Author Archives: johnc

Practical Anarchy

For January, 2023, “Read of the Month” we at Spirit of Revolt bring you three for one, three copies of Practical Anarchy from early 1982. Apart from the interesting information contained in the pamphlets, it let’s us know that the struggles of today are part and parcel of the struggles of yesterday. It is one […]

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Anarchy, A Journal of Desire Armed

For January 2023, we at Spirit of Revolt, wish you all the best and an active and revolutionary New Year. For Read of the Month, we at Spirit of Revolt bring you an anarchist journal form Fall-Winter 1997-98, Anarchy, A Journal of Desired Armed. It is from our Collection T SOR 8. Enjoy, and while […]

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Manifesto of Libertarian Communism

December, so another Read of the Month from Spirit of Revolt. This month we bring you Manifesto of Libertarian Communism by Georges Fontenis, ACE, Anarchist Communism Edition No·3, from our K M Collection, T SoR 4-1-3. An excellent read for those who want to know more about Libertarian Communism, or refresh their thoughts on the […]

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The Match No eighty two

Spirit of Revolt for the November “Read of the Month” brings you a wee blast from the past a magazine from 11th. September 1987, The Match. This magazine covers a wide ranch of subject matter from the state, animal rights, cops and much more. Certainly well worth a read to learn from the past. READ […]

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Mainshill Tales From The Woods

For September Read of the Month, we at Spirit of Revolt bring you a fascinating booklet of the occupation of Mainshill Woods in Lanarkshire to prevent opencast coal mining destroying the woods. It is from The Hetherigton Collection, T SOR-2.  It details tactics, strategies and survival techniques. Excellent drawings and descriptions. A wealth of useful […]

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Anarchy Magazine two issues.

For August Read of the Month,  Spirit of  Revolt gives you two issues of the Magazine Anarchy, No.15 and 16. We can always learn from the past, and Spirit of Revolt is a treasure chest of anarchist and libertarian socialist history. Feel free to delve in, we have digitised thousands of documents, photos, magazines, pamphlets […]

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Angry.

As usual Spirit of Revolt tries to bring you a variety of interesting papers from our archive in the hope that it will stir an interest in our history. A history of struggle by the ordinary people, who in fact are extraordinary, against the repression and injustices of this society. For July Read of the […]

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The New Commune.

How the months flash past, half way through the year already and I feel it has just started. For June “Read of the Month” Spirit of Revolt have selected a small serial from July, 1960, “The New Commune”, issue No. 6. on organ of Revolutionary Socialism. It is from Spirit of Revolt’s Les Foster Collection, T-SOR-36-23-15.  […]

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Crisis in the Communist Party.

For the May “Read of the Month”  Spirit of Revolt brings up another wee gem from the past, by J. Britz. A small pamphlet, Crisis in the Communist Party. This is from our Les Foster Collection, T/SOR/36/23/13, well worth a read. Of course one of the reasons we do this “Read of the  Month” is […]

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Shirkers of the World Unite.

For April “Read of the Month” we at Spirit of Revolt, go back to 1992, issue No. 2 of “Shirkers of the World Unite”. It is taken from our John Cooper collection, T/SoR/3/56/61. Our John Cooper collection is an extensive and very varied collection, and worth a wee dive into for some very interesting radical […]

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