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anarchist publishing Est. 1886 Catalogue 2021 wELCOME TO THE FREEDOM CATALOGUE Anarchism is almost certainly the most interesting political movement to have slipped under the radar of public discourse. It is rarely pulled up in today’s media as anything other than a curio or a threat. But over the course of 175 years since Pierre-Joseph Proudhon’s declaration “I am an anarchist” this philosophy of direct action and free thought has repeatedly changed the world. From Nestor Makhno’s legendary war on both Whites and Reds in 1920s Ukraine, to the Spanish Civil War, to transformative ideals in the 1960s and street-fought antifascism in the 1980s, anarchism remains a vital part of any rounded understanding of humanity’s journey from past to present, let alone the possibilities for its future. For most of that time there has been Freedom Featuring books from Peter Kropotkin, Marie Press. Founded in 1886, brilliant thinkers past and Louise Berneri, William Blake, Errico Malatesta, Colin present have published through Freedom, allowing Ward and many more, this catalogue offers much us to present today a kaleidoscope of classic works of what you might need to understand a fascinating from across the modern age. creed. shop orders trade orders You can order online, by email, phone Trade orders come from Central Books, who or post (details below). Our business offer 33% stock discounts as standard. Postage hours are 10am-6pm, Monday to is free within the UK, with £2.50 extra for orders Saturday. from abroad — per order not per item. You can pay via Paypal on our website. We can also accept postal Contact details: orders or cheques made payable to Central Books Ltd, “Freedom Press.” 99 Wallis Road, London , E9 5LN In order to make anarchist material T: +44 (0)20 8525 8800 as accessible as possible Freedom Press [email protected] titles are sold at the cover price given when they were printed. Our Central Books publisher page is at: The exception are pre-decimal compilations of Freedom, which are centralbooks.com/ now £3 each. publishers/FREEXX [email protected] INTRO/INDEX frontlist and upcoming 4-5 top sellers 6 • A Normal Life • Invisible • Why Work? 3rd Edition • The Trouble With National • Memoirs of a Revolutionist Action • What is Anarchist Communism? • Anarchism and The State • Fighting Women • Class Struggle and Mental • Workers in Stalin’s Russia Health • Anarchism is Movement • ABC of Anarchism • Our Masters Are Helpless backlist activism, Anti-fascism 7 housing & environment 13 • Beating The Fascists • Deep Ecology • Bumping Back • Fields, Factories and Workshops • Conquest of Violence • Freedom to Roam • Strip The Experts introductions to anarchism 14-15 classic freedom press essays 8 • About Anarchism • Charlotte Wilson: Anarchist Essays • Anarchy • Act For Yourselves • Anarchism & Anarcho-Syndicalism • A Decade of Anarchy • At The Cafe • Mutual Aid • Everything You Wanted to Know • Left & WWII About Anarchism But Were Afraid to Ask culture 9 • Fighting For Ourselves • Re-Reading Read • Summer in the Park Memoirs 15 • William Blake • Makhnovist Movement • Out of the Ghetto entertainment, satire 10 • Anarchist Quiz Book society 16-17 • March To Death • Child in the City • The Last Capitalist • Child in the Country • Wildcats (various) • Love, Sex and Power in Later Life • Social Policy history 11-12 • Thinner City • A Beautiful Idea • Tradition of Workers Control • Anarchism in London • Enrages the state 17 • Leaving the 20th Century • Neither East Nor West • Mayday • Seizure of State Power • Poll Tax Rebellion • Slow Burning Fuse • Zapata 4 2021 titles a normal life by vassilis palaiokostas A bestseller in his native country, this is the Freedom Press, nov 1, 2021 official autobiography of famed “Greek Robin ISBN: 978-1-904491-41-5 Hood” who has robbed millions from the rich b&w, 352PP and given it all to the poor. With decades of est rrp: £15.99 activity under his belt, Palaiokostas is perhaps best known for his daring prison escapes — including not once, but twice by helicopter. why work third edition collected essays, with foreword by shiri shalmy The nature of work and our relationship to it is evolving more rapidly than ever before. Freedom Press, may, 2021 This third edition of collected essays features ISBN: 978-1-904491-38-5 both a new foreword from union and co-op B&W Approx 184PP activist Shiri Shalmy and three new essays rrp: £7.50 discussing our modern circumstance. memoirs of a revolutionist out now by peter kropotkin Perhaps history’s most important anarchist Freedom Press, apr, 2021 thinker, Kropotkin was born an imperial ISBN: 978-1-904491-37-8 Russian prince. Charting his involvement in b&w, 356PP epochal historic moments and the upheaval of rrp: £13 all that was, this autobiography is a beautiful bringing together of his memories and philosophical roots. what is anarchist communism What is by brian morris Anarchist Communism? This short work summarising what you should know about the history, philosophy Freedom Press, AUG 2021 and background of anarchist communism is ISBN: 978-1-904491-39-2 a perfect introduction for anyone looking to b&w, A6 understand an often misunderstood political Details tba movement. Brian Morris 5 front list fighting women by isabella lorusso This series of interviews with participants in the Spanish Civil War offers a unique insight Freedom Press, oct 2020 into the two-front revolution women were ISBN: 978-1-904491-35-4 trying to achieve in the 1930s, fighting fascism b&w, 300 pp while confronting men whose commitment to rrp: £10 liberation too often stopped at their front door. workers in stalin’s russia by marie louise berneri Berneri’s precise and well-researched Freedom Press, dec 2020 investigation of working class and peasant life ISBN: 978-1-904491-36-1 in 1930s-40s USSR is annotated and updated b&w, 124 pp in this edition. As an anarchist she uses the rrp: £7.50 Stalinists’ own words to strip back the regime’s revolutionary pretensions and expose its hypocrisies. anarchism is movement by Tomás Ibáñez, foreword by peter gelderloos The child of Spanish revolutionaries who fled to France in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil Freedom Press, nov 2019 War, Tomás Ibáñez has been active in anarchist ISBN: 978-1-904491-33-0 politics since the 1960s as an activist and thinker. b&w, 150 pp After a lifetime of struggle, this book distils his rrp: £7.50 thoughts on anarchism in times to come. our masters are helpless by george barrett George Barrett was one of the anarchists’ key Freedom Press, jun 2019 organisers through the period of the Great ISBN: 978-1-904491-32-3 Unrest, a syndicalist-led uprising which shook b&w, 140 pp Britain shortly before the first world war rrp: £7.50 began. Written mainly between 1910-1915, this selection of essays offers a unique political view from the time and remains incisive today. 6 other top sellers invisible by andrew fraser Freedom Press, Jan 2019 Many writers and books talk about the homeless. ISBN: 978-1-904491-31-6 Andrew has direct experience. His writing on life as a b&w, 208pp rough sleeper, interwoven through this scorching diary rrp: £10 piece, offers a clear-eyed truth from the gutters of Britain’s housing crisis. the trouble with national action by mark hayes This short work examines the neo-nazi Freedom Press, oct 2019 organisation’s emergence in Britain in 2013, its ISBN: 978-1-904491-34-7 evolution until it was proscribed in 2016 and the A6 B&W impact such reliance on State mechanisms is Further details tbc having on both far-right and left-wing politics. anarchism and the state by peter kropotkin Freedom Press, 2017 In the three essays presented here, political ISBN: 979-1-904491-26-2 philosopher Peter Kropotkin attempted to distil his B&W, 100 PP insights into brief but brilliant essays on The State, RRP: £6 Anarchism and the ideology for which he became a founding name — Anarchist-Communism. class struggle and mental health by LIBCOM.ORG CONTRIBUTORS This thoughtful work brings together accounts Freedom Press, 2015 from anarchists around the globe about what it ISBN: 978-1-904491-24-8 means to suffer from mental illness as an activist b&w, 44 pp and what we, as individuals and a movement, can rrp: £4 do about it. abc of anarchism by Alexander Berkman Freedom Press, 2006 Alexander Berkman answers some of the charges made First Published 1929 against the political creed and presents the case for ISBN: 978-0-900384-03-4 communist anarchism. Thorough and well constructed, b&w, 147 pp it is today regarded as a classic statement of the cause’s rrp: £6 goals and methods. 7 backlist Activism, anti-fascism Beating the Fascists by Sean Birchall A compelling account of the activities of Anti- Freedom Press, 2010 Fascist Action by those on the frontline. This ISBN: 978-1-904491-12-5 organised group of ordinary working class people B&W, 412 PP took the fight to the far right during the 1980s-90s. rrp: £15 They waged a nationwide street war – and won. Bumping Back by L Hobley Niccolo Press, 2008 Practical ideas on how to approach a target and ISBN: 978-0-944061-16-5 conduct surveillance without being seen, how to B&W, 239 PP approach and leave during an action and, if all goes RRP: £9.50 wrong, how to escape. 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