Pamphlets
Since 2020 Principle 5 has published a series of pamphlets. Each one brings back key writing by the thinkers and groups behind the co-operative and labour movements, with a focus on Sheffield.
Want a printed copy? The pamphlets are printed by Footprint Workers Co-operative in Leeds. To buy one, email steve@sheffield.coop. You can read all of them free as PDFs below.
The series
Pamphlet 1
Sheffield and Socialism
An extract from Carpenter’s memoir My Days and Dreams, with an introduction by David Blunkett.
Pamphlet 2
Co-operative Production
A lecture given at the Sheffield Hall of Science on Sunday 8 March 1883, with reference to the Leclaire experiment.
Pamphlet 3
The Future of Co-operation
Enfield’s case for where the co-operative movement should go next.
Pamphlet 4
Six Years of Labour Rule in Sheffield, 1926–32
The original manifesto for community wealth building in Sheffield.
Pamphlet 5
Universal Basic Income
Taken from Carpenter’s chapter “Transitions to Freedom”.
Pamphlet 6
Co-operators, Radicals, Workers
Essays from the Holberry Society for the Study of Sheffield Labour History.
Pamphlet 7
The Battle of Walkley and Other Working Class Impositions
A second volume of essays from the Holberry Society for the Study of Sheffield Labour History.