Analysis
Liberty is a muscle, it must be exercised
September 22nd: In its quest to outflank Reform to the right, Labour has not just continued the 2020s Tory assault on protest and left-wing dissent, but deepened i…
Anarchist News Review: The UK far-right cosplays the US, as Trump comes to town
September 18th: Just days after sacking one Epstein pal, Starmer is welcoming another to hang out with the King and preen in castles—while arresting embarras…
Facing down the flagshaggers
September 15th: To resist normalisation, we need enduring groundwork with attacked communities—and spaces for open strategising ~ Blade Runner ~ On Saturda…
London arms fair disruption: A stark contrast to mass arrests for Palestine
September 13th: Well-coordinated direct action catches the police off guard, showing the power of secure and strategic organising ~ Kevin Blowe ~ On 9 September, a…
Distracted by all the incitement
September 11th: The ruling class is no longer even pretending to justify its own laws through consistent use ~ Rob Ray ~ One of the (many) silly things about the…
Anarchist News Review: Can Polanski save the Greens? Would that change anything?
September 4th: An out and proud leftie is now in the leadership role, but while it’s refreshing to hear something other than flat-out bigotry, the political…
The anti-militarism of fools
September 2nd: How Western leftists and anarchists found ‘convenient’ voices from Eastern Europe ~ Nikita Ivansky ~ Debates on anti-militarism continu…
The space between us: Parenting and the generation gap
August 29th: I am not the parent I thought I’d be, but revolutions rarely unfold as we predict
Anarchist News Review: Racists are cross and politicians are licking jackboot
August 28th: Andy, Sam and Simon take a slightly longer look at the far-right protests which have dominated silly season’s news agenda, along with the rea…
Anarchist New Review: Is there anything Yvette Cooper can’t do wrong?
August 14th: Andy and Simon look at the Home Secretary’s ongoing blundering around proscription as arrest numbers for terrorist pensioners skyrocket and t…
One war, many battles: Surveillance, the far-right, and the new war economy
August 5th: The same logic that obliterates Gaza also demonises migrants in Britain, criminalises dissent, and elevates white nationalist narratives ~ Blade Ru…
Anarchist News Review: Palestine Action court progress, the Online Safety Act and TAV protests in Italy
July 31st: Simon and Andy work through the way political and legal forces are reacting to the rising tide of disgust at the sight of starving children.
No more ‘good disabled’ guff
July 20th: The government’s proposed cuts to disability benefits will ruin lives if they are not fought ~ Fingers Malone ~ Their focus is on making it harde…
Anarchist News Review: Profiteering off climate disasters, abandoned allies, and Durham’s big day out
July 17th: Insurance bonds may be dry, but they’re also the closest you’ll get to capitalists’ actual assessment of the problem …
Anarchist News Review: Grok The Nazi, Rishi’s Return To Banking and Cartel Cash Bungs
July 10th: While Elon Musk struggles to get his AI to stop calling itself Mecha Hitler, the less techy wing of the elites are up to old tricks …
