Freedom

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 …

Shabana Mahmood defects to Reform UK

April 1st: Resigning Home Secretary to condemn PM and Labour “wokerati” for blocking harsher policing and immigration policy [satire ] ~ Scott Har…

Indonesia: Asia’s alternative football laboratory

March 29th: Indonesian alternative football has developed its own identity, but the influence of the experience of self-organised clubs in England is palpable …

Anarchist panic and the Greek State

March 22nd: ~ from Neil Middleton ~ The continuous expansion and ever more ridiculous implementation of anti-terrorist laws is a shared reality across many cou…

Johann Most: Behind the caricature

March 17th: The German-American anarchist, who died 120 years ago today, was a gifted writer and influential agitator ~ Tom Goyens ~ Johann Joseph Most died ar…

France: A militant marquee for party and protest

March 15th: The chap’ is an (almost) pay-as-you-can anarcho-radical-feminist project ~ The chapitoto team ~ In 2025, between Castres and Toulouse, a smal…

Rojava: “The solution is the decentralisation of power”

March 4th: Interview with Kurdish filmmaker Sevînaz Evdikê about the situation of women in Rojava and the Islamist regime in Damascus ~ Robert Krieg, Graswu…

Léo Malet: A fascination with illegalism 

March 3rd: The Parisian crime writer who died 30 years ago was a lifelong anarchist and remains popular to this day ~ Maurice Schuhmann ~ The French anarchist…

‘New Phase in Oil Struggles’ - Freedom front page article, 29th August 1953

Radical Reprint: Iran and the empires

March 1st: A British- and American-sponsored coup in Iran caused widespread bloodshed in 1953 — then, as now, states are aggressors and people are victi…

Go film the police

February 22nd: One of the reasons for photographing and filming at protests is to document police brutality when it predictably comes ~ Josie Ó Súileabháin ~ A…

Jules Durand: Anarchist docker of Le Havre

February 20th: Marking a century since the death of the successful strike organiser and tragic victim of the class judiciary ~ Maurice Schuhmann ~ The French port…