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The 2025 Anarchist Bookfairs List
April 25th: Calendars are rapidly filling up, but there should always be time to hang out with comrades, peruse the latest political literature and scheme over a coffee …
Papal Accounts: Some thoughts on Pope Francis
April 22nd: From an anarchist perspective, Pope Francis was certainly not the worst of the men who have sat their elderly backsides on Papal thrones in living memory.
Kafka in the 21st century
April 6th: As the groundbreaking play “Metamorphosis” reaches the end of its run in Greece, its director reflects on its significance today ~ Tasos Sagris ~ I remember very clearly the moment I decided to direct this iconic literary work.
Lambeth Mutual Aid—5 years on
March 21st: Not only are we still around, we’re also setting up our own non-hierarchical school, organising a free cafe, and collaborating with other grassroots groups ~ The LMA Collective ~ There’s a story of how Lambeth Mutual Aid began, as a response to the Covid-19 pandemic: that immediate desire people had in March 2020 to support
John Couzin (1934–2025)
March 20th: The Glasgow anarchist poet and propagandist was a seeker of peace ~ stasia rice ~ One of the leading lights of contemporary anarchism, John Couzin, died at home in Glasgow, Scotland in his partners arms aged almost 91.
The adventures of G. P. Maximoff
March 18th: How the Russian anarcho-syndicalist became a political journalist, ended up in the Red Army, and helped organise Kropotkin’s funeral ~ Nikolai Gerasimov ~ In the 1930s, Chicago was the capital of American gangsters.
Ethel Carnie Holdsworth: Internationalist poet
March 16th: An early British anti-fascist, her working-class voice was powerful and unique ~ Megan Williams ~ An internationalist thread went through Ethel Carnie Holdsworth’s entire life and career, establishing her as a significant force in early twentieth century British socialism.
Radical Reprint: Defence of four London Anarchists
March 9th: As the State’s machinery of repression ground slowly onwards, both the 10 March and 24 March 1945 issues of War Commentary, Freedom’s wartime newspaper, had extensive coverage of anarchists being sent to court, solidarity actions and continued police searches ~ Rob Ray ~ The headline case, following on from raids at the end of 1944
Still worth fighting: Nicolas Walter remembered
March 7th: The great anarchist historian and activist left us a message for these dire times ~ Natasha Walter ~ How do we keep hope and faith alive?
Freedom seeks contributions to May print issue
February 25th: The title theme this time: “Our Power” Fascism is growing rapidly and the state looms large as a hostile power.
