"We're standing in the Fleet Street offices of MayDay Rooms founded over a decade ago as "an archive, resource and safe haven for social movements, experimental and marginal cultures and their histories". Its holdings form a vast paper topography of refusal over 100,000 flyers, bulletins, pamphlets and minutes tracing the history of the anti-authoritarian left. Much of the material is British but threaded with transnational currents: together they form a living diagram of insubordination as it travelled the world."
"While historians accept punk injected new energy into Britain's ageing anarchist milieu at the end of the 1970s, this convergence largely remains under-documented in the archive. Beyond the odd leaflet or review, anarcho-punk's effect on anarchist practice has largely escaped the record. To counter this, MayDay Rooms has issued a call for materials - zines, flyers, minutes, posters - to trace how sound and"
An old tour diary records dates, venues, ticket prices and security notes, reflecting intense involvement in the 1980s anarchist scene and anti-fascist precautions at gigs. MayDay Rooms in Fleet Street functions as an archive and resource for social movements, holding over 100,000 flyers, bulletins, pamphlets and minutes that trace anti-authoritarian histories with transnational links. The archive aims to connect historical materials to contemporary struggles and runs free screenings, workshops and discussions to extend the collection into active practice. Anarcho-punk's impact on anarchist practice remains under-documented. MayDay Rooms has issued a call for zines, flyers, minutes and posters to fill that gap.
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