Analysis
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…
Tug of class war: Agamben vs Zizek on the impact of Covid-19
April 25th: Panos Theodoropoulos analyses a war of words which has broken out between two well-known political philosophers over the nature of State reactions …
Government quietly introduces new lockdown restrictions
April 23rd: At 11am yesterday (Wednesday 22.04.20), the government quietly tightened lockdown restrictions across England.
Anarchist farm: a revolutionary feast
April 17th: Food — or the potential lack of it — has played on a lot of people’s minds lately.
Mutual Aid Groups: Five reflections for ‘Activists’ going local for the first time
April 14th: Inspired by Anna Kleist‘s hot takes on an initial few weeks of local mutual aid organising in the UK, I was inspired to throw in a few (slightly …
