History
Radical Reprint: The Ludlow Strike
June 16th: In June 1914 much of that month’s edition of Freedom was given over to a lengthy analysis in the aftermath of the Ludlow Massacre, one of the most infamous strikebreaking incidents in United States history.
Remembering Wat Tyler: Stakes are head high
June 15th: Standing up against rape, murder and repression remains at the heart of our acts of resistance
Radical Reprint: The Voice of Labour
May 19th: With militarism and the expectation of a war in Europe on the rise, Freedom‘s approach wasn’t getting as much of a bump in readership as hoped, according to reports from the anarchists’ annual gathering in Newcastle in May 1914.
Art Young’s dangerous cartoons
May 4th: Soon after the United States became involved in World War I, the federal government began its prosecution of avant-garde socialist magazine The Masses for anti-war activity.
“No Gods, No Masters, No Husbands”
April 27th: An exhibition showcases women editors, translators, proofreaders, typographers and packagers in anarchist print culture
The circled A at 60: The true story
April 19th: The circled A was invented in Paris in 1964 and reinvented in Milan in 1966
The circled A at 60: True and false
April 12th: Tomás Ibáñez debunks several myths about the famous anarchist symbol, which was created only in April 1964
The circled A at 60: Birth of a symbol
April 5th: Tomás Ibáñez gives first-hand testimony on the origins of the famous anarchist symbol, first proposed in April 1964
Radical Reprint: The French Anarchist Conference
September 17th: One of the most useful aspects of sometimes dry reports from gatherings is the snapshot of otherwise amorphous movements — in this case, the French syndicalists and anarchists of 1913.
Radical Reprint: The Labour War in South Africa
August 20th: A historical tale in which South African miners strike while Herbert Gladstone fiddles.
