Abstract
Between its emergence in the 1870s and the start of the First World War, the anarchist movement existed through and was informed by dense multidirectional transnational exchanges, as a result of ideological internationalism as well as labour mobility and political exile within its ranks. Alongside direct contact largely concentrated in cosmopolitan cities and rare international congresses and conferences, periodicals were the prime medium for theoretical and strategic discussions, as well as the organization of the movement and construction of anarchist identities on a variety of scales. The multifaceted role of the press for anarchists, in return, fostered an elaborate, inventive and effective radical print culture, often operating on a shoestring and in adverse circumstances....