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Radical reprint: The Napoli revolt of 1913
On a cold day in the wake of a war, starving Italian citizens wanted to put up a poster against raised tariffs but were told to hop it by the government - which in short order was faced with 100,000 protesters and severe rioting.
Italy's imperial excursion to Libya in 1911-
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2023/03/20/radical-reprint-the-napoli-revolt-of-1913/
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On a cold day in the wake of a war, starving Italian citizens wanted to put up a poster against raised tariffs but were told to hop it by the government – which in short order was faced with 100,000 protesters and severe rioting. Italy’s imperial excursion to Libya in 1911-12 had caused a great
50 years on: The trials of Purdie and Prescott
In this extract from the mid-December 1971 issue of Freedom, Nicolas Walter reported on court proceedings in the cases of Ian Purdie and Jake Prescott as they faced accusations of conspiring towards a series of bombings attributed to the anarchist Angry Brigade.
The Angries had been active s
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2021/12/14/50-years-on-the-trials-of-purdie-and-prescott/
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Freedom and Empire, 1948
In his second article looking at recent editions to the Freedom digital archive, historian Jack Saundrs considers the anarchists' take on Britain's declining imperial holdings as another vicious conflict broke out just a few years on from World War II — the Malayan Emergency.
In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, the governors of the British Empire ha
https://freedomnews.org.uk/freedom-and-empire-1948/
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Freedom and the 1974 Miners’ Strike
Jack Saundrs looks over some recent additions to Freedom's extensive digital archive, which draws together unique scans and mirrored works to create a sizeable library of the paper's historic works. The 1974 papers set was first scanned by the excellent Sparrows' Nest.
Between 1970 and 1974 Britain experienced a peak in worker militancy. There were
https://freedomnews.org.uk/freedom-and-the-1974-miners-strike/
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DaN McKee
Freedom Press
