Analysis
How did the Belarusians come to rebellion against the dictatorship
August 11th: If you had asked people in Belarus how long the dictatorship of Lukashenko has left in early 2020, they would have looked at you like a fool.
HS2- high speed high tension
August 6th: Over the last fortnight I have gone down a High Speed 2 research wormhole, sparked by the thought that I hadn’t heard much about what was goi…
Hearts of Oak- threat or a joke?
August 4th: Saturday saw the public debut of a new attempt to “unite the right”.
BLOOD AH GO RUN
July 22nd: 1981, 2017, 2020 In the 39 years since Menelik Shabazz documented the Black People’s Day of Action in the aftermath of the New Cross massacre, in…
International Non-Binary People’s Day and the Struggle for Wider Revolution
July 21st: International Non-Binary People’s Day fell on Tuesday 14th July this year, and much like all days and weeks and months for the queer community, s…
The surveillance state doesn’t want you to mask up
July 14th: Right-wing anti-face mask activism has been a mass phenomenon in the US on the grounds of individual freedoms, but seems to be edging into left-lib…
Urban environment and racial segregation
June 28th: The current protests led by the Black Lives Matter movement in the USA have brought forward worldwide the problem of racism, with a strength and cl…
Deschooling Society: why Ivan Illich matters now
June 23rd: Ivan Illich, an Austrian Catholic priest and original social thinker, may not have identified as an anarchist, but his willingness to challenge rec…
From Minneapolis to London: who polices the police?
May 30th: Many of us have been following recent events in Minneapolis where a community is resisting police terror following the murder of George Floyd, with…
In the age of Corona anti-fascists need factual analysis, not meme research
May 16th: By now most people will have seen, and probably participated in, the outrage at the anti-lockdown ‘mass gatherings’ that are set to hav…
Lessons from COVID-19: How transformative justice and mutual aid can help to address harm in communities
May 12th: This article was originally published on the Transforming Society blog.
Coronavirus and your right to stay away from work
May 10th: On Sunday evening, Boris Johnson declared that it was time for the people of England to get back to work.
Wartime economics and post-pandemic battles
May 10th: The relentless recourse to the language of war to describe the public health emergency seems to signal a shift in mainstream economic debate.
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May 2nd: “We need to create the place we’ll meet again.
Food, poverty, mutual aid: Reflections from Birmingham solidarity kitchen
April 27th: According to a recent report by The Food Foundation, 1.5 million people have reported going an entire day without food due to poverty during the co…
