Anarchy 85
Contents of No. 85
March 1968
anarchy 83, which put the case for a tenant take-over of municipal housing estates, got quite a good reception. New Society conceded that “the idea has its merits”, the Architect’s Journal found it “very sensible and down-to-earth”, and one reader thought it had “an absolute genius for marshalling relevant themes and information in an easily-digestible form”. Another found that it had “all the basic facts and arguments for a well-informed propaganda campaign” (which was the intention) and yet another declared “I can’t help feeling someone ought to sponsor the sending of a copy to every local councillor in the country”. We agree, but more important is that it should be in the hands of every tenants’ association in the country. This is a time when council tenants are being driven into attitudes of militancy over steep rent increases (thousands of tenants in Walsall and Sheffield have refused to pay them) and more and more local associations are being formed. Wally Gill, general secretary of the National Association of Tenants and Residents declares that “Tenants have a common interest which must make them range their combined strength against the Government, against the national and international finance and property-owning interests which are served by the Government. Not only this particular Government, but government as we have known it throughout living memory.” We believe that when it comes to long-term aims, Tenants Take Over should be on the agenda of every tenants’ association in the country. anarchy 83 is available at 2s. a copy (discount for quantities) from Freedom Press, 17a Maxwell Road, London, S.W.6.
Other issues of “Anarchy”:
Please note: Issues 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 20, 37, 38, 66 are out of print.
Vol. 1. 1961: 1. Sex-and-Violence; 2. Workers’ control; 3. What does anarchism mean today?; 4. Deinstitutionisation; 5. Spain; 6. Cinema; 7. Adventure playground; 8. Anthropology; 9. Prison; 10. Industrial decentralisation.
Vol. 2. 1962: 11. Paul Goodman, A. S. Neill; 12. Who are the anarchists?; 13. Direct action; 14. Disobedience; 15. David Wills; 16. Ethics of anarchism; 17. Lumpenproletariat; 18. Comprehensive schools; 19. Theatre; 20. Non-violence; 21. Secondary modern; 22. Marx and Bakunin.
Vol. 3. 1963: 23. Squatters; 24. Community of scholars; 25. Cybernetics; 26. Thoreau; 27. Youth; 28. Future of anarchism; 29. Spies for peace; 30. Community workshop; 31. Self-organising systems; 32. Crime; 33. Alex Comfort; 34. Science fiction.
Vol. 4. 1964: 35. Housing; 36. Police; 37. I won’t vote; 38. Nottingham; 39. Homer Lane; 40. Unions; 41. Land; 42. India; 43. Parents and teachers; 44. Transport; 45. The Greeks; 46. Anarchism and historians.
Vol. 5. 1965: 47. Freedom in work; 48. Lord of the flies; 49. Automation; 50. Anarchist outlook; 51. Blues, pop, folk; 52. Limits of pacifism; 53. After school; 54. Buber, Landauer, Muhsam; 55. Mutual aid; 56. Women; 57. Law; 58. Stateless societies.
Vol. 6. 1966: 59. White problem; 60. Drugs; 61. Creative vandalism; 62. Organisation; 63. Voluntary servitude; 64. Misspent youth; 65. Derevolutionisation; 66. Provo; 67. USA; 68. Class and anarchism; 69. Ecology; 70. Libertarian psychiatry.
Vol. 7. 1967: 71. Sociology of school; 72. Strike City, USA; 73. Street School; 74. Anarchism and reality; 75. Improvised drama; 76. 1984; 77. Anarchist group handbook; 78. Liberatory technology; 79. Latin America; 80. Workers’ control; 81. Russian anarchists; 82. Braehead School.
Vol. 8. 1968: 83. Tenants take over.
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