Features
Adding to the anarchist media list
July 11th: The Anarchist Federation in London launched a new podcast yesterday, adding a welcome new voice to what is currently a very short list of anarchist audio outlets (which we’re collating below). Aspects of syndicalism in Spain, Sweden and USA
July 2nd: Considering the relative weakness of anarcho-syndicalism in Britain historially, Philip Holgate compares three countries where the revolutionary union idea took off and made a major social impact in Spain, Sweden and the US. Holgate, born at Chesterfield, 1934, studied mathematics at Exeter and spent five years teaching in a progressive school.
Solarpunk and anarchist infrapolitics
June 29th: Connor Owens writes on anarchism and a form of sci-fi that emphasises the possibilities of eco-utopias.
America’s treatment of refugee children is abhorrent, so is Europe’s
June 22nd: ‘’Hamid* and his kids are in jail, they were rejected again,’’ a volunteer on the Greek island of Chios called to tell me late last year.
Bosnia and the ‘new Balkan route’
June 11th: Freedom’s refugee support correspondent Chiara Lauvergnac reports from Bosnia and Balkans.
Football and Activism in Jerusalem
June 4th: This text was contributed by a fan of Hapoel Katamon: Israel’s first fan owned football club located in one of the poorest neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
40 days of struggle towards dignity
June 3rd: For 40 days, a sit-in strike in the Polish parliament building by a group of disabled children, young people and their parents, occupied the national media headlines, but barely made it to the international news.
Manjm: A Palestinian Cultural Space in Haifa is Reclaiming Authentic Artistic Voice
May 27th: Emerging artists, curators, crazy scientists and anyone seeking the exchange of ideas, rockup at this exciting new venue; a safe haven for experimentation and alternative art.
Ireland: Anarchists on the abortion referendum
May 24th: With the referendum on whether to repeal the Irish constitution’s 8th Amendment taking place tomorrow, Freedom is reproducing this piece by Irish anarchist organisation the WSM explaining their position — and eight reasons why they will be voting Yes.
Too soon, victory for the ZAD led to despair
May 21st: In the 1970s the French government announced its next major airport expansion in Notre-Dame-des-Landes, Nantes.
