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The Freedom Newspaper Archive

Freedom newspaper was founded in 1886 by Peter Kropotkin and his circle. It became one of the most important publications internationally. Its earliest editor was Charlotte M. Wilson 1886-1895, who largely financed it also. For a time in the 1930s there were two rival papers published as Freedom. Freedom then ceased as a title in favour of Spain and the World from 1936-1938. The name changed to Revolt, and from 1939 was continued as War Commentary. Freedom resumed in 1945 and was published until 2014, when it sadly folded except for a single issue put out for the London Anarchist Bookfair 2015.

Hello everyone and welcome to another round up of news on the Sparrows’ Nest.

Hello everyone to another round up of news on the Sparrows’ Nest, giving you an idea of what we have been getting up to.

Hello everyone to another round up of news on the Sparrows’ Nest, giving you an idea of what we have been getting up to.

Thank you very much to the bloggers at Dawn of the Unread, a local 'interactive graphic novel' project, devoted to and run by lovers of libraries and books.

They recently interviewed one of the Nest collective and have written a lovely article about us, as well as being very busy telling people about us. So again - thank you very much!

  1. Sparrows’ Nest supporters’ report – January-May 2014
  2. Ray Gosling materials - Thank you!
  3. Sparrows’ Nest supporters’ report – November-December 2013
  4. Five years of the Sparrows' Nest - Interview in KSL Bulletin