Freedom

Cowley Club Interview: “Every community can benefit from a social centre”

October 9th: One of UK’s longest running social centres, the Cowley Club is Brighton is structured as a members-run co-operative ~ Interviewed by Zosia Brom ~…

Neighbours as lifelines: The power of mutual aid in Asheville

October 8th: Activists in storm-ravaged communities talk about about solidarity and collective survival ~ Kelly Hayes ~ Last year, researchers at Tulane Univers…

Radical Reprint: Anarchism in China

October 6th: There is a very obvious article to reprint from the October 1914 issue of Freedom, which is precisely why I’m selecting a different one.

Searching for Utopia in “Megalopolis”

October 6th: Spoilers ahead: Did David Graeber really influence Francis Ford Coppola’s vision of the film?

On the practices of radical punk

October 4th: From shows in squats to militant action, punk shows the convergence between class consciousness, psychedelic consciousness, and consciousness-raisi…

The end of UK coal power: Community action’s quiet victory

October 1st: Site occupations have been a significant tactic in slowing or stopping new coal mines and power stations ~ From Coal Action Network ~ Smoke filled …

Radical reprint: War arrived, and with it the anarchists despaired

September 29th: By the time Freedom‘s September issue hit the streets in 1914 the disaster that was to become known as World War One was already underway, an…

Australia’s forgotten global anarchist

September 27th: Jack Andrews was Australia’s leading proponent of communist-anarchism and a key figure in the international anarchist movement ~ Tom Goyens ~ Bor…

Viktar ‘Mao’ Žarkievič (1973-2024) — Belarusian punk legend

September 24th: The frontman of Hate To State and Chaliera died less than two years after a stint of political imprisonment ~ from Naša Niva ~ Viktar became inter…

Blackbird: A howl of protest from Hong Kong anarchists

September 24th: The indie band mixed diverse musical styles with an anti-establishment agenda  ~ Levon Kwok ~ In Hong Kong, recent events such as the 2019 Ant…

The herbal solidarity project resisting state oppression

September 22nd: Freedom profiles organiser Nicole Rose, a longtime campaigner for animal rights, the environment, solidarity with political prisoners, migrants and…

The life, death, and resurrection of the Nestor Makhno monument

September 20th: Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the monument has become a symbol of defiance, identity, and hope ~ Sean Patterson ~ The monument to the worl…

Report from Freedom Fighters 16

September 18th: The anti-fascist combat sports tournament took place in Poznań, Poland ~ Czech Anarchist Federation members ~ “You give a front, back, shove…

Fire and passion: The life of Ukrainian anarchist Maria Nikiforova

September 17th: On the anniversary of Maria Nikiforova’s execution at the hands of the White Army on September 17, 1919, we present a translation of Anatoly Dubo…

For the advent of a new libertarian mythology

September 10th: Vicente Guedero makes the case for a renewal of an anarchist mythos, a thread of story and imagination for the future that can inspire and challeng…