Freedom

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…

Anarchists have teeth—do anarchist collectives?

September 1st: Building collective power reduces pressure on individuals and makes us less dependent on charismatic personalities ~ Nora Ziegler ~ Originally publ…

Today’s seeds are tomorrow’s future

August 31st: Things could be, should be, and must be better—but what kind of power do we want?

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…

A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Revolution

August 26th: The history of hitchhiking shows the social value of sharing the road with strangers and friends alike ~ Jonathan Purkis ~ Originally published 16 …

Contrarians in a time of right hegemony

August 23rd: For comics who define themselves as rattling status quo cages the rapid reversal of social liberalism presents some challenges ~ Rob Ray ~ For many…

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…