Features
Remembering the Beanfield, 40 years on
June 1st: The state targeted people living on the road because it was anarchy in action and it was working ~ Neil Goodwin ~ Today marks the 40th anniversary …
Book review: History of the Anarchist Red Cross
May 27th: Yelensky’s Shadows in the Struggle for Equality is a masterful exploration of his lifetime supporting political prisoners ~ SoraLX ~ During the c…
Balkan Anarchist Bookfair: “No resignation—Self-organisation!”
May 23rd: Hundreds of participants in Thessaloniki for a pantheon of talks, workshops, demonstrations and cultural events ~ from infolibre ~ The 17th B…
Investigation: Are social media scams fuelling the rise in misogyny?
May 22nd: The Leeds crossbow shooter is not the only man to have become a target of the growing industry of organised fraudsters, but he’s a concerning exa…
Upcoming Anarchist Books for 2025
May 18th: We round up some of the titles to keep an eye out for, from retrospectives on punk social centres in London to the lives of brilliant organisers an…
“BDSM and anarchism share a common fascination with power”
May 16th: An interview with anarchist author and translator Jean-Manuel Traimond on sexual play and the dismantling of hierarchies ~ Maurice Schuhmann ~ In D…
Thessaloniki: Ovradera social centre update and appeal
May 15th: Shielding the space with security rolling shutters will help keep it a safe and functional hub for resistance, solidarity, and self-organisation ~ …
Reclaim The Streets: A Retrospective
May 11th: This year marks the 30th anniversary of the party and protest phenomenon’s first high-profile action on Camden High Street in 1995 and to mar…
Book Review: Minority Rule
April 29th: Ash Sarkar’s discussion of identity politics is coming out during a liberal post-Biden “reassessment”, which some would say is 10…
Adios to Colette Durruti
April 22nd: The only descendant of the anarchist revolutionary José Buenaventura Durruti has died in France at the age of 93.
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 gra…
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,…
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 Car…
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 w…
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?
