doncaster Anarchists, 1983)

Strike Back - Newsletter of the Notts Campaign Against Pit Closures #??

Strike Back - Newsletter of the Notts Campaign Against Pit Closures #01

The Gedling Standard - NUM Broadsheet #05 (1986)

The Silverwood Mineworker #02

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