Drivers and couriers vow to escalate after protest at Uber HQ over unfair sacking of 200 key workers
July 27th: Following the unfair dismissal of over 200 drivers and couriers by app-based operators this year, the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) brought together workers from its United Private Hire Drivers and the Couriers and Logistics Branches to protest on Monday outside Uber HQ at Aldgate Tower in London.
The anarchists targeted by Pegasus
July 23rd: On 9 May 2016, the “Day of Flowers” that commemorated the late Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev’s birthday, two anarchists celebrated the festivities and paid their respects to the dead dictator by decorating one of his statues.
The Serious Annoyance continue to trespass despite judgement
July 22nd: Freedom Newspaper received the following communique from squatters occupying the former Camberwell police station in South London.
No Pride in Genocide: solidarity action with indigenous struggles in so-called Canada
July 10th: Earlier this week, a group of activists organised a protest in front of the Canadian embassy in London to show their solidarity with indigenous struggles.
Cuba: the end of the social enchantment of “The Revolution”: a voice from Cuban anarchist
July 20th: The repressive social spell that maintained the international left museum pacified has been broken.
International call on the political crisis in Afghanistan
July 17th: Below, Freedom reproduces the international call-out by our comrades from Iran and Afghanistan discussing the current Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
Belarus: Antifascist detained to serve 18 months of forced labour for a street performance
July 16th: Belarussian activist, antifascist and the singer of street punk band Mister X– Igor Bancer has been sent to a work camp following a court verdict sentencing him to 18 months of forced labour.
The Menshevik’s Pants: Es lebe die Freiheit!
July 26th: | CW: Contains a non-graphic instance of sexual assault | Dear Prisoner, “I fell in love – completely and with passionate sincerity – with the idea of revolution.”
Review: Guide to Every City
July 15th: Writer: Efe Levent Artist: Alaa Alhassoun Guide to Every CityMangal MediaISBN: 6057034821 Guide to Every City is a thorough picture of the perennial Every City from the perspective of a fictional Every Travel Writer.
Solarpunk, Climate Change and the New Thinkable
July 8th: Amitav Gosh’s thesis in “The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable” could be summarized with the opening lines of chapter three: “climate change casts a much smaller shadow within the landscape of literary fiction than it does even in the public arena.” Indeed, he spends a considerable amount of pages rectifying that.
Why Boris Johnson still isn’t a libertarian
July 21st: Monday has been dubbed ‘Freedom Day’ by the Prime Minister.
A consideration of Freedom Day, and personal responsibility
July 19th: There’s an old cliche that you never know who your true friends are until something goes wrong, and that’s certainly been true enough over the course of the pandemic.
Squatters Take Camberwell Cop Shop (2.0) [Full Statement]
July 9th: The Serious Annoyance has returned to occupy the empty Camberwell Police Station, Camberwell Church St SE5, as we continue in our fight to #killthebill and highlight the destructive role of the police.
