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List of *online* and *open access* collections of historical documents relating to radical history (broadly defined). Nearly 1000 collections from around the world listed (and always looking for more).

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radical online collections and archives I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

Nearly 10,000 *online* and *open access* collections of radical, labour and anti-colonial historical documents are now listed.

But always looking for more!

If you know of any collections not listed, please get in touch.

#history #archives

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15.02.2026 02:45 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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radical online collections and archives I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

Nearly 10,000 *online* and *open access* collections of radical, labour and anti-colonial historical documents are now listed.

But always looking for more!

If you know of any collections not listed, please get in touch.

#history #archives

hatfulofhistory.com/radical-onli...

15.02.2026 02:45 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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radical online collections and archives I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

New collections added!

β€’ Union of Socialist Geographers Newsletter
β€’ Limerick Socialist (Ireland 1970s)
β€’ Ann Arbor Argus (US 1960s)
β€’ Nottingham Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (UK 1960s)
β€’ Catholic Worker (US 1930s)
β€’ Opiniao Socialista (Brazil 1990s-2020s)

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07.02.2026 09:56 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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radical online collections and archives I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

A new category on the Radical Online Archives and Collections page is academic organisations, with the online collections of Radical Philosophy and Union of Socialist Geographers Newsletter listed.

Any other suggestions of similar organisations/journals welcome!

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06.02.2026 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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radical online collections and archives I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

New collections added!

β€’ Union of Socialist Geographers Newsletter
β€’ Limerick Socialist (Ireland 1970s)
β€’ Ann Arbor Argus (US 1960s)
β€’ Nottingham Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (UK 1960s)
β€’ Catholic Worker (US 1930s)
β€’ Opiniao Socialista (Brazil 1990s-2020s)

hatfulofhistory.com/radical-onli...

07.02.2026 09:56 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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radical online collections and archives I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

A new category on the Radical Online Archives and Collections page is academic organisations, with the online collections of Radical Philosophy and Union of Socialist Geographers Newsletter listed.

Any other suggestions of similar organisations/journals welcome!

hatfulofhistory.com/radical-onli...

06.02.2026 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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radical online collections and archives I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

Nearly 10,000 online and open access collections of material related to radical, labour and anti-colonial history from around the world now available.

Browse the full list here:

hatfulofhistory.com/radical-onli...

26.01.2026 02:58 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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radical online collections and archives I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

Nearly 10,000 online and open access collections of material related to radical, labour and anti-colonial history from around the world now available.

Browse the full list here:

hatfulofhistory.com/radical-onli...

26.01.2026 02:58 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
screenshot of new database.

screenshot of new database.

We are trialling the new, update version of the List of Digitized Anarchist Periodicals (LIDIAP). In the future, it will be easier to suggest new periodicals to add to the database. LIDIAP is an invaluable database for anyone working on the history of anarchism.

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10.01.2026 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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radical online collections and archives I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

New collections added, part two

β€’ BC Workers News (Canada)
β€’ Jinbu ribao (China)
β€’ Jinchaji ribao (China)
β€’ Shandong rongjun (China)
β€’ Inside Indonesia (Australia)
β€’ Pioneer Truth (Mongolia)
β€’ Pyongyang Times (DPRK)

More to come soon!

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02.01.2026 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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radical online collections and archives I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

New collections added, part one

β€’ Kommunistischen Bundes Γ–sterreichs
β€’ Kommunistische Hochschulzeitung
β€’ Marxistisch-Leninistische Partei Γ–sterreichs
β€’ Vereinigung RevolutionΓ€rer Arbeiter Γ–sterreichs (Marxisten-Leninisten)

All from Austria

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02.01.2026 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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radical online collections and archives I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

New collections added, part two

β€’ BC Workers News (Canada)
β€’ Jinbu ribao (China)
β€’ Jinchaji ribao (China)
β€’ Shandong rongjun (China)
β€’ Inside Indonesia (Australia)
β€’ Pioneer Truth (Mongolia)
β€’ Pyongyang Times (DPRK)

More to come soon!

hatfulofhistory.com/radical-onli...

02.01.2026 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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radical online collections and archives I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

New collections added, part one

β€’ Kommunistischen Bundes Γ–sterreichs
β€’ Kommunistische Hochschulzeitung
β€’ Marxistisch-Leninistische Partei Γ–sterreichs
β€’ Vereinigung RevolutionΓ€rer Arbeiter Γ–sterreichs (Marxisten-Leninisten)

All from Austria

hatfulofhistory.com/radical-onli...

02.01.2026 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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radical online collections and archives I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

New collections from Portugal added!

β€’ Portuguese Communist Party archives
β€’ Student Movent in Opposition to the Estado Novo
β€’ UniΓ£o de Mulheres Alternativa e Resposta

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29.12.2025 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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radical online collections and archives I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

New collections from Portugal added!

β€’ Portuguese Communist Party archives
β€’ Student Movent in Opposition to the Estado Novo
β€’ UniΓ£o de Mulheres Alternativa e Resposta

hatfulofhistory.com/radical-onli...

29.12.2025 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Don’t Mourn, Digitise! Building a list of radical online archives Evan Smith offers a guide to the growing volume of left, labour and radical history resources now online, and introduces the directory of more than 500 collections to be found on his New Historical…

Digital archives are great, particularly for researchers who are unable to travel to/live near relevant institutions. But only the teeniest fraction has or will ever be digitised.

I wrote this a while back about the opportunities and limits of radical online archives.

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22.12.2025 05:58 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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radical online collections and archives I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

Have been compiling this list of radical online archives for several years. Nearly 1000 from around the world listed.

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22.12.2025 06:42 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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radical online collections and archives I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

New collections added!

β€’ AmΓ­lcar Cabral archive
β€’ KKE Posters
β€’ The Abolitionist Magazine archive
β€’ Russian and Eastern European Posters collection
β€’ Timorese Resistance Archive
β€’ Timor International Solidarity Archive
β€’ Princeton Industrial Relations collection

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20.12.2025 10:50 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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radical online collections and archives I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

New collections added!

β€’ AmΓ­lcar Cabral archive
β€’ KKE Posters
β€’ The Abolitionist Magazine archive
β€’ Russian and Eastern European Posters collection
β€’ Timorese Resistance Archive
β€’ Timor International Solidarity Archive
β€’ Princeton Industrial Relations collection

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20.12.2025 10:50 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Radical Online Archives Wrapped 2025

1. The Kabul Times
2. Party of Labor of Albania archives
3. Leftove .rs 
4. Big Flame archives
5. The Anarchist Library

Radical Online Archives Wrapped 2025 1. The Kabul Times 2. Party of Labor of Albania archives 3. Leftove .rs 4. Big Flame archives 5. The Anarchist Library

What radical online archives have people been visiting the most in 2025?

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13.12.2025 10:07 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
Radical Online Archives Wrapped 2025

1. The Kabul Times
2. Party of Labor of Albania archives
3. Leftove .rs 
4. Big Flame archives
5. The Anarchist Library

Radical Online Archives Wrapped 2025 1. The Kabul Times 2. Party of Labor of Albania archives 3. Leftove .rs 4. Big Flame archives 5. The Anarchist Library

What radical online archives have people been visiting the most in 2025?

hatfulofhistory.com/radical-onli...

13.12.2025 10:07 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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radical online collections and archives I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

New collections added!

β€’ Arbeiter Zeitung (Socialist Party of Austria newspaper, 1945-1989)
β€’ Tolmer Village community archive
β€’ Black Lesbian and Gay Centre
β€’ Jeremy Magazine
β€’ London Pride collection at Bishopsgate Institute
β€’ Italian 1980s punk zine archive

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11.12.2025 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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radical online collections and archives I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

New collections added!

β€’ Arbeiter Zeitung (Socialist Party of Austria newspaper, 1945-1989)
β€’ Tolmer Village community archive
β€’ Black Lesbian and Gay Centre
β€’ Jeremy Magazine
β€’ London Pride collection at Bishopsgate Institute
β€’ Italian 1980s punk zine archive

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11.12.2025 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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radical online collections and archives I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

New collections added pt 3

β€’ Alternative Press Collection (University of Connecticut)
β€’ People’s Collection Wales

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22.11.2025 08:59 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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radical online collections and archives I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

New collections added pt 2

β€’ Free Palestine (US/UK, 1970s-80s)
β€’ Palestine Solidarity Committee (NYC, 1976-78)
β€’ The Penal Press Collection (University of Toronto)
β€’ Puerto Rico Solidarity Committee/Puerto Rico Libre! (1970s)
β€’ SACHED Archiving Project

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22.11.2025 08:58 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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radical online collections and archives I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

New collections added pt 1

β€’ Negro World Newspaper Collection (1920s Garveyism)
β€’ Pan-African Federation/Congress
β€’ Manchester Observer (1818-22)
β€’ LGBT Center Collection (NYC)
β€’ Palestine Perspectives (Palestine Information Office/Education and Research Center)

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22.11.2025 08:57 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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radical online collections and archives I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

New collections added pt 3

β€’ Alternative Press Collection (University of Connecticut)
β€’ People’s Collection Wales

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22.11.2025 08:59 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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radical online collections and archives I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

New collections added pt 2

β€’ Free Palestine (US/UK, 1970s-80s)
β€’ Palestine Solidarity Committee (NYC, 1976-78)
β€’ The Penal Press Collection (University of Toronto)
β€’ Puerto Rico Solidarity Committee/Puerto Rico Libre! (1970s)
β€’ SACHED Archiving Project

hatfulofhistory.com/radical-onli...

22.11.2025 08:58 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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radical online collections and archives I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

New collections added pt 1

β€’ Negro World Newspaper Collection (1920s Garveyism)
β€’ Pan-African Federation/Congress
β€’ Manchester Observer (1818-22)
β€’ LGBT Center Collection (NYC)
β€’ Palestine Perspectives (Palestine Information Office/Education and Research Center)

hatfulofhistory.com/radical-onli...

22.11.2025 08:57 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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radical online collections and archives I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

New collections from @lselibrary.bsky.social added!

β€’ Greenham Women Everywhere
β€’ Political Posters Collection
β€’ Gay Liberation Front (including Come Together paper)
β€’ Mukti: South Asian Women’s Journal (UK)
β€’ Cavendish-Bentinck Pamphlets and Leaflets

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02.11.2025 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1