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'' (ISSN 0016-0504 ) is a
London -based
Anarchist Newspaper published every two weeks by
Freedom Press .
The paper started in
1886 by volunteers including
Peter Kropotkin and
Charlotte Wilson and continues to this day as an unpaid project. Originally, the subtitle was "A Journal of
Anarchist Socialism ." The title was changed to "A Journal of
Anarchist Communism " in June 1889. Today it is labeled simply as "anarchist news and views".
The newspaper's
Mission Statement is stated in every issue, on page 6, and summarises the writers' view of anarchism:
Anarchists work towards a society of Mutual Aid and voluntary co-operation. We reject all government and economic repression. This newspaper, published continuously since 1936, exists to explain anarchism more widely and show that only in an anarchist society can human freedom thrive.
The paper has historically featured news from
Peace and
Labour Movement s and events, as well as listing planned events and
Protest s on the back page. Staying true to Kropotkin's principle of
Mutual Aid , the paper regularly features reviews of other anarchist and
Libertarian publications, such as ''Organise!'' and ''
Direct Action '' as well as other local and international newsletters and journals.
It regularly features
Donald Rooum 's Wildcat
Cartoon Strip as well as Rooum's articles, and has Svartfrosk and Mark Barnsley as regular columnists. In recent years it has heavily focussed on
Pensions and the
NHS , and on investigative articles over a wide range of topics.
Along with a number of gradual changes in the content and structure of the paper and organisational changes at Freedom Press, ''Freedom'' got a re-design in September 2003, which can be seen to the top left. In 2006 the paper gained a colour front for the first time in its history. It currently costs 80p per issue.
