Analysis
End the white torture: Freedom for Alfredo Cospito!
March 23rd: The anarchist prisoner Alfredo Cospito has now been on hunger strike for 154 days to protest against the solitary confinement conditions under Ital…
Deadly train collision in Greece reveals the dysfunctionality of state and capitalism
March 16th: On 28th of February 2023, a head-on collision occurred between two trains in the Thessaly region of Greece, killing at least 57 people, making it t…
Review: From Sylhet to Spitalfields: Bengali Squatters in 1970s East London
March 11th: Author: Shabna BegumFrom Sylhet to Spitalfields: Bengali Squatters in 1970s East LondonLawrence WishartISBN: 9781913546748 This book is based aroun…
Rebuilding the organs of solidarity
March 8th: Yet again capitalism lurches from crisis to crisis, with the spectre of recession appearing in the consciousness of the media and the State.
Earthquake reveals growing cracks in Turkish political establishment
February 27th: It’s sometime in the afternoon of February 7th, a day after the earthquake that shook Turkey and Syria.
A month later – unanswered questions and abusive accusations
February 19th: Freedom republishes a report from Alarm Phone: UNANSWERED QUESTIONS On December 14, a boat disintegrated in the middle of the English Channel, kill…
Why is aid struggling to reach parts of Syria and Turkey after the most deadly earthquakes in almost a century?
February 14th: On the 6th February, when two huge earthquakes struck South-West Turkey and North-West Syria, rescue workers failed to arrive in some badly hit are…
Solidarity action in our schools holds key to victory
February 2nd: In the Department for Education (DfE)’s “Handling strike action in schools” document, the government has indicated that it “exp…
Anti-fascists confront white nationalist rally in Leeds
February 1st: Anti-fascists from the Yorkshire branch of Football Lads and Lasses Against Fascism (FLAF) confronted a white nationalist demonstration in Leeds on…
Where do old ranters go to rant?
January 25th: This is something I’ve been pondering a lot over the past year or two.
Football sees increase in homophobia
January 22nd: For those of us who love football we are well aware of the sad history of bigotry that unfortunately runs alongside the beautiful game.
Air Partner: the Home Office’s little-known deportation fixer
January 10th: Freedom reproduce an investigation from Corporate Watch: Air Partner and Carlson Wagonlit are the grease spinning the wheels of the UK deportation …
What we know about the Paris shooting and its significance to Kurds
January 4th: On the 23rd December 2022 a man named William Mallet opened fire on the street outside the Kurdistan Democratic Centre of Paris, which also houses …
A hard right turn that brings meltdown
January 1st: In October 2021, Boris Johnson proclaimed that this “is the direction this country is going — towards a high wage, high skill, high productivit…
Five times in 2022 when British politics (almost) provided hope, only for it to be quickly replaced by despair
December 30th: As 2022 comes to an end I reflect on some of the major events.
