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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…
Book review: The Displaced
April 16th: Sharif Gemie’s novel about refugees in 1945 Europe is both timely and important ~ Norry LaPorte ~ The author has been here before: as an academic…
Mónica Caballero: “Never let vulnerable comrades be or feel alone”
April 15th: The Chilean anarchist prisoner talks about her situation, views on patriarchy and speciesism, and anti-prison politics ~ La Zarzamora ~ La Zarazamo…
Anarchademics descend on Oxford
April 10th: The Anarchist Studies Network organised three sessions at the Political Studies Association Conference 2026 ~ ASN Co-convenors ~ The Anarchist Stud…
William Godwin: A radical mind
April 7th: The philosopher and novelist was the first to formulate the modern conception of anarchism ~ Ruby Tuke ~ In 1812 the young radical poet, Percy Byss…
Radical Reprint: Remembering the Poll Tax revolt
April 5th: Thirty-six years on, Freedom revisits the 1990 Poll Tax riots and considers their legacy ~ punkacademic ~ For folks of a certain age (me), the …
