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James C. Scott (1936-2024)
July 25th: The prolific scholar had a monumental influence on Southeast Asian, agrarian, and anarchist studies
The Rat: A Russian anarchist’s story of torture, imprisonment, and compassion
July 24th: Ilya Shakursky was condemned to 16 years on trumped-up terrorism charges; in the midst of hell, he found compassion from a lowly rodent
Julien Terzics, repose en paix
July 17th: Skinhead hunter, Red Warrior, ex-Confederal Secretary of the CNT and drummer for the Brigada Flores Magon, Julien Terzics (1968-2024) was put to rest on July 11 at the Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris
Radical Reprint: The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
July 14th: For its July issue Freedom of course led with the most infamous event of the moment, and as ever was not shy in its take, headlining a short, wry report with ‘Cause and Effect.’ The assassination, known for sparking the series of events that led to World War One, was worldwide news and, with the
The Pergamon: The sun of freedom
July 12th: 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 my prison diary (pt.4)
“Let the dead rest – and fulfill their hopes”: Remembering Erich Mühsam
July 10th: The anarchist author and poet, murdered by the Nazis on July 10, 1934, is now part of Germany’s literary canon
Resisting Nazi Occult Metal: Lessons from Australia
July 4th: Black Metal still has a far right problem—here are some tools to fight back Despite what some fans may claim, far right political organizing in the extreme metal scene was not a flash-in-the-pan phenomenon that ended in the 1990s.
DIY in Doncaster
June 23rd: A Commune in the North (ACitN — pronounced “a kitten”) is building upon the work of the anarchist-led Bentley Urban Farm to crate new ways to meet essential needs, for both the commune and the wider local community, in order to show that capitalism isn’t the only game in town.
Racism forced me to leave teaching
June 21st: What use is an anti-racist curriculum delivered by a racist teacher?
Radical Reprint: The Ludlow Strike
June 16th: In June 1914 much of that month’s edition of Freedom was given over to a lengthy analysis in the aftermath of the Ludlow Massacre, one of the most infamous strikebreaking incidents in United States history.
