bell hooks: The true teacher is within us. Come along to the library on the 6th of June and learn something new! We have books on hundreds of topics and there's something for everyone 🙌

Another review from one of our borrowers: "Desert is maybe one of the most controversial books about the climate crisis out there. Despite its politics being ambiguous (and even potentially reactionary), its major message: that climate-breakdown-induced societal collapse is now inevitable... 1/3

📘Making a Killing: The Political Economy of Animal Rights (2007) by Bob Torres. ➡️ An analysis of the economic position of animals under capitalism using Marxist, Anarchist and Bookchinite lenses, and what is to be done about it. /5

📗The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (1914) by Robert Tressell. ➡️ One of Britain’s most famous political novels: a semi-autobiographical history of working class life at the turn of the 20th century, and a narrative which expertly weaves together lived-life and Marxist theory ... 3/

📕The BBC: Myth of a Public Service (2016) by Tom Mills. ➡️ A revealing look at the foundations and history of the BBC over the last century - from its role in the General Strike of 1926 to the Dodgy Dossier that preceded the invasion of Iraq - and the BBC’s relationship to establishment power. 2/

You can now borrow and read 'Good Cop Radicals: How the University & Nonprofits Make Counterinsurgents Out of Middle Class Leftists' from the Autonomous Library! 📚🙌

Fantastic news! 🌿☀️❤️ You can now borrow ‘Worth Fighting For: Bringing the Rojava Revolution Home’ by Jenni Keasden and Natalia Szarek! Come to the next library to find it✌️

Amazing news! You can now read/borrow "The Solidarity Economy: A Visual Guide" at the next library 👏

NEXT LIBRARY DATE 📖🐛 Join us on the 6th of June for books on hundreds of topics including working class history, anti-colonial struggles, organising strategy, student protest movements, queer liberation, the climate crisis, radical art and anarchist debates. Available to borrow or read! 📚😎

Fantastic news! 🌿☀️❤️ You can now borrow ‘Worth Fighting For: Bringing the Rojava Revolution Home’ by Jenni Keasden and Natalia Szarek! Come to the next library to find it✌️

Sharing the full list of stall holders at the Edinburgh Anarchist Bookfair, see yous there tomorrow 🔥💥

🏴 🚩MAY DAY 2026 Sharing the March and Rally info from the Edinburgh and Lothians May Day Committee!

Tomorrow!

Good news! You can now borrow the much sought-after 'Their Wars - Our Dead: Anarchist reflections on anti-militarism' from the Autonomous Library! 🙌 You can read and borrow this book at the library from tomorrow! 📖

We can now share the program of workshops & talks running all day alongside the Edinburgh Anarchist Bookfair 💗 Less than two weeks to go before we can enjoy this delicious program! 😍😊

More deets on the (very ecclectic) raffle we'll run at our fundraiser gig next Wednesday 29th April at the PLC 🤩 Don't miss it! Get your tickets in our bio❕️🤟

Books to borrow from the Autonomous Library this May Day! 🧵

🚨 Big news everyone!! 🚨 The Edinburgh Anarchist Bookfair will also feature talks & workshops throughout the day, with Darren Cullen / @spellingmistakescostlives.com as the key speaker. If you don't already know his work, go check out his website and get hyped!!! 🔥🏴

Lucy Parsons in The Principles of Anarchism. Read about Lucy Parsons and the Haymarket Martyrs at the library on the 2nd of May 🐈‍⬛

📢 Save the date 📢 Edinburgh Anarchist Bookfair are hosting a fundraiser gig to raise money to host the bookfair and support stallholders! With an amazing lineup and a raffle with fantastic prices to top it all off, tickets can be found @ linktr.ee/edinburghanarchistbookfair

You can now borrow and read 'Good Cop Radicals: How the University & Nonprofits Make Counterinsurgents Out of Middle Class Leftists' from the Autonomous Library! 📚🙌

We're so excited to share on behalf the Edinburgh Anarchist Bookfair, the announcement of the first installment of this new era of Edinburgh's own anarchist bookfair! Saturday May 9th from 11am to 6pm, at the Quaker meeting house. You can find them at linktr.ee/edinburghanarchistbookfair

🔴⚫️ POST-MARCH HANG OUT! Join us after the Edinburgh May Day March and enjoy radical books and refreshments of tea, coffee and snacks. We will be open throughout the afternoon (from 2pm to 5pm) so come along to hang out, browse, relax and read!! ❤️🖤

🏴 🚩MAY DAY 2026 Sharing the March and Rally info from the Edinburgh and Lothians May Day Committee!

Join us on the 2nd of May for books on hundreds of topics including situationism, eco-anarchism, the Zapatistas, the IWW, revolutionary strategy, working class history and much much more! You never know what you might find 📚🔍

Dedicated to celebrating the Transgender community and our allies. Let's celebrate Trans Joy! Changing space available and step free disabled access. Organised in partnership with Augustine United Church, Resisting Transphobia in Edinburgh and Metropolitan Community Church. All are welcome!

NEW VIDEO: Masculinity is making you miserable: Mad Men and Looksmaxxing (link below) I look at two different performances of masculinity and what each can tell us about how masculinity is making you miserable

Come along to the autonomous library next Saturday and learn something new! We have books on a huge range of topics including: working class history, anti-colonial struggles, organising strategy, women’s liberation, the climate crisis, queer history and much much more! 📚

NEXT LIBRARY DATE! Join us for hundreds of books on: anarchist history, Scottish radicals, revolutionary Spain, economic and social analysis, queer liberation, socialist fiction, Rojava, cooperatives - and free tea and biscuits! 🍪☕️ More details on events to follow 🔥

The aid trap

☀️VICTORY☀️ The bailiffs and police have left! No eviction today! Thanks to amazing mobilisation of the Edinburgh community, the traveller community in Granton resisted an unlawful eviction of the site they've been living on for 7 years.

❗Urgent call out to oppose eviction of traveller community❗

ROJAVA UNDER ATTACK As members of the Autonomous library, we stand in full solidarity with the people of the Autonomous administration of North East Syria / Rojava and the democratic, ecological, women's revolution as they face invasion by religous fascist forces directed by HTS.

Event happening next week! Part of a series of panel discussions across England and Scotland on the Palestine movement in Britain. The discussions will focus on: • An update on the current situation in Palestine • International solidarity • The growing repression facing the Palestine movement

FIRST LIBRARY DATE OF 2026 Apologies for skipping the January date. Here's to an even more educational, empowering and combative year ✊ Come along for books on working class history, queer liberation, dual power, anti-colonial struggles, anarcha-femininism, and much much more

NEXT LIBRARY DATE Saturday the 1st of November! Come along for books on working class history, queer liberation, dual power, anti-colonial struggles, anarcha-femininism, the Black Panther Party, the Spanish Civil War, cooperatives, and much much more! 🪻

We’ll read the text together so there’s nothing you need to do to get ready, but we’ve linked it in our bio if you’d like to read it beforehand. If you missed the last one, no worries! If this is your first reading circle, see you there 🐝

Tomorrow! 🐞🐞

NEXT LIBRARY DATE Saturday 4th October! Join us for hundreds of books on anarcho-syndicalism, social centres, Marxism, community-organising, anti-colonialism, situationism, socialist fiction - and free tea/coffee and biscuits! 🍵 📚

We’ll read the text together so there’s nothing you need to do to get ready, but we’ve linked it in our bio if you’d like to read it beforehand. If you missed the last one, no worries! If this is your first reading circle, see you there 🐝

Join us to discuss It's Safer in the Front: Taking the Offensive against Tyranny by Crimethinc. at the library this Saturday! 🐞

"People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. After a while, people just think oppression is the normal state of things. But to become free, you have to be acutely aware of being a slave." Assata Shakur. Rest in Power ✊

Accessibility info thread 👇

NEXT LIBRARY DATE Saturday 4th October! Join us for hundreds of books on anarcho-syndicalism, social centres, Marxism, community-organising, anti-colonialism, situationism, socialist fiction - and free tea/coffee and biscuits! 🍵 📚

Happening this saturday! The WSM text which provides a definition of fascism along with the latest Red Flare report giving us a picture of far right activity in Britain, will form the basis of a discussion of we can respond increasing fascist activity (1/2)

Join us at our reading circle during the next library (Sat 13th) to discuss a text by the Workers Solidarity Movement on fascism, and the latest Red Flare report! No need to read anything in advance, we'll read together! But the text is linked in our bio if you'd like to have a look beforehand 🐞

‼️ALL OUT AGAINST FASCISM‼️ Post sent to us by comrades The fash are once again out this weekend and we encourage everyone who can to turn up, protect each other and show fascists they're not welcome anywhere! Info on when counter-protests are taking place and how to keep yourself and others safe:

‼️UPDATE ‼️ We have taken the decision to delay the library by a week in order to not disrupt the counter-protest of the fascist rally at Holyrood on Saturday the 6th (more details to come). Apologies for any inconvenience in changing the dates.

❗The reading circle will be at 15.30 tomorrow❗

Happening tomorrow 👀