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Penny Mordaunt vs The FBU

On Sunday the boss’ tabloids were all over the same story. The Mail On Sunday even ran it on the front page. Apparently Tory minister Penny Mordaunt wasted parliamentary time and everyone’s taxes by giving a bogus speech for the sole purpose of saying the word ‘cock’ a few times. This to win a bet

Class War Forces Re-think on Poor Doors

Class War has gained some progress on the issue of poor doors at One Commercial Street London by securing a look inside the building and a meeting with the new owner. Further progress is expected in the coming weeks in this battle against apartheid between rich and poor.   The working class action group has

Ferguson Legal Defence Fund Smashes Target

A CROWD funding campaign to get legal reps for people detained during disturbances in Ferguson, Missouri, USA has more than doubled it’s target, reaching as high as $57,000 mark after a surge of donations. The huge boost to the Ferguson Defense Fund on Indiegogo was sparked as rioting broke out over the exoneration of killer

Democracy Is Already Direct: A Response To Jon Bigger

The debate around democracy continues with this response to a response (original article is here, Jon Bigger’s response is here.) As I was on my way home from vacation I noticed a response article continuing dialogue that I opened with my most recent article, which was a very basic critique of democracy from an anarchist

Notes From America: November

Louis Further rounds up news from the USA for the months of October and November.   Racism Kalief Browder was a 16-year-old high school student from the Bronx when he was accused of stealing a Rucksack by a mistaken witness driving around in the back of a New York Police Department police patrol car. Although

Democracy: Why It Should Be As Direct As Possible

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In ‘Democracy: Why It Should Be As Direct As Possible’ Jon Bigger offers up a response to a recent opinion piece on Freedom News, entitled ‘The Second Greatest Lie: An Anarchist Critique of Democracy.’  Freedom recently published an article calling for a debate on whether direct democracy was desirable [it can be found here]. Titled

They Don’t Care About Us: #FreeCeebo

This summer, while a lot of attention was focused on the aftermath of the police killing of Mike Brown in Ferguson, another young black man was shot to death by the LAPD. Following the police killing of Ezell Ford, his cousin Ceebo, among others, demanded answers about what had happened to him. He recorded a song and

Tawayel: a timeline of torment

Nikki Ray writes about firing zones, demolitions and Israeli settlement expansion in Area C of the West Bank… Tawayel (Tell al Khashaba) is a small community of herding families living in a beautiful area of the West Bank. Their very existence has been continuously threatened by the Israeli authorities throughout the year of 2014. During