Freedom

For all the macho posturing, the British establishment is weak and fractured

February 7th: The UK has a bullish prime minister with a strong majority in parliament.

De-TERFing Speaker’s Corner

January 31st: [CW for violence; descriptions of trans misogyny; racism] Over two and a half years have passed since a confrontation at Hyde Park Corner between t…

On solidarity and strategy against Prevent

January 20th: The UK counter-terrorism police recently released an official 12-page guide to “Safeguarding young people and adults from ideological extremism”.

Class Traitors

January 16th: Since I published Chav Solidarity, plenty of people have either asked me what I think constitutes middle class, or suggested that, in targeting mid…

100 Days of Freedom: A new year’s message from Sarah Jane Baker

January 15th: Last week, Sarah Jane Baker celebrated her 100th day as a free woman, having served 30 years in men’s prisons.

Under Johnson the dark forces of conservatism are coming and we must be prepared

January 8th: Much has been written about the 2019 UK general election regarding the need for the left to regroup.

“All we have is each other”: Working class solidarity in the face of a Tory future

January 4th: D.

What do we actually need security guards for?

December 29th: David Adam muses on the ways in which commercial security firms frequently cause more problems than they solve, and seem to be present in far great…

13/12: Don’t mourn, organise.

December 13th: As we celebrate our ACAB day, let us disempower, disarm and disband the police and dare to dream of a world without cops.

Five things that could happen to make election night interesting

December 12th: There will be anarchists that avoid the election and anarchists who soak it all up.

Why I went to Germany to shut down coal mining operations in the midst of one of the most important general elections of a generation

December 11th: I have consistently gone to every single Ende Gelände action in Germany.

Fracking Moratorium or Electioneering? December 12th and Brexit May Hold The Key

December 10th: Fracking Moratorium or Electioneering?

“The human cost is actual”: Carl Cattermole on the London Bridge attack

December 6th: I witnessed the attack at London Bridge last Friday.

Review: Squatting ain’t dead, it just smells funny

December 4th: Vasudevan’s radical history of squatting looks at self-help housing in a half-dozen European and North American locations across the post-war glo…

No pedlars at our fundraiser: A sketch on charity and exclusion

November 30th: One of the big problems with how institutional charity has replaced human solidarity towards the homeless is that it frequently excludes people act…