Anarchy was an anarchist monthly magazine produced in London from March 1961 until December 1970.[1] It was published by Freedom Press and edited by its founder, Colin Ward[1][2] with cover art on many issues by Rufus Segar. The magazine included articles on anarchism and reflections on current events from an anarchist perspective, e.g. workers control, criminology, squatting.
 Cover of Anarchy 14 on Disobedience | |
| Editor | Colin Ward |
|---|---|
| Categories | Political philosophy |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | Freedom Press |
| First issue | March 1961 |
| Final issue | 1970 |
| Based in | London |
| Language | English |
| ISSN | 0003-2751 |
| OCLC | 222887480 |
The magazine had irregular contributions from writers such as Marie Louise Berneri,[2] Paul Goodman,[2] George Woodcock,[2] Murray Bookchin,[2] and Nicholas Walter.[2]
A second series of Anarchy was published into the 1980s with an editorship that included Chris Broad and Phil Ruff.[3]
Freedom Press later published A Decade of Anarchy 1961-1970: Selections from the Monthly Journal Anarchy which collected writing from the first series as edited by Colin Ward.[4] Cover designs for every issue are collected in Autonomy: The Cover Designs of Anarchy 1961‒1970 edited by Daniel Poyner.[5]
See also
edit- The Raven: Anarchist Quarterly (1987 to 2003)
References
edit- ^ a b "Obituaries: Colin Ward". The Daily Telegraph. March 29, 2010. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f Graham, Robert (2009). Anarchism: A Documentary History of Libertarian Ideas. Black Rose Books. p. 362. ISBN 978-1-55164-310-6.
- ^ "Anarchy magazine (series 2)". Libcom. November 24, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
- ^ Ward, Colin (1987). A Decade of Anarchy 1961-1970: Selections from the Monthly Journal Anarchy. Freedom Press. ISBN 9780900384370.
- ^ Poyner, Daniel (26 March 2013). Autonomy: The Cover Designs of Anarchy 1961‒1970. Hyphen Press. ISBN 9780907259466.
Further reading
edit- Scott-Brown, Sophie (May 17, 2023). "Inventing Ordinary Anarchy in Cold War Britain". Modern Intellectual History. 20 (4): 1251–1272. doi:10.1017/S1479244323000057. ISSN 1479-2443.
External links
edit- Anarchy issue covers from Internet Archive
- Anarchy issues
- Anarchy archive from The Sparrows' Nest
- Anarchy issues #23 and #40 at Libcom.org
- "Work" reading of an excerpt from Anarchy 101, published in issue 59
- Full-text articles from Anarchy: a journal of anarchist ideas
