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The Tradition of Workers’ Control

by Geoffrey Ostergaard “Workers’ control of industry”, a phrase coined by the Guild Socialists recalls the libertarian aspirations of the first rebels against the slavery inherent in the capitalist mode of production. The new socialism adopted by the Fabian Society in the 1880s, and later by the Labour Party, is sharply different from both the […]

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Act for Yourselves: Articles from Freedom 1886-1907

Edited by Nicholas Walter & Heiner Becker From the blurb: This book consists of a score of articles which Peter Kropotkin contributed to the anarchist paper Freedom during the twenty-one years of its existence, from 1886 to 1907. During the same period he was writing the articles in the French anarchist press which were later […]

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William Blake: Visionary Anarchist by Peter Marshall

by Peter Marshall William Blake (1757–1827) was a poet, painter, engraver and visionary. Considered eccentric, if not mad, in his own day, he now appears as a key figure in English Romanticism. He listened to ‘Messengers from Heaven’ but he had his feet firmly on the ground and was involved in the central issues of his revolutionary age. Throughout […]

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Neither East Nor West: Selected Writings 1939-1948

by Marie-Louise Berneri with illustrations by John Olday Not to brag, but Neither East Nor West is currently the oldest Freedom title in stock, with copies still available for purchase in the shop from the 1988 print run. Here is a critic who was wise during the events. These articles are a perceptive and prescient […]

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