COVID-19 and social reproduction
April 11th: This text first appeared at AnarchistStudies.blog, a platform publishing comment and critique related to anarchist activism, anarchist academia, and the wider world as viewed through an anarchist lens.
Evictions held over, hotels for the homeless — Covid is upending housing
March 31st: The legal situation has been changing so rapidly that even full-timers are struggling to keep up, but with the introduction of Practice Direction 51Z it looks like eviction proceedings are finally off the table for now and we have time to take stock of what is now utterly uncharted territory in British housing.
“I’ve never felt more trapped and powerless in my life” – Letter lays bare the cruel realities of prison during the pandemic
March 24th: The following letter from ‘D’ – passed to us by Carl Cattermole and Lisa & Elliot of @bluebaglife – lays bare the horrific conditions being endured by prisoners during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The ‘scientific rigour’ which has left our hospitals unprepared
March 31st: The following statement, released recently by Italian healthcare union USI on the running down of their national health system, could be a word for word critique of the British government’s own systematic destruction of the NHS.
Greek authorities use COVID-19 lockdown to crack down on self-managed Vio.Me factory
March 30th: While the Greek people are placed under quarantine due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the Greek authorities continue their agenda against the social movements in the country.
South Africa: Evictions mark first day of national lockdown
March 28th: Even as police let loose with rubber bullets and beatings against shoppers yesterday in an effort to enforce the new national Covid-19 lockdown, in Durban they were turfing people into the street.
Voice from the frontline: Organising in a pandemic
April 10th: A care worker breaks down what can, and indeed must, be done to self organise if proper protection and treatment is to be won in the face of inaction by authorities.
Interview: Simon Hannah on the fight to stop the poll tax
April 6th: Author Simon Hannah spoke to Freedom Press about his new book Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay: the fight to stop the poll tax which is published by Pluto Press.
Interview: Radical community in Aberdeen
April 5th: To mark the one-year anniversary of a radical social centre appearing in the Granite City, Rob Ray talks with the organising collective about their experiences, dreams — and advice for groups looking to set up new spaces.
Listen up sanes: the intersection of policing and healthcare is nothing new
April 10th: On March 25th the Coronavirus Act 2020 received Royal Assent and became law.
Calling All Creatives (who are less talented than me)
April 8th: Believe it or not, this actually happened and it actually was the BBC operating this snake-oil wagon, but with less oblique references to cocaine.
Five quick thoughts on the limits of Covid-19 mutual aid groups & how they might be overcome.
April 5th: Three weeks ago, I decided to set up a Facebook group to help people look out for one another in my little corner of south east London.
