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Charlie Baird Sr. : An Interview This article is taken from R. A. Forum: 6th June 1977 Before the war I’d been sympathetic to the Communist Party, as early as 1 6 or 17 years of age. It wasn’t until the war, when Russia had signed the pact with Hitler, that I started to have […]

We are very grateful to receive this 1907 pamphlet by French anarchist Paraf Javal, donated to Spirit of Revolt by Leonard Fernandez and Katherine MacKenzie. Below you will find links to the French version and an English translation. In French, Read on line,  PDF and other downloads. English translation HERE. Information from several sources: Georges […]

Belfast Anarchist Collective in early 80s produced the hugely impressive Outta Control paper, every 4 weeks, which incorporated, after the early issues, Gaining Ground anarcho-feminist supplement. Occasionally other supplements, such as this one in No.16, in June 1981 were included, this being on “the forgotten history of the Irish Ladies Land League”. The collective also […]

Freedom Bulletin, No 8, September 1929 Printed by The Stepney Press for Freedom Press, Whiteway Colony, Gloucestershire, England. It is thought that this copy of the Freedom Bulletin may be a later reissue although there are no inclusions to support that idea. If anyone can verify the edition of the Bulletin as being a later […]

As far as we are aware, this issue 20, was the last issue of this popular Glasgow free paper to be produced. The Glasgow Keelie was produced by a Glasgow group of volunteers, from 1990 to 93. If anybody knows of a later edition than No. 20, we would be delighted to hear from them.You […]

Ten Years’ Experience of a Betheral’s Life by John Parkhill, 1859, Paisley. Printed at the ‘Paisley Herald’ Office. John Parkhill was the real name of the author ‘Arthur Sneddon’ who lived in Paisley in early 1800’s. He wrote various memoirs, two of which hold his account of the rampant radicalism of the 1820 Insurrection which […]