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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…
Vilifying the Vylans or: How I learned to stop censoring and call for death to the BBC
July 4th: The clumsy attempt to silence artists opposing genocide only makes their message louder ~ Stanton Cree ~ Over the last week I found myself in the i…
Anarchist News Review: The proscribing of Palestine Action
July 3rd: We don’t have long before old-fashioned authoritarian State censorship is employed to stop us talking about one of the most shameful episodes…
Palestine Action proscription: Criminalising effectiveness
June 30th: The proposed ban, rooted in colonial counter-insurgency law, could end up demystifying direct action and increasing public resolve ~ Blade Runner ~…
Nuclear weapons on British soil
June 28th: Between Labour’s barefaced militarism and a domesticated peace movement, it falls to anarchists to step up resistance to weapons of mass dest…
Holding back the police state: Interview with Kate Wilson
June 27th: Fifteen years on, one of the women who blew the lid off the Spycops scandal talks to Freedom about her political insights — and what the Unde…
Assisted Dying Bill: The neoliberal politics of death
June 25th: The Assisted Dying Bill cleared the House of Commons in the same week the government confirmed its commitment to slashing financial support for dis…
Labour’s authoritarian urge
June 24th: Labour’s desire for authority comes from an instinct to prove they can manage the workers best ~ Jon Bigger ~ Two themes have been ever-present i…
The dangerous precedent of Palestine Action’s attempted proscription
June 23rd: This decision is part of a campaign by the British state to quell direct action movements ~ James Horton ~ Palestine Action, it was announced on Fr…
