''Anarchy'' was an

anarchist Anarchism is a political philosophy and Political movement, movement that seeks to abolish all institutions that perpetuate authority, coercion, or Social hierarchy, hierarchy, primarily targeting the state (polity), state and capitalism. A ...

monthly

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produced in

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from March 1961 until December 1970. It was published by

Freedom Press Freedom Press is an anarchist publishing house and Radical bookshops in the United Kingdom, bookseller in Whitechapel, London, United Kingdom, founded in 1886. Alongside its many books and pamphlets, the group also runs a news and comment-based ...

and edited by its founder,

Colin Ward Colin Ward (14 August 1924 – 11 February 2010)

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. The magazine had irregular contributions from writers such as

Marie Louise Berneri Marie Louise Berneri (born Maria Luisa Berneri; 1 March 1918 – 13 April 1949) was an anarchist activist and author. Born in Italy, she spent much of her life in Spain, France, and England. She was involved with the short-lived publication, ' ...

Paul Goodman Paul Goodman (September 9, 1911 – August 2, 1972) was an American writer and public intellectual best known for his 1960s works of social criticism. Goodman was prolific across numerous literary genres and non-fiction topics, including the ...

George Woodcock George Woodcock (May 8, 1912 – January 28, 1995) was a Canadian writer of political biography and history, an anarchist thinker, a philosopher, an essayist and literary critic. He was also a poet and published several volumes of travel wri ...

Murray Bookchin Murray Bookchin (; January 14, 1921 – July 30, 2006) was an American social theorist, author, orator, historian, and political philosopher. Influenced by G. W. F. Hegel, Karl Marx, and Peter Kropotkin, he was a pioneer in the environmental ...

, and Nicholas Walter. A second series of ''Anarchy'' was published into the 1980s with an editorship that included Chris Broad and Phil Ruff. 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. Cover designs for every issue are collected in ''Autonomy: The Cover Designs of ''Anarchy'' 1961‒1970'' edited by Daniel Poyner.

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''Anarchy'' issue covers
from

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''Anarchy'' issues
from The Sparrows' Nest
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'' {{Europe-poli-mag-stub Anarchism in England Anarchist periodicals published in the United Kingdom Monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom Defunct political magazines published in the United Kingdom Magazines published in London Magazines established in 1961 Magazines disestablished in 1970

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