Freedom News

General strike: Argentina in slow motion

May 11th: On Thursday, unions held a second general strike against far-right President Javier Milei's “adjustment policies” and austerity.

Confronting the eco-fascists in Lyon

May 7th: To defuse an eco-fascist campaign, radicals in Lyon are working on intellectual and legal counterattacks

Successful resistance to Rwanda deportations

May 3rd: The last days have seen activist groups and local community members team up across the UK in solidarity with migrants, after the Home Office announced on Sunday that a country-wide operation to detain migrants ahead of removal to Rwanda would be taking place.

demonstators in Tbilisi

Georgia: Mass protests against pro-Russian government and “foreign agents” law

April 29th: A remarkable grassroots rebellion is sweeping across Georgia against the pro-Russian regime's blatant attempts to drag the country back under Moscow's imperialist boot.

burning forest image

Ahead of Another Summer of Climate Disasters, Let’s Talk about Real Solutions

May 8th: In cooperation with CrimethInc., we present a short text from Peter Gelderloos exploring why the strategies that mainstream environmental movements are currently employing to halt industrially-produced climate change are failing—and what we could be doing instead.

Why the State Can’t Compromise with the Gaza Solidarity Movement

May 5th: In the following analysis, participants in the campus occupations movement explore the strategic questions it confronts today.

Alexander Snezhkov in pre-trial detention

Russia: Prison sentences for “terrorist” graffiti

April 27th: A military court has sentenced the Chita anarchists – 19-year-old Alexander Snezhkov and 16-year-old Lyubov Lizunova – to six years and three and a half years in prison, respectively.

cartoon by Art Young portraying a capitalist inferno

Art Young’s dangerous cartoons

May 4th: Soon after the United States became involved in World War I, the federal government began its prosecution of avant-garde socialist magazine The Masses for anti-war activity.

An exhibition case showing a historical anarchist magazine and photos

“No Gods, No Masters, No Husbands”

April 27th: An exhibition showcases women editors, translators, proofreaders, typographers and packagers in anarchist print culture

“The court system put me through hell”

April 25th: The police laughed at her when she reported her sexual abuse.

Norwich disability protest outside St Marys House, July 2016

Disability cuts: Work isn’t the pull Sunak thinks it is

May 10th: The recent welfare reform plans announced by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak have landed badly, and rightly so.

Iraq: Hard truths about truth-telling

May 9th: "Accidental anarchist" Carne Ross reflects on blowing the whistle on the Iraq War, 20 years on.

UK polling station image from Wikipedia

UK local elections: Time to take Starmerism seriously

May 6th: Results point towards a massive Labour victory, but describing Starmer's position as Blairite is too simplistic