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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 - Jul-Aug 2022

We have added another 229 items to the Digital Library, inlcuding a lot of AF/ACF materials. Dive in!

LEAFLETS & OTHER

No Dole Slavery! No Wage Slavery! (South London Job Shirkers Alliance; Haringey Solidarity Group)

Smash the Poll Tax (ACF/AF, 1989)

PAMPHLETS

A Brief Flowering of Freedom - The Hungarian Revolution 1956 (ACF/AF, 1996)

Anarchist Worker - A Selection of Articles From Past Publications of the Anarchist Workers Association - Produced for the Day School (AWA)

Bakunin - Essays on Revolution (ORA)

Basic Bakunin (AF/ACF)

Be Realistic Demand the Impossible - An Anarchist Contribution to the Hastings Green and Socialist Conference 16.09.1989

Beyond Resistance - A revoltionary manifesto for the Future (ACF/AF, 2003)

Bookchin, Murray: Towards an Ecological Solution - An Anarchist View of Pollution (Gutter Press)

Corvo, Jo: Thought, Organisation and Struggle - A Handbook of notes concerning the revolutionary project (1993)

Crump, John: The anarchist movement in Japan (ACF/AF, 1996)

Defending anonymity - Thoughts for the struggle against identity cards (ACF/AF, 2006)

DIY Anarchism (ACF/AF, 1993)

Ecology and Class - Where there's brass, there's muck (ACF/AF)

Fantham, John; Machover, Moshe: The Century of the Unexpected - A new analysis of Soviet type societies (Big Flame, 1979)

Fleming, Tony: Revolution - Past & Present (ORA)

Fontenis, Georges: Manifesto of Libertarian Communism (ACF/AF, 1989)

For a Revolutionary Alternative - From ORA to UTCL - An account of the politics of the split in the ORA France (now OCL) that resulted in the expulsion of the UTCL tendency at the Easter 1976 Conference

Gorter, Herman: The Communist Workers' International (1977)

How we can start Winning (Big Flame)

Introduction to the Anarchist Communist Association (ACA)

Jope, Norman: Finding Time - One Step Beyond the Tyranny of Work

Kane, Philip: Fascism and how to fight it (DAM/IWA)

Manifesto for the Millenium - A New Manifesto For Anarchist Communism - Draft Copy (AC/AF)

Marxism and its failures - Arguments for Anarchist Communism (ACF/AF)

Mutiny in the ANC, 1984 - As told by the five of the mutineers

Nathan, Keith: Leninism and Trotskyism (1977)

Nathan, Keith; Atkins, Ro; C W: Towards a History and Critique of the Anarchist movement in recent times (ORA)

Organisational Platform of the Libertarian Communists (1975)

Organising for Workers' Power - Potere Operaio (Rising Free, 1974)

Organising to Win… - A Political Manual About How to Stop Losing Struggles at Work - By the Big Flame Industrial Commission (Big Flame)

Organising to Win… - Workplace Organisation & Trade Unions - A Big Flame Industrial Commission Pamphlet (Big Flame)

Otter, Laurens: An Introduction to Revolutionary Anarchism (ORA)

Pankhurst, Sylvia; Pannekoek, Anton: Communism Versus Reforms - Two Articles by Sylvia Pankhurst and Anton Pannekoek reprinted from the Workers' Dreadnought 1922

Platform of the Left Tendency (ORA)

Resistance to Nazism - Shattered Armies: How the Working Class fought Nazism and Fascism 1933-1945 (ACF/AF, 2006)

Sampson, Ronald: The Bramble of Power (Black Mountain Press)

Sexuality and Fascism (Big Flame)

The Anarchist Revolution

The Anglo-Irish Agreement, Sectarianism and Workers Unity - A Discussion Paper (Ballymena Anarchist Group, 1986)

The Basis for Libertarian Communist Intervention - Towards a Programme Tendency (AWA)

The Documents of the Anarchist Workers Association (AWA)

The Great Brain Robbery! (Anarchy)

The Nature of So-Called Socialist Societies - A Big Flame International Committee Discussion Bulletin (Big Flame)

The Past Against Our Future - Fighting Racism and Fascism (Big Flame)

The Role of the Revolutionary Organisation (ACF/AF, 1995)

Towads a new Revolutionary Socialist Organisation - A Draft Manifesto for Discussion (Big Flame)

Triad - Freedom Love Peace (ORA)

Veran, Liz: Anarchism and Feminism (DAM/IWA)

Verran, Liz: Pornography & State Control (DAM/IWA)

Walter, Christine; Walter, Natasha (eds): Nicolas Walter 1934-2000

Where there's brass there's muck - Ecology and anarchism (ACF/AF, 2010)

Women Workers and Trade Unions (DAM/IWA)

JOURNALS, MAGS, ETC

ACF Supporters Bulletin 1996/Summer

Anarchist Yearbook 1991 (Phoenix Press)

Anarchist Yearbook 1993 (Phoenix Press)

Anarchy (Second Series) #06 Vol:01 #06

Antidote - The Magazine of Aylesbury Anarchist Communist Federation #01 (AF/ACF, 1994)

Antidote - The Magazine of Aylesbury Anarchist Communist Federation #04 (AF/ACF, 1994)

Big Flame - An Introduction to Our Perspectives (1975)

Big Flame - Educational Bulletin Of The Anarchist Federation #02

Big Flame - Educational Bulletin Of The Anarchist Federation #03

Big Flame - Educational Bulletin Of The Anarchist Federation #04

Big Flame - Educational Bulletin Of The Anarchist Federation #09

Big Flame Journal #02 (1975)

Big Flame Portugal Special #01

Black Flag Vol:02 #11 (ABC, 1972)

Black Star (Second Series) #01

Bow Bruiser - The Offical Circular of Bow and Poplar Community Resistance #01

Common Cause #02 (AF/ACF, 1992)

Desist - Official authorised Zine of Global Resistance #??a

Desist - Official authorised Zine of Global Resistance #??b

Ireland Bulletin 1990/04 (AF/ACF)

Libertarian Spain - Bulletin of the Libertarian Spain Committee #02

Libertarian Students Network 1976/11

Libertarian Students Network 1977/03

Libertarian Womens' Network Newsheet #10

Manchester Anarchist News #02 (AF/ACF)

Manchester Anarchist News #03 (AF/ACF)

Northern Resistance 2007/06-07

Resistance - Bulletin of the Irish Anarchist Communist Federation #02

Resistance #000 (AF/ACF, 1997)

Resistance #001 (AF/ACF, 1998)

Resistance #002 (AF/ACF, 1999)

Resistance #003 (AF/ACF, 1999)

Resistance #004 (AF/ACF, 1999)

Resistance #005 (AF/ACF, 1999)

Resistance #006 (AF/ACF, 1999)

Resistance #007 (AF/ACF, 1999)

Resistance #008 (AF/ACF, 1999)

Resistance #009 (AF/ACF, 1999)

Resistance #010 (AF/ACF, 2000)

Resistance #011 (AF/ACF, 2000)

Resistance #012 (AF/ACF, 2000)

Resistance #013 (AF/ACF, 2000)

Resistance #014 (AF/ACF, 2000)

Resistance #015 (AF/ACF, 2000)

Resistance #016 (AF/ACF, 2000)

Resistance #017 (AF/ACF, 2000)

Resistance #018 (AF/ACF, 2000)

Resistance #019 (AF/ACF, 2000)

Resistance #020 (AF/ACF, 2000)

Resistance #021 (AF/ACF, 2001)

Resistance #022 (AF/ACF, 2001)

Resistance #023 (AF/ACF, 2001)

Resistance #024 (AF/ACF, 2001)

Resistance #025 (AF/ACF, 2001)

Resistance #026 (AF/ACF, 2001)

Resistance #027 (AF/ACF, 2001)

Resistance #028 (AF/ACF, 2001)

Resistance #029 (AF/ACF, 2001)

Resistance #030 (AF/ACF, 2001)

Resistance #031 (AF/ACF, 2001)

Resistance #032 (AF/ACF, 2001)

Resistance #033 (AF/ACF, 2002)

Resistance #034 (AF/ACF, 2002)

Resistance #035 (AF/ACF, 2002)

Resistance #036 (AF/ACF, 2002)

Resistance #037 (AF/ACF, 2002)

Resistance #038 (AF/ACF, 2002)

Resistance #039 (AF/ACF, 2002)

Resistance #040 (AF/ACF, 2002)

Resistance #041 (AF/ACF, 2002)

Resistance #042 (AF/ACF, 2002)

Resistance #043 (AF/ACF, 2002)

Resistance #044 (AF/ACF, 2002)

Resistance #045 (AF/ACF, 2003)

Resistance #046 (AF/ACF, 2003)

Resistance #047 (AF/ACF, 2003)

Resistance #048 (AF/ACF, 2003)

Resistance #049 (AF/ACF, 2003)

Resistance #050 (AF/ACF, 2003)

Resistance #051 (AF/ACF, 2003)

Resistance #052 (AF/ACF, 2003)

Resistance #053 (AF/ACF, 2003)

Resistance #054 (AF/ACF, 2003)

Resistance #055 (AF/ACF, 2003)

Resistance #056 (AF/ACF, 2003)

Resistance #057 (AF/ACF, 2004)

Resistance #058 (AF/ACF, 2004)

Resistance #059 (AF/ACF, 2004)

Resistance #060 (AF/ACF, 2004)

Resistance #061 (AF/ACF, 2004)

Resistance #062 (AF/ACF, 2004)

Resistance #063 (AF/ACF, 2004)

Resistance #064 (AF/ACF, 2004)

Resistance #065 (AF/ACF, 2004)

Resistance #066 (AF/ACF, 2004)

Resistance #067 (AF/ACF, 2004)

Resistance #068 (AF/ACF, 2004)

Resistance #069 (AF/ACF, 2005)

Resistance #070 (AF/ACF, 2005)

Resistance #071 (AF/ACF, 2005)

Resistance #072 (AF/ACF, 2005)

Resistance #073 (AF/ACF, 2005)

Resistance #074 (AF/ACF, 2005)

Resistance #075 (AF/ACF, 2005)

Resistance #077 (AF/ACF, 2005)

Resistance #078 (AF/ACF, 2005)

Resistance #079 (AF/ACF, 2005)

Resistance #080 (AF/ACF, 2005)

Resistance #081 (AF/ACF, 2006)

Resistance #082 (AF/ACF, 2006)

Resistance #083 (AF/ACF, 2006)

Resistance #084 (AF/ACF, 2006)

Resistance #085 (AF/ACF, 2006)

Resistance #086 (AF/ACF, 2006)

Resistance #087 (AF/ACF, 2006)

Resistance #088 (AF/ACF, 2006)

Resistance #089 (AF/ACF, 2006)

Resistance #090 (AF/ACF, 2006)

Resistance #091 (AF/ACF, 2007)

Resistance #092 (AF/ACF, 2007)

Resistance #093 (AF/ACF, 2007)

Resistance #094 (AF/ACF, 2007)

Resistance #095 (AF/ACF, 2007)

Resistance #096 (AF/ACF, 2007)

Resistance #097 (AF/ACF, 2007)

Resistance #099 (AF/ACF, 2008)

Resistance #100 (AF/ACF, 2008)

Resistance #101 (AF/ACF, 2008)

Resistance #102 (AF/ACF, 2008)

Resistance #103 (AF/ACF, 2008)

Resistance #104 (AF/ACF, 2008)

Resistance #105 (AF/ACF, 2008)

Resistance #106 (AF/ACF, 2008)

Resistance #107 (AF/ACF, 2008)

Resistance #Special Climate Change(AF/ACF, 2007)

Resistance #Special Kosovo Supplement (ACF, 2000)

Resistance #Special May Day 2000 Supplement (ACF, 2000)

Resistance #Special May Day 2007 (AF/ACF, 2007)

Resistance (AFI) #11 (2002)

Resistance (AFI) #12 (2002)

Resistance (AFI) #19 (2003)

Resistance (East London) #?? (AF/ACF)

Resistance (Hackney) #01 (AF/ACF, 1996)

Resistance (Hackney) #02 (AF/ACF, 1996)

Resistance (London) #02 (AF/ACF, 1995)

Resistance (London) #03 (AF/ACF, 1996)

Resistance (London) #04 (AF/ACF, 1996)

Resistance (Merseyside) #?? 2003/Winter (AF/ACF)

Resistance (Merseyside) #?? 2005/Autumn (AF/ACF)

Resistance (Merseyside) #??a (AF/ACF)

Resistance (Merseyside) #??b (AF/ACF)

Resistance (Merseyside) #01 (AF/ACF)

Resistance (Newcastle) #01 (AF/ACF, 1996)

Resistance (Newcastle) #02 (AF/ACF, 1996)

Resistance (Newcastle) #03 (AF/ACF, 1997)

Resistance (Newcastle) #04 (AF/ACF, 1997)

Resistance (Newcastle) #05 (AF/ACF, 1997)

Resistance (Newcastle) #Green Issue (AF/ACF, 1997)

Revolutionary Socialism - Big Flame Magazine #04 (1979)

Revolutionary Socialism - Big Flame Magazine #05 (1980)

Revolutionary Socialism - Big Flame Magazine #08 (1981)

Revolutionary Socialism - Big Flame Magazine #09 (1982)

Revolutionary Socialism - The Journal of Big Flame #03 (1978)

Shout! - Merseyside Anarchist Bulletin 2007/Winter

Sinews - Annual Report on the CNT-U, an Anarchist/Syndicalist Trade Union in Spain #03 1985-86

Struggle! - Libertarian Communist Newsletter #01 (1985)

Struggle! - Libertarian Communist Newsletter #02 (1985)

The Black Apple Press - For working class self-organisation and social revolution #01 (2006)

The Bulletin #02 (1980)

The Bulletin #03 (1980)

The Bulletin #05 (1980)

The Enemy Within 1988/03-04 (AF/ACF, 1988)

The Enemy Within 1988/10 (AF/ACF, 1988)

The Newsletter of the Organisation of Revolutionary Anarchists #01 (1971)

The Newsletter of the Organisation of Revolutionary Anarchists #04

The Newsletter of the Organisation of Revolutionary Anarchists #05

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