Freedom

The T’í Bird

September 6th: From Chiapas, a tale about warnings, consequences and denial It was at pozol time.

How Sweden’s oldest anarchist paper survived so long

August 31st: Printed four times a year, Brand [‘fire’] has been published in Sweden since 1898.

Not just sex: Talking about Alex Comfort with Eric Laursen

August 30th: When I discovered the Freedom Press collection of Alex Comfort’s anarchist and anti-militarist writings, I’d already known him for 15 y…

Through war, despotism and social change: Russia’s Anarchist Black Cross

August 30th: For this year’s International Anarchist Prisoner Solidarity Week, Freedom interviewed the Anarchist Black Cross-Moscow to discuss their long hist…

The circled A at 60 part three: The true story

August 28th: The circled A is a symbol so widespread, so widely recognised and disseminated that it has come to be taken as a traditional symbol of anarchism, s…

Hull’s new groove: From arrests to assemblies

August 27th: How former Extinction Rebellion activists and co-operatives took inspiration from models worldwide and built a localised movement.

The circled A at 60 part two: True and false

August 26th: Despite well-documented evidence of its origin, numerous fanciful speculations persist, including within anarchist circles and many libertarian his…

Life on the border in photos: A report from Dunkirk

August 25th: Dunkirk.

Autism and anarchy: Self-diagnosis is valid

August 24th: There's a lot of debate about whether self-diagnosis for autism, ADHD and similar disabilities is valid.

Eric Huntley stands in front of towers of books

Eric Huntley: interview with a Black literary pioneer

August 21st: Eric and Jessica were pioneers of black literary publishing in twentieth-century Britain, alongside so much more.

My arresting experience the day Prince Charles came to town

August 20th: Charles Windsor has form for pre-emptively arresting people who would spoil his parties.

Explainer: New Zapatista Autonomy

August 19th: Last week, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) released this declaration, setting out a new decentralised structure for the autonomou…

An old photo of 13 men wearing British army uniforms

Continuing the fight: Three anarchists from Spain in the British army, 1939-1945

August 19th: But what was evident was that many of these veterans felt that Britain had let them down by not going after Franco next.

The Pergamon: At the end we’ll have white roses

August 16th: In the summer of 2022, I gained insight into the British penal system when I was jailed for a month following direct action against Elbit---this is…

A pick and a shovel

August 13th: From Chiapas, an essay on solidarity, empathy and courage — to thank the mothers searching for victims of the human rights crisis in Mexico S…