The Free Society People’s Library (FSPL) is a radical, mobile lending library in Portland, OR. We provide free, accessible, information on radical movements and revolutionary ideas past and present to people of all ages. Our capacity for liberation depends first on our ability to imagine it. The FSPL aims to be a community hub which expands our ability to dream, dismantle, and build together.

We take our name from the Free Society newspaper, one of the largest anarchist periodicals for English speakers in the U.S. at the turn of the twentieth century. Originally published as The Firebrand in Portland, Oregon, the paper featured contributions from Emma Goldman, Lucy Parsons, Voltairine de Cleyre, and other radical feminists. It was relocated to San Francisco and renamed Free Society after being targeted by the state.