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Class, memory, and Jewish anti-Zionism
August 21st: Jewish radicals have long challenged the state project built in our name ~ James Horton ~ Originally published 10 July 2025 In view of the modern g…
Beyond civil disobedience: Why the Palestine Action ban demands an even bolder response
August 13th: The state’s crackdown on arms trade protests shows moral pressure is no longer enough—it’s time to target the war machine at its source ~…
Neurodiversity is not a side issue
August 7th: To build something better, we need the people this world tried to break ~ Pablo ~ There’s a strange silence across much of radical politics w…
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…
Protest at its best is a promise, followed by action
August 3rd: How feisty student marches in the early 2010s led one young activist to anarcho-syndicalism and a path of direct action ~ Auto ~ As someone who gre…
A very special relationship
August 1st: The usual media suspects regard Starmer’s charm offensive on Trump as brilliant 3D chess—they’ve been saying that for 80 years ~ pun…
Authoritarianism with a LinkedIn profile
July 25th: The arrest of Audrey White starkly illustrates the bankruptcy of mainstream politics in Britain ~ punkacademic ~ Many people on Merseysid…
Why the Israeli government is nothing like the Nazis
July 21st: What I imagine goes on in Keir Starmer’s head as he rehearses defending the indefensible ~ Tabitha Troughton ~ Let me be clear: the Israeli gover…
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…
Britain’s Afghan expendables
July 18th: Fury has erupted in the media regarding the fate of Afghan personnel who fought alongside the British military—but the State’s betrayal of …
Of cats and boxes: A paradox of Schrödinger’s paradox
July 9th: From Chiapas, thoughts on the refusal to walk into traps—and the rebellion to fight our way out ~ ͶÀTIꟼAƆ ⅃Ǝ ~ Erwin Schr…
Hopeful highs and electoral lows
July 9th: True change won’t come from the ballot but from sustained, people-powered movements ~ Andrew J Boyer ~ Two recent developments have jolted voters…
Will the ban on Palestine Action terrify enough people into silence?
July 8th: The proscription is part of a wider push to stifle dissent in an increasingly authoritarian Britain ~ Kevin Blowe ~ The repression of political dis…
A protest is a threat
July 7th: Without the promise of a people near revolt, demonstrations that inconvenience no-one can easily be brushed aside ~ Sourdough ~ On June 14 across t…
Élisée Reclus on anarchy and nature
July 4th: For the great anarchist geographer, anarchy was at play in every natural relationship grounded in solidarity ~ Fabio Carnevali ~ Reclus was the ana…
