Freedom

Scrapping the Vagrancy Act

June 13th: The criminalisation of homelessness and poverty is not truly ending—only being reshaped ~ Tony ~ On 10 June 2025 the Government confirmed it …

Notes from the US: Reaction and Resistance

June 13th: As action erupts against ICE raids, the MAGA cult moves on with its legislative onslaught ~ Louis Further ~ What you see in reporting on protests a…

Anarchist Review: LA crackdown, Aid flotilla hijacking and Train sabotage in Russia

June 12th: There’s cause for optimism in a greater public awareness of how media manipulates reality – but social media is far more insidious R…

Anarchist News Review: Budgets, Palestine organising and Reform Doge’ing repsonsibility

June 5th: Andy Meinke joins us for the weekly waffle, looking this week at Labour’s thrashing about as it tries to simultaneously backtrack on wildly u…

Wildfires will begin: An interview with Toby Shone

June 1st: The former political prisoner talks about his anarchism, the 325 project and resisting the physical and mental jails that surround us all.

Labour’s housing solution is doomed to fail

May 26th: Obsessing about how many homes are being built is a similar mindset to GDP-gazing – it fails to understand the true nature of the problem

Anarchist News Review: Labour U-turns, wild camping and the PKK’s end

May 22nd: Under intense public pressure the government appears to be rolling back at least one of its unpopular policies in the form of the winter fuel tax, …

Notes from the US: Fervent embrace of dogma

May 14th: We can now see clearly how Trump/MAGA/Musk’s implementation of Project 2025 can legitimately be called fascist ~ Louis Further ~ With the usu…

Beyond binaries: Gender, law and the reproduction of power

May 13th: As the state doubles down on binary gender, trans resistance challenges the machinery of control from below ~ Blade Runner ~ On 16 April 2025, the …

Labour’s sweet little lies

May 12th: From destroying the environment to betraying the disabled, the government is running the same play—will people fall for it?

Anarchist News Review: Local elections, Mayday rallies and direct action at Barclays

May 8th: With Reform making big gains in the face of Labour’s sharp rightwards turn and ongoing Tory incompetence, is control of Wales the next stop?

All change in the councils: Except it isn’t

May 4th: Oh garçon, I’d like Enoch-was-right Toryism with even more grifting, please.

Anarchist News Review: Israel under pressure, anarchist bookfairs and local elections

May 1st: Our weekly news review covering everything from Reform’s prospects in the polls to thoughts on the Spanish blackouts ~ The International Cour…

Anarchist News Review: Trans rights in court, evictions in Greece and Labour’s latest mess

April 24th: Andy, Rhiannon, Sam and Simon discuss the UK Supreme Court’s ruling, what it means legally and what it actually means for trans people, as we…

Notes from the US: Surprised? Maybe not

April 21st: Trump’s presidency is still not widely seen for the fascist coup that it is ~ Louis Further ~ Be honest and ignore your ‘scepticismR…