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Red gyms: You’ll get a kick out of this
June 15th: Following a recent tourney, one member from a participating gym talks about the need for and increasing number of explicitly political self-defence spaces.
Report from Newcastle Ewan Brown Anarchist Bookfair
June 12th: The stalls, workshops, and after-party gig made for an event to be remembered ~ Don B ~ On Saturday (June 7th) the fourth annual Newcastle Ewan Brown Anarchist Bookfair was held at the Star and Shadow Cinema in Newcastle Upon-Tyne.
Radical Reprint: Stalin’s ‘left’ turn
June 8th: With the Second World War coming to its conclusion it naturally left an undignified political scramble in its wake
Colin Jerwood R.I.P.
June 3rd: The Conflict frontman was one of the few who walked the punk walk as much as they talked it ~ Phil ~ Colin Jerwood, frontman and organiser of legendary anarcho-punk band Conflict, has passed away after a short illness, his family said in a statement released yesterday.
Remembering the Beanfield, 40 years on
June 1st: The state targeted people living on the road because it was anarchy in action and it was working ~ Neil Goodwin ~ Today marks the 40th anniversary of one of the darkest days in contemporary British history, when a convoy of 150 vehicles heading to the 1985 people’s free festival at Stonehenge was ambushed in
Book review: History of the Anarchist Red Cross
May 27th: Yelensky’s Shadows in the Struggle for Equality is a masterful exploration of his lifetime supporting political prisoners ~ SoraLX ~ During the current crescendo of authoritarianism, and daily reports of students and activists branded “political enemies” being hustled into unmarked vans, it seems especially pertinent to consider the history and trajectory of a movement created
Balkan Anarchist Bookfair: “No resignation—Self-organisation!”
May 23rd: Hundreds of participants in Thessaloniki for a pantheon of talks, workshops, demonstrations and cultural events ~ from infolibre ~ The 17th Balkan Anarchist Bookfair was held in Thessaloniki between 15 and 18 May, with great success: both in terms of the many participations of collectives from all Balkan and European regions and the whole of
Investigation: Are social media scams fuelling the rise in misogyny?
May 22nd: The Leeds crossbow shooter is not the only man to have become a target of the growing industry of organised fraudsters, but he’s a concerning example of its potential impact ~ Anon ~ Last month Owen Lawrence went to Otley Road in Leeds with arms full of weapons and, according to his Facebook (FB) profile,
Upcoming Anarchist Books for 2025
May 18th: We round up some of the titles to keep an eye out for, from retrospectives on punk social centres in London to the lives of brilliant organisers and mutual aid that thrives in the wake of wildfires.
“BDSM and anarchism share a common fascination with power”
May 16th: An interview with anarchist author and translator Jean-Manuel Traimond on sexual play and the dismantling of hierarchies ~ Maurice Schuhmann ~ In December 2005, the anarchist author, city guide, and translator Jean-Manuel Traimond published a book in French under the provocative title Dissection of Organized Sadomasochism: Anarchist Approaches with the publishing house Atélier de création Libertaire.
