Anarchy Magazine 76: How Many Years To 1984 (Vol 7 No 6) Edited by Colin Ward

Anarchy Magazine was an anarchist monthly magazine founded and edited by prominent anarchist Colin Ward. It was produced from March 1961 until December 1970 and was published by Freedom Press in London. 

The magazine included articles on anarchism and reflections on current events through an anarchist lens, e.g. workers rights, protest, criminology and squatting. It published contributions from a range of established authors such as Marie Louise Berneri, Murray Bookchin, Stanley Cohen, Paul Goodman, George Woodcock and Nicholas Walter.

This particular issue features an article by French artist, filmmaker, writer and photographer Chris Marker. (Incorrectly listed as Chris Marler in the issue, probably due to the magazines notoriously quick turnaround). 'Stay-in Strike at Besançon' features an interview Marker conducted with at the Rhodiaceta factory at Besançon, where he spoke to striking factory workers in March 1967. The strike and factory occupation conducted by the workers was the first in France since 1936, and has been seen as a prelude to the events of May 1968.

The issue also features articles by Paul Goodman, John O’Connor, Jack Robinson, Tony Gibson; and the cover piece How Many Years to 1984 by R. Smilde.

It is also worth noting the beautiful design work of graphic designer and illustrator Rufus Segar who became the resident art director of the magazine. Ward gave him significant freedom in his design of each issue, albeit while working to a tight deadline. Every issue was an experiment in its own right, capturing the visual excitement of the decade. Segar had studied at the Liverpool College of Art in 1950, he then fell in with a group of anarchists and moved into a communal house on Upper Parliament Street, Liverpool, where he met his wife, Sheila Bullard. Who he followed London before beginning his incredible career as a designer and illustrator.

Paperback staple-bound zine.

Published by Freedom Press, 1967.