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A chronology of pogroms in Lesvos
May 19th: The situation on the island of Lesvos was escalating towards the freezing of all transfers of refugees to the inland, after a government decision around September 2019, while in January 2020 a new law (4636/2019) regarding the political asylum and reception conditions was put into force, changing the essence of who is entitled to a
Virtual Panopticon: Prison video calls and family support during the pandemic and beyond
May 18th: The following text was kindly contributed to Freedom by Lisa Selby @bluebaglife (follow them on Instagram and Twitter), UK Prison Wives and the UK Prison Support Group.
Interview: Alessio Kolioulis on Colin Ward’s The Child in the City and its French translation
May 13th: A French language translation of Colin Ward’s classic The Child in the City was published in March this year by Etrerotopia France – L’enfant dans la ville translated by Léa Nicolas-Teboul.
Don’t join, Organise: On the limits of employment law
May 11th: Following Boris Johnson's burbling mess of an address yesterday there's been a renewed interest in health and safety legislation, our right to stay away from dangerous working environments, and the importance of joining a union.
Solidarity against barbarism: The fight against coronavirus and the far-right in the USA
May 10th: This interview was originally published by Brighton Antifascists.
The View Magazine: Artful Ways and Means
May 6th: Note from the editor: this text contains a discussion on issues which may be triggering and difficult to read.
What a way to make a living: Class Power on Zero Hours
May 4th: The book is certainly not intended primarily as a contribution to the ongoing "class vs idpol" wars, but in its close attention to the complexity of the actual composition of the working class at a specific moment in time, it serves as a damning critique of both poles of the debate.
‘This place is a death trap’: inside HMPs during COVID-19
April 29th: Content warnings: state violence, medical abuse and neglect, self-harm and suicide The Ministry of Justice’s lack of response to COVID-19 is nothing short of genocidal.
Interview: Ruth Kinna
April 21st: Freedom spoke to Ruth Kinna, author of numerous books on anarchism about the origins and key concepts of anarchism.
Dealing with 420 under lockdown
April 20th: Thanks to the immutable cultural significance of the number 420*, the 20th of April has become certified official International Weed Day and it’s landed right in the middle of lockdown.
