The following is a chronological list of noteworthy anarchist periodicals that are still being published.
| Dates of publication | Title | Format | Language | Base |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1886–present | Freedom | Biannual journal | English | London (UK) |
| 1888–1919 1930–1949 1977–present | Tierra y Libertad [1] | Newspaper | Spanish | Barcelona, Valencia and Madrid (Spain) Mexico City (Mexico) |
| 1898–present | Brand | Magazine | Swedish | Stockholm (Sweden) |
| 1907–present | Solidaridad Obrera | Weekly newspaper | Spanish | Spain |
| 1920–1922 1945–present | Umanità Nova | Weekly newspaper | Italian | Italy |
| 1954–present | Le Monde Libertaire [2] | Monthly Newspaper | French | Paris, France |
| 1965–present | Fifth Estate [3] | Tri-yearly magazine | English | Detroit, Michigan (US) |
| 1969–present | The Match! [4] | Irregular magazine | English | Tucson, Arizona (US) |
| 1970–present | Black Flag [5] | Annual newspaper | English | United Kingdom |
| 1970–present | Gateavisa | Newspaper | Norwegian | Oslo (Norway) |
| 1980–present | Anarchy: A Journal of Desire Armed [3] [6] | Quarterly magazine | English | Berkeley, California, originally Columbia, Missouri (US) [7] |
| 1981–present | Social Anarchism | Irregular journal | English | Baltimore, Maryland (US) |
| 1982–present | Rebel Worker | Bi-monthly magazine | English | Sydney, Australia |
| 1983–present | Class War | Newspaper | English | London (UK) |
| 1985–present | El Libertario | Newspaper | Spanish | Buenos Aires City (Argentina) |
| 1986–present | Anarcho-Syndicalist Review | Quarterly | English | United States |
| 1988–present | Organise! | Biannual magazine | English | Great Britain and Ireland |
| 1993–present | Anarchist Studies | Biannual magazine | English | London (UK) |
| 1995–present | El Libertario | Newspaper | Spanish | Caracas (Venezuela) |
| 1996–present | Perspectives on Anarchist Theory | Biannual magazine | English | Washington, DC (US) |
| 1998–present | resistance | Monthly bulletin | English | London (UK) |
| 2021–present | The Anarchist Review of Books | Biannual magazine | English | United States and Greece |
| 2021–present | Liberté Ouvrière [8] | Annual journal | English and French | Montreal, QC (Canada) |
| 2023–present | Anarchist Union Journal [9] | Irregular journal | English | United States and Canada |
The following is a chronological list of noteworthy anarchist and proto-anarchist periodicals that are now defunct.
| Dates of publication | Title | Format | Language | Base |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1833 | The Peaceful Revolutionist | Monthly newspaper | English | Cincinnati, Ohio (US) |
| 1872–1890 1892–1893 | The Word | Magazine | English | Princeton, Cambridge (US) |
| 1879–1910 | Freiheit | Newspaper | German | London (UK), New York City (US) |
| 1879–1885 | Le Révolté | Newspaper | French | Geneva (Switzerland) |
| 1881–1896 | La Tramontana [10] | Newspaper | Catalan | Barcelona (Spain) |
| 1881–1908 | Liberty | Biweekly newspaper | English | Boston, Massachusetts (US) |
| 1883–1907 | Lucifer the Lightbearer | Weekly newspaper | English | Valley Falls, Kansas and Chicago, Illinois (US) |
| 1884–1888? | The Alarm | Weekly newspaper | English | Chicago (US) |
| 1890–1977 | Fraye Arbeter Shtime | Tabloid | Yiddish | United States |
| 1890–1897 1903–1908 | El Corsario | Weekly periodical | Spanish | A Coruña (Spain) |
| 1891–1894 | L'EnDehors | Newspaper | French | Paris (France) |
| 1892–1915 1920–1923 [11] | Arbeter Fraynd | Newspaper | Yiddish | London (UK) |
| 1894–1896 | Liberty | Monthly newspaper | English | London (UK) |
| 1895–1904 | The Firebrand, 1895–1897 Free Society , 1897–1904 [12] | Newspaper | English | Portland, Oregon (1995–1997), San Francisco, California (1997–2001), Chicago, Illinois (2001–2004) (US) [13] |
| 1896–1897 | La Voz de la Mujer [14] [15] | Newspaper | Spanish | Rosario (Argentina) |
| 1896–1932 | Der Eigene | Journal | German | Berlin (Germany) |
| 1897–1899 | The Adult | Journal | English | London (UK) |
| 1898–1905 1923–1936 | La Revista Blanca | Magazine | Spanish | Madrid and Barcelona (Spain) |
| 1900–1940 1947–1950 1957–1960 [16] | Le Réveil anarchiste | Newspaper | French and Italian | Geneva (Switzerland) |
| 1900–?? | Regeneración | Newspaper | Spanish | Mexico and United States |
| 1905–1914 | L'Anarchie | Journal | French | Paris (France) |
| 1900–1903 1905–1908 | Germinal | Journal | Yiddish | London (UK) |
| 1903–1918 | Cronaca Sovversiva | Newspaper | Italian | New Jersey (US) |
| 1907–1908 | Tianyi bao | Magazine | Chinese | Tokyo (Japan) |
| 1907–1910 | Xin Shiji (新世纪 = New Era, Nouveau Siècle), periodical of the Chinese students abroad in France | Monthly newspaper | Chinese | Paris (France) |
| 1906–1917 | Mother Earth | Monthly magazine | English | United States |
| 1907–1932 | Die Aktion | Weekly periodical | German | Germany |
| 1911–1923 | Bluestockings Journal | Magazine | Japanese | Japan |
| 1911–1919 | Golos Truda | Monthly, weekly, later daily newspaper | Russian | New York City, Petrograd, Moscow |
| 1912–1913 1913–1916 1921 | Huiminglu (Cock Crow Journal, also titled with Pingminzhisheng, 'Voice of the Common People') Minsheng (Voice of the People) Minsheng | Weekly magazine | Chinese | Guangzhou, China Portuguese Macau, later moved to Shanghai International Settlement Guangzhou, China |
| 1916–1917 | The Blast | Biweekly magazine | English | San Francisco, California (US) |
| 1918 | Labor | Monthly magazine | Chinese | Shanghai, China |
| 1922–1939 | L'EnDehors | Newspaper | French | Paris (France) |
| 1922–1971 | L'Adunata dei refrattari | Magazine | Italian | New York City (US) |
| 1923–1928 | De Moker | Magazine | Dutch | Netherlands |
| 1927–1931 | Road to Freedom | Newspaper | English | New York City, New York (US) |
| 1929–1937 [17] | Iniciales | Magazine | Spanish | Barcelona and Valencia (Spain) |
| 1932–1939 | Vanguard | Monthly journal | English | New York City, New York (US) |
| 1936–1939 | Spain and the World | Newspaper | English | London (UK) |
| 1937–1940 | Jingzhe | Newspaper | Chinese | Chengdu |
| 1939–1945 | War Commentary | Newspaper | English | London (UK) |
| 1942–1952 | Why? An Anarchist Bulletin and Resistance | Magazine | English | New York City (US) |
| 1945–1956 | L'Unique | Journal | French | France |
| 1960–1992 | Solidarity | Magazine | English | London (UK) |
| 1961–1970 | Anarchy | Monthly magazine | English | London (UK) |
| 1961–1994 | Our Generation | Biannual newspaper | English | Montreal (Canada) |
| 1966–1968 | Black Mask | Journal | English | New York City, New York (US) |
| 1975–1980 | Libero International | Newspaper | English | Kobe (Japan) |
| 1981–1997 | Ideas and Action | Magazine | English | United States |
| 1984–??? | Green Anarchist | Magazine | English | United Kingdom |
| 1987–2003 | The Raven: Anarchist Quarterly | Quarterly journal | English | London (UK) |
| 1988–1991 | The Arousal | Newsletter | English | Pakistan |
| 1989–2013 | Profane Existence | Irregular zine | English | Minneapolis, Minnesota (US) |
| 1994–2014 | SchNEWS | Weekly A4 sheets | English | Brighton (UK) |
| 1996–2010 | Direct Action | Quarterly magazine | English | Manchester (UK) |
| 2000–2008 | Green Anarchy | Quarterly magazine | English | Eugene, Oregon (US) |
| 2001–2010 | Abolishing the Borders from Below | Irregular magazine | English | Berlin (Germany) |
| 2005–2015 | Rolling Thunder | Biannual magazine | English | United States |
| 2010 | Róstur | Monthly newspaper | Icelandic | Iceland |
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Anarchism spread into Belgium as Communards took refuge in Brussels with the fall of the Paris Commune. Most Belgian members in the First International joined the anarchist Jura Federation after the socialist schism. Belgian anarchists also organized the 1886 Walloon uprising, the Libertarian Communist Group, and several Bruxellois newspapers at the turn of the century. Apart from new publications, the movement dissipated through the internecine antimilitarism in the interwar period. Several groups emerged mid-century for social justice and anti-fascism.
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