SparrowsNestLibrary @SparrowsNestLib
Holding thousands of books, journals, pamphlets, zines, leaflets, posters etc. re the history of anarchists and assorted rebellious rabble in the UK and beyond. thesparrowsnest.org.uk Nottingham, England Joined January 2017-
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Added another 70 items to the Digital Library: thesparrowsnest.org.uk/index.php/14-n… Most are issues of Black Flag. Check the full listing of our (almost) comprehensive collection of BF (1969-2010s): thesparrowsnest.org.uk/index.php/14-n… As always everything is available without paywall or need to register!
We have added another 27 items to the Digital Library: thesparrowsnest.org.uk/index.php/14-n…
We just added another 127 items to the Digital Library. Dive in: thesparrowsnest.org.uk/index.php/14-n…
We just uploaded 75 early issues of Freedom, covering 1886-1892, parts of the 1910s & a few issues from the 30s and 40s. thesparrowsnest.org.uk/index.php/14-n… Our sincere thanks to @bg_scarlett and everyone else at the great @wcmlibrary who made this possible! @Freedom_Paper #Anarchy #Archives
@tashuk will be back @BroadwayCinema from Wed 28th August with an exhibition about the excellent #Nottingham Green Festival. alanlodge.co.uk/blog/archives/…
Apologies for the delay, but we have just posted a report on our exhibition 'Under the Rainbow'. Many, many thanks to everyone who made the event such a success, especially to all @BroadwayCinema Read online post: thesparrowsnest.org.uk/index.php/14-n… Read as pdf: thesparrowsnest.org.uk/collections/Un…
We are back open today @BroadwayCinema 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🩵 Last chance to see the ‘Under the Rainbow’ today from 12-5pm It’s free to enter so come say hello! @SparrowsNestLib
Open from TONIGHT Thu 25/07, 7pm: Under the Rainbow - Documents and Artefacts From Five Decades of LGBTQ+ Struggle and Liberation Free event 25/07-04/08 @BroadwayCinema More info: thesparrowsnest.org.uk/index.php/13-n… #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #History #Archives @FiveLeavesBooks @LeftLion
Excited for @NottsPride? Relive the colour and joy of the festival over 20 years with these wonderful pictures from photojournalist Alan Lodge. Having covered Pride events for several decades, we asked him a few questions about life behind the lens... tinyurl.com/mr2py4yy
We'll be sharing the work of @tashuk from today in our Broadway Gallery as part of Under the Rainbow an exhibition hosted by @SparrowsNestLib displaying a time capsule of resistance The photographs will compliment a rich collection of LGBTQ+ materials from independent media🌈
We'll be sharing the work of @tashuk from today in our Broadway Gallery as part of Under the Rainbow an exhibition hosted by @SparrowsNestLib displaying a time capsule of resistance The photographs will compliment a rich collection of LGBTQ+ materials from independent media🌈
Under The Rainbow - A free exhibition documenting #LGBTQ+ Struggle & Liberation @BroadwayCinema opens tomorrow Thu 25/07 7pm! thesparrowsnest.org.uk/index.php/13-n…
Under the Rainbow exhibition exploring Notts' LGBTQ+ history at @BroadwayCinema from 25 July organised by our friends @SparrowsNestLib thesparrowsnest.org.uk/index.php/13-n…
Our friends from @PeoplesHistreh will going on two more guided History walks: 'Agitating the Lawless Rabble' Sun 28 Jul and Sun 4th Aug 2024 2pm Left Lion (Council House) peopleshistreh.wordpress.com/2024/04/22/two… Ends at the back of @BroadwayCinema, stick around to see our free #LGBTQ+ exhibition!
Looking to this & delighted the organisers drew on our collections for their exhibition: The Current Underground: Art and Activism in Alternative Spaces A two-day conference, and a three-week exhibition at Gasleak Mountain Gallery, Nottingham. eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-current-…
Save the Date! My book: Queer Nottingham Volume One 1960-1989 is out Aug 1st with @FiveLeavesBooks Over 140 interviews, 8 archives from London to Liverpool and 2 years of my life. Let’s do this. As part of the exhibition of LGBT+ material @SparrowsNestLib in @BroadwayCinema
In preparation for our exhibition: 'Under the Rainbow - Documents and Artefacts From Five Decades of LGBTQ+ Struggle and Liberation' (25/07-04/08 2024), we have digitised another 45 documents, mostly local CHE newsletters, 1972-1982. Dive in! thesparrowsnest.org.uk/index.php/14-n…
Very happy to officially announce our next exhibition: Under the Rainbow - Documents and Artefacts From Five Decades of LGBTQ+ Struggle and Liberation Free event 25/07-04/08 @BroadwayCinema More info: thesparrowsnest.org.uk/index.php/13-n… #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #History #Archives @FiveLeavesBooks
Added 306 files to the Digital Library, e.g. regarding the Peace Movement, Christian Anarchism, and amazing Anarchist periodicals and pamphlets from the 60s. Dive in: thesparrowsnest.org.uk/index.php/14-n… Total count of the Digital Library now over 8k items, comprising almost 135k pages.
@NottmGreenFest @NottinghamAR @SparrowsNestLib Expotential Housing Coop Skills Exchange Hunt sabs Animal Rebellion. NFA Traveller community. @veggiesnottm + more Plus Sumac Sunday Brunch
Only 13 tickets left for Saturday💥 & Friday selling fast🎪🎩🏳️🌈🏴* *The concentration of power means we have no meaningful control of our lives. Let's build communities that don't operate for the few, but for those they are suppose to serve, all of us.* fixr.co/event/sumac-40…
Working Class History @wrkclasshistory
144K Followers 981 Following #OtD tweets & podcast. History isn't made by kings or politicians, it's made by billions of ordinary people. Support us: https://t.co/BfXZmiqe8a
Bristol Anarchist Fed... @BristolAFed
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Anarchist 💣Federat... @AnarchistFed
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56a Infoshop @56aInfoshop
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Past Tense @_pasttense_
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Five Leaves Bookshop @FiveLeavesBooks
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Newcastle SolFed @NewcastleSF
798 Followers 633 Following Newcastle Local of Solidarity Federation-IWA, an Anarcho-Syndicalist union. We cover Tyne & Wear, Northumberland and Co. Durham. https://t.co/IE6Wy0z7YC
Seth Dresden Wheeler @sethnotes
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small-C communist �... @_____newt
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archive appreciator @M_Gouldhawke
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ANGEL DEICIDE 𓂆 @ang3ld3icid3
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The Anarchist Library @AnarchistLib
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Frouthue @Frouthuem8mxI
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ACAB @uselessnashamed
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qqurm @qqurm1
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NⒶder Szach @NaderSzach
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Stevie Gallacher @GalliSven
239 Followers 1K Following
Feminist City @feminiscity
5K Followers 2K Following Femme the city! Exploring the (re)production/labor/work/care in/of/for/as the city #FeministCity
Mark Shaughnessy @mds3xl
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Village Librarian @AVillageLibrary
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honest man @JamesWilli38967
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gwen fulton @gwen_fulton
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Grupo Anarquista Auro... @aurora_grupo
2K Followers 301 Following Grupo Anarquista Aurora. Aurora Anarchist Group. Seeking to work within the tradition of the IAF/IFA. @IntFedAnarchist
BelligerentAntifaFag ... @20sonthatthang2
378 Followers 587 Following can’t kill me(MDNI)(ANCOM)🇸🇩🔻🇾🇪🇺🇦 I’m not free until we all are. 1/2 of the twin terror gays
the shy retirer 🚩 @thomaswithdoubt
181 Followers 1K Following yeah hell yeah you know what i’m saying | they/she 🏳🌈 🏳⚧ | writer of poems | Яed Яosa, @luxemburgrecs
(◡‿◡✿) 🇵�... @fatumakhaireh
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George W. Butch ⚧�... @DumpsterThug666
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Church Of Sauce @ChurchOfSauce
108 Followers 590 Following https://t.co/Lon7Ibyw3Y is where sound creators, explorers, designers, ASMRs, and anyone with good taste pays due reverence to The Sauce. #FreePalestine
LinksLesen @LinksLesen
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Libre como el ave que... @libertadperez
445 Followers 3K Following Libertad no hay una sola. Sigo política, bichos y dibujos. Por acá hasta que este antro se hunda.
Time Of Monsters @difficultthird
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201 Followers 2K Following “ölümün son meydan harbidir bu; zafer aşkın ve hayatındır.”
💧John Paterson @PatersJpat
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sarhasarhasarha @sarhasarha123
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big K energy @Phanaeusdamon
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Tony Pancakes @LADimeStore
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McTaffish @crazydruid
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Anarchist Union Journ... @AUJ_official
402 Followers 237 Following A free Canadian/USA anarcho-syndicalist publication with the goal of creating IWA union in both countries. Likes and RT’s ≠ endorsements
Graham Seaman @navtis
143 Followers 714 Following @[email protected] Use https://t.co/kVGaTp7aAF to find the accounts you follow that have a mastodon account reference in their bios.
Twentieth Century Com... @20C_Communism
1K Followers 373 Following Twentieth Century Communism is a journal of communist history and theory from across the globe. Posts about radical history. Published by @LW_Books.
Phoebe Beckett Chingo... @Zvicha_
91 Followers 518 Following If I can’t dance I will not join your revolution | Studied @UChicagoMAPSS | @LSEAnthropology
James Knight @jnrknight
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Jennifer Powell @elephile
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archive rat @londonleftcom
297 Followers 408 Following ‘the main enemy is at home, our home is everywhere’
Hongwei Bao (he/him) @PatrickBao1
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Lucy Brouwer @NotRock
1K Followers 1K Following I am not here. This isn't happening. Find me here: https://t.co/POZNCrBINc https://t.co/V1Y15R7vv4
Miss Carter @missrcarter89
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133 Followers 112 Following Unlicensed therapist and marriage councilor, ICT-CWO.
libcom.org @libcomorg
59K Followers 2K Following Massive and free online archive of working class history and communist/anarchist literature. Tweets in individual capacity. https://t.co/K0RBermo13
Past Tense @_pasttense_
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PM Press @PMPressOrg
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Five Leaves Bookshop @FiveLeavesBooks
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ManchesterⒶBookfair @abookfair
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