Freedom (newspaper)

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Type	Fortnightly newspaper
Format	Compact (Tabloid)

Owner	Freedom Press
Founded	1886
Political allegiance	Anarchist
Headquarters	84b Whitechapel high Street, London

Website: Freedom Press

Cover of Freedom, dated 13th September 2003, showing the new cover design by Clifford Harper.

Freedom (ISSN 0016-0504 ) is a London-based anarchist newspaper published every two weeks by 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 Anarchist Socialism." The title was changed to "A Journal of 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.

Cover of Freedom dated 16th November 2002 (old design)

The paper features news from peace and labour movements and events, as well as listing planned events and protests on the back page. Staying true to Kropotkin's principle of mutual aid, the paper regularly features reviews of other anarchist and libertarian publications, such as Organise! and 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.

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 right. In 2006 the paper gained a colour front for the first time in its history. It currently costs 80p per issue.