Analysis
Propaganda of the deed and global social networks
December 20th: While personal acts of defiance cannot replace collective struggle, the distinction between collective and individual tactics may be superficial an…
Can the working class resist “green capitalism”?
December 19th: The ecological critique of capitalism must be firmly embedded in revolutionary theory and practice ~ José Luis Carretero Miramar, Rojo y Negro ~ T…
Notes from the US: Calculated chaos
December 16th: Trump’s absurd and dangerous cabinet nominations reveal his administration’s plan for dysfunction and strife ~ Louis Further ~ Six week…
Anarchist News Review: Syria, CEO shooting & landlord crimes
December 10th: Pondering the politics of Luigi Mangione and why his generation of young men seem so incoherent in their politics, the fall of Assad and the bind i…
115 local councils haven’t prosecuted a single landlord in 5 years—here’s why
December 10th: Property owners commit crimes, knowing that local authorities are scraping to keep the lights on ~ Isaac Bell Holmström ~ Overcrowding, infestatio…
What chances for climate protesters at Court of Appeal?
December 5th: Van Gogh soup protest and M25 blockade among cases in January hearing ~ Andy Meinke ~ In July, when five Just Stop Oil activists were jailed for a …
Freedom News Review—3 December 2024
December 3rd: Items discussed in this program: Rojava emergency with renewal of war in Syria • Repression against Kurdish activists in the UK • Deportation m…
Negativity and positivity in anarchism: An inextricable but contradictory duality
December 2nd: My initial purpose was to reflect on the unavoidable, and often undervalued, negative dimension of anarchism—but I soon realised this forced …
Freedom News Review — 26 November
November 27th: Items discussed in this program: International Day of Action Against Patriarchal Violence • Victory for direct action as Elbit loses £2.1bn UK d…
Return the common to the goose
November 24th: Farmers’ protests over a velvety soft reduction of inheritance tax privileges may seem overblown, but there’s a kernel of something interesting…
Freedom News Review – November 19
November 19th: Items discussed in this program: UK farming protests • Trump’s domestic and world politics • Indigenous peoples’ Anti-COP
Trump’s world politics: Bad or worse for Palestine and Ukraine?
November 18th: Trump’s second term could escalate support for Israel’s far-right agenda while cutting American backing for Ukraine, with uncertain outcomes dr…
Notes from the US: Power unchecked
November 14th: What a resurgent MAGA presidency means for policy and resistance ~ Louis Further ~ It is a week since the elections, and our preliminary assessment…
Freedom News Review – November 12
November 13th: Items discussed in this program: Valencia anger after flooding • First contact with Ocalan in almost 4 years • Trump victory and the ‘far…
“You can actually see this ‘far right international’ taking shape”
November 10th: Grzegorz Piotrowski discusses far right power and its international networking and funding ~ Uri Gordon ~ The far right agenda has never been so po…
