Features
Book review: Squat The City!
June 24th: Why does praxis feel so dreary – and what can be done about it?
Mr. Scorsese, the business is not in flux
June 24th: How an iconic director became AI’s newest pitchman — and why it matters ~ Joel Sucher ~ The industry verdict came in fast and it wasn’t pretty.
Lament for a lost revolution
June 21st: A century since the General Strike of 1926 ~ punkacademic ~ In the opening week of May 1926, Britain had its first, last, and only General Strike.
Radical Reprint: World Cup (fascist) fever
June 7th: This week we turn back to 1978, and another international football tournament legitimating a dictatorship ~ punkacademic ~ So it’s finally here: …
Santander: La Libre centre update and appeal
June 1st: A local hub for activism and culture faces up to gentrification ~ Jandre Sotileza ~ La Libre is a self-managed, non-profit, community-run booksto…
Review: The Black Schooner
May 31st: A accessible and engaging account of the Amistad slave-ship rebellion ~ Jay Arachnid ~ Since the rulers of class societies began to impose themselv…
Radical Reprint: Beware the lesser of two evils
May 24th: We turn back time to 1970 for an anarchist plea not to settle for the fantasy politics of the electoral machine ~ punkacademic ~ We’re in a fever…
El Cabrero (1944-2026)
May 20th: The living legend of Flamenco always sang against abuses of power ~ José Maria Polo Sáez, Redes Libertarias ~ Flamenco mourns the death of one …
Albert Meltzer, our comrade – thirty years on
May 10th: His writings still influence how we think about the working class movement and anarchist history ~ Kate Sharpley Library Collective ~ Albert joined…
Remembering Albert Meltzer
May 7th: Thirty years after his death, his emphasis on class struggle remains – whilst the ‘anarcho-liberals’ have disappeared ~ Iain McKa…
The Lesnes estate: Popular resistance in the neoliberal city
May 5th: Squatters joined residents in Thamesmead to confront the exclusionary vision of London as a property portfolio ~ Jamie Ludd and Persons Unknown ~ …
Freedom, Summer 2026: Black Anarchism
May 4th: The Black anarchist experience in the fight against oppression and domination of all stripes is at the centre of our new print edition ~ Daniel Ade…
Files on the Fifth Estate
April 26th: The spying was part of a covert, illegal national anti-radical program initiated by the FBI ~ Peter Werbe ~ “To be GOVERNED is to be watched, ins…
Left of Maidan: The story of a banner
April 22nd: “We Are Against A Police State”, it declared in 2014: Black, block letters on a white sheet, with no logo ~ Emily Channell-Justice ~ T…
This is madness: Surveillance and mutual care
April 19th: Experience taught me that the best people to help are the ones in the trenches with you ~ Jim The Jester (they/them) ~ I was deprived of my liberty…
