Freedom (newspaper) 81846 222649285 2008-06-30T12:48:53Z BOTarate 5870361 robot Adding: [[pl:Freedom (czasopismo)]] {{Infobox Newspaper | name = [[Image:Freedom logo.JPG|200px|centre]] | type = Fortnightly [[newspaper]] | format = [[Compact (newspaper)|Compact]] ([[Tabloid]]) | foundation = [[1886]] | owners = [[Freedom Press]] | political = [[Anarchist]]| headquarters = 84b Whitechapel high Street,<br>[[London]] | editor = Rob Ray, Matt | website = [http://www.freedompress.org.uk/ Freedom Press] | }} [[Image:Freedom newspaper 13th september 2003.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Cover of ''Freedom'', dated 13th September 2003, showing the new cover design by [[Clifford Harper]].]] '''''Freedom''''' (ISSN 0016-0504 ) is a [[London]]-based [[anarchism|anarchist]] [[newspaper]] published every two weeks by [[Freedom Press (UK)|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 [[libertarian socialism|Anarchist Socialism]]." The title was changed to "A Journal of [[anarcho-communism|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.'' <br style="clear: both"> {{Anarchism}} <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Freedom vol63 no21.gif|left|thumb|150px|Cover of ''Freedom'' dated 16th November 2002 (old design)]] --> The paper has historically featured news from [[peace movement|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 socialist|libertarian]] publications, such as ''Organise!'' and ''[[Direct Action (periodical)|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. January 2008 saw a change in format with it becoming A4 in size. It currently costs 80p per issue. == Related publications == ''Spain and the World'' was an anarchist publication founded in 1936 by [[Vernon Richards]]<ref>Vernon Richards biography [http://recollectionbooks.com/bleed/Encyclopedia/RichardsVernon.htm] </ref> with former ''Freedom'' writers, which had effectively ceased publication in 1932. The intention was to provide an English-language publication to support [[Anarchism in Spain|Spanish anarchists]] who were at that time achieving a measure of political influence through the anarchist trade union [[Confederación Nacional del Trabajo]] (CNT) and other organisations. Between the end of the [[Spanish Civil War]] and the outbreak of the [[World War II|Second World War]], the fortnightly ''Spain And The World'' briefly became ''Revolt!'' in 1939, before adopting the title ''War Commentary''. In 1945 ''War Commentary'' resumed the title of ''Freedom''. In 1944 Richards, his wife Marie-Louise and two others associated with the paper — Philip Sansom and John Hewetson — were charged with conspiring to cause disaffection among members of the armed forces. Despite a defence campaign backed by the likes of [[George Orwell|Orwell]], [[Michael Tippett]], [[T. S. Eliot]], and [[Benjamin Britten]], Vernon, Sansom and Hewetson were convicted and served nine months in jail.<ref>Colin Ward's article on Vernon Richards in the UK Guardian [http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,6109,644515,00.html]</ref> ==See also== *''[[The Raven (journal)|The Raven]]'' ==Notes== {{reflist|3}} ==External links== *[http://www.freedompress.org.uk/ Freedom Press website] *[http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_Archives/journals/freedom/index.html Old issues], preserved at the Anarchist Archives. Includes the first ever issue. *[http://www.libcom.org libcom], which carries some of the newspaper content online [[Category:Anarchist periodicals]] [[Category:Newspapers published in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Publications established in 1886]] [[es:Freedom]] [[fr:Freedom (journal)]] [[pl:Freedom (czasopismo)]]