Anarchist history is varied and exciting and on many occasions has changed society dramatically. The Paris Commune is just one example and well worth remembering and celebrating, even if the end was a bloody massacre. The spirit lives on. This from SubMedia, with the promise of more to come.
Mark your diary, the next free Spirit of Revolt event is Thursday 7th March, 6:30 to 9:00 in the Electron Club, CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street. As usual we keep the variations going in the past free monthly events we have covered such subjects as occupations, Calton Weavers strike, veganism, punk do it yourself music scene. This Thursday's free event is a short film about Joe Hill, followed by the usual talk/discussion/questions/chat. Come along and have your say, hear other people's views, get to know some new friends.
Since its formation, 12 years ago by a small group of unpaid volunteers, Spirit of Revolt has put on numerous events from talks to exhibitions in The Mitchell Library and other venues, also had stalls at other groups events. Along with exhibitions in the Mitchell Library we have run a series of events in the Mitchell Library called "Show and Tell" where we arranged events round material in the archive with relevant material on display for people to examine. Today it is still the same small group of unpaid volunteers plus the occasional help from, very welcome supporters who give us a few hours of the time to help out, all very much appreciated.
Since the beginning we have always been part of the Anarchist, Libertarian Socialist Movement, and proud to be so, doing our utmost to preserve the history of the struggles of the ordinary people and the activists in their midst. We also try to digitise everything we can, and make it easily and freely available on our website.
Why not have a browse through the website, check out Our Catalogue, Audio-Video section, Read of the Month, Strugglepedia, see the wealth of information available. Sadly we live in a capitalist system and all this cost money. If you like what we do and think we are doing a good job and would like to see this archive grow, then perhaps you could see your way to make a small donation. A one off, or a monthly direct debit, say the price of a pint or a couple of cups of coffee, every little helps us build on what we have already done.
To help out, visit our DONATE page. Thanks.
Below is a photo of one of our poster from an earlier exhibition on "The Rent Strikes".
Anarchist archives, libraries and bookshops are an important and integral part of anarchism. If we don't record our own history it will disappear and the next generation will have no idea it ever happened. Orwell once stated that the best way to destroy a people was to destroy their history, we should always be wary of that fact. Anarchist archives, libraries and bookshops are our quiet information centres, there for all to see, browse and learn from. Scotland is fortunate that it has Spirit of Revolt Archives of dissent, probably the largest anarchist libertarian socialist archive in Scotland. In England we have The Sparrows Nest, Tyneside Anarchist Archive, and May Day Rooms, all valuable assets of the anarchist world. They say loud and clear, we were here yesterday and we are still here today, and these are our ideas and actions. I believe all anarchist should support these groups for the work they do to further anarchist ideas and preserve our history. So if you like what they are doing, why not support them, buy the a cup of coffee now and again, it would be much appreciated and it would help preserve and enlarge our rich and vibrant history.
Support our Anarchist Archives and libraries by a small donation.
No doubt there are other anarchist archives and libraries seek them out in your area and support them, let's not forget Kate Sharpley.
Spirit of Revolt Archives of Dissent, Glasgow/Clydeside is an Anarchist, Libertarian Socialist Archive and has been in existence since 2011. It was formed by a group of unpaid volunteers, this film tries to explain the reasoning behind the formation of the project, its aims and some of the volunteers involved.
At present we have 49 collections catalogued and on the website with others waiting to be catalogued and posted to the website. These collections contain thousands of historical documents, pamphlets, leaflets, serials, letters, photos, posters and a myriad of memorabilia, related to the struggle of the ordinary people, lots of this already free to read on line. We are not associated with any political party of trade union, and rely completely on donations from comrades, friends and associates. If you think what we are doing is a worth while cause and important enough to continue, why not make a one off donation or a monthly direct debit, the price of a pint or a couple of coffees a month would make a tremendous difference
One of these libraries described below, in every city, town and village would go a long way to introducing our ideas and aims to the wider public. The nearest we have in Glasgow is probably Spirit of Revolt Archives of Dissent https://spiritofrevolt.info contact info@spiritofrevolt.info we have a very extensive range of serials, magazines leaflets and other documents relating to anarchist and libertarian socialist history of struggle. A lot of them available to read on line for free. Documents not yet on line can be accessed by appointment.
LIBRARY: For reading! And discussing! Maybe even borrowing! (For most books and zines which we only have one copy there is the possiblity to give us an email or phone number and a small deposit to borrow )
DISTRO: a range of texts available for contribution – take a copy away with you or request more copies to be brought for you.
ARCHIVE: Forthcoming! Publications from the exhuberent heritage of the anarchist tension across the world, which will be catalogued on this site in the future, as well as for reading live and direct in the library.
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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 you are there why not have a browse through our catalogue for more radical history and a variety of information.
Spirit of Revolt Archive is a treasure trove of anarchist and libertarian socialist history from Glasgow and Clydeside area and some from further afield. It is 11 years old and is run by a small dedicate band of unpaid volunteers. We receive no funding from unions, companies or political parties, but sadly we still live in a capitalist world and there are costs involved. We rely solely on the financial support from friends supporters and comrades. We work hard at getting as much material up on line and free to access. If you think we are doing a worthwhile job and would like to see the archive grow and carry on collecting, storing and digitising our history, then perhaps you could think of donating the price of a couple of coffees a month, any donation no matter how little is most appreciated, direct debits gives us a guarantee to plan and develop into the future. Solidarity.
To donate visit our DONATE PAGE:
Our history is very important we can all learn from the struggles of the past, that is why Spirit of Revolt works hard at preserving the history of the Glasgow/Clydeside anarchist and libertarian socialist struggles and activists. We also have a wealth of international publications along side our local material, all adding up to a deep well of knowledge and information on our website and we try to make it all easily accessible and free for all to enjoy and learn from. Hence our "Read of the Month" to give you a wee lead in to the wealth of material available in our collections.
For the March 2022 “Read of the Month”, Spirit of Revolt offers up an anarchist magazine from November, 1987, “The Match”, issue No. 82. 31 pages of articles on a variety of subjects all of interest to those seeking that better world for all.
While on our site why not just spend an hour or two browsing our collections, or visit our “Audio/Video” section.
For February Read of the Month, Spirit of Revolt offers you a Magazine of the Anarchist Communist Federation, London, Communist editions No.3. Manifesto of Liberation, 1989, held in Spirit of Revolt Archive, KM Collection TSoR-4-1-3 We consider the KM collection to be an excellent collection to start your browsing and then move on to the thousands of other pieces of information and history about the struggles of the ordinary people. We believe that Spirit of Revolt Archive is a fountain of knowledge, history and struggles for that better world for all. Look, learn, act in solidarity with those thousands already engaged in this struggle.
