Analysis
Anarchist News Review: Farage’s Icy Heart and AI IPO shenanigans
June 5th: Andy and Simon talking about Nigel Farage coldly provoking a far-right rager, of course.
Anarchist News Review: Election results analysis
May 11th: Mike and Jon get together to pick apart Labour losses, Reform gains, Starmer’s future, and hung parliaments in Wales and Scotland ~
Protest injunctions: A quiet weapon against activism
May 9th: Corporate Watch briefing warns of “two‑tier” system where civil injunctions pre‑empt dissent and criminal law punishes persistence ~ Scott …
Notes from the US: A long, dark tunnel
April 13th: With Americans so poorly informed, it’s hardly surprising that their acceptance of atrocities is correspondingly high ~ Louis Further ~ The &…
Stop talking about AI – start talking about techno-fascism
April 8th: Technocracy and fascist politics are being embraced by megalomaniac elites scheming for their own survival ~ Ned Ludd ~ A couple of weeks ago I joi…
Why do Leninists and capitalists sound the same online?
March 31st: A shared style of argument reveals something deeper about how people relate to ideology, authority, and criticism ~ Slow Burning Fuse ~ Spend enoug…
Repression is not defeated by ballots
March 30th: Nearly all the tools for a police state are now in place, just waiting for the far right to take over ~ Rob Ray ~ Many people have heard of the “…
Hormuz lays bare our fossil dependency
March 23rd: Food, fuel and pharmaceuticals will all be affected by the blockade ~ Nicholas Beuret ~ By now you’re probably sick of hearing how much oil and …
BBC brings in the tech bros
March 18th: The prospect of UK state media being run by a former Google executive raises serious questions ~ punkacademic ~ News that Matt Brittin, the former …
UK is culpable in Iran attack, whatever Starmer says
March 2nd: It’s hard to expect a nation which reveres official secrecy and popular self-delusion to admit to evil in real time ~ punkacademic ~ On Satur…
SEND reforms: Cuts and culture wars
February 25th: Reducing SEND provision is part of a wider fight against the disabled and the young ~ punkacademic ~ Labour’s long-awaited announcement of ‘ref…
Watching the far right
February 8th: ~ Anti-fascist update with Alex Robert ~ What can you tell us about activist monitoring of the far right?
Filton acquittals: The start of a sea change
February 5th: The public is clearly uncomfortable with jailing peaceniks for trying to stop weapons supplies to a genocidal regime ~ Andy Meinke ~ Woolwich Crown…
Ukraine: Big Brother in a warzone
January 25th: The conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza have been highly technological, pushing surveillance to new heights ~ Nikita Ivansky ~ As the first bullets fly a…
Only people, not ‘leaders’, can stop Trump’s empire
January 20th: New tariff threats show how pointless it is to grovel: You just get kicked in the face ~ punkacademic ~ Britain’s modest contribution to a Europe…
