Freedom

France revolts – but to what end?

September 19th: The alliance of unions which called the 18 September strikes has issued an ultimatum—but Bloquons Tout want more than concessions ~ punkacade…

Nantes: 4,000 on the streets for Bloquons Tout

September 15th: French police directed the demonstration with flash grenades and tear gas ~ from Contre Attaque ~ Saturday, 13 September, a rainy day in Nantes.

Anarchist prisoner released from Belarus

September 12th: The regime deported 52 political prisoners in exchange for sanctions relief ~ Nikita Ivansky ~ Anarchist Nikolai (Mikola) Dziadok was among 52 poli…

France blockades: The leaderless escalate

September 11th: Yesterday’s day of action saw Bloquons Tout stepping out of the shadows nationwide—and facing major police repression ~ punkacadem…

Notes from the US: Surplus population

September 18th: Now it’s bare-faced fascism—but doctors are putting up more resistance than Democrats ~ Louis Further ~ As wildfires aggravated by clim…

Nepal: Parliament torched after police kill 19 protesters

September 10th: GenZ protests against social media ban and elite corruption become mass uprising against state violence ~ Cristina Sykes ~ Soldiers are patrolling …

Sumud flotilla heads to Gaza “to break the blockade and stop the genocide”

September 4th: While Israel brands it as ‘terrorism’, Genoa dockworkers threaten mass action should the flotilla be intercepted ~ Santiago Navarro F, …

Book review: Desire and Fate

September 17th: Instead of a coherent critique of woke culture, we get a confused, grudge-laden screed that fails to balance the left’s internal contradictio…

London Anarchist Bookfair 2025: The workshops list

September 16th: Kae Tempest, Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin and Peter Gelderloos will be among the performers and speakers at this year’s big anarchist get-together…

Two different paths to world peace?

September 7th: Erich Mühsam and Bertha von Suttner, anarchist antimilitarism and organised pacifism ~ Bernd Drücke, ZivilCourage ~ The Civil Courage editorial t…

Confessions of a Communard: The rocky road to collective change

September 19th: Tensions between individual and collective needs have practical solutions—our neoliberal conditioning is harder to overcome ~ Warren Draper ~…

Anarchist News Review: The UK far-right cosplays the US, as Trump comes to town

September 18th: Just days after sacking one Epstein pal, Starmer is welcoming another to hang out with the King and preen in castles—while arresting embarras…

Facing down the flagshaggers

September 15th: To resist normalisation, we need enduring groundwork with attacked communities—and spaces for open strategising ~ Blade Runner ~ On Saturda…