Getting Active
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Call for International Week of Solidarity With Anarchist Prisoners 2020
July 9th: A number of Anarchist Black Cross groups have called for a week of action and support for anarchist prisoners worldwide, starting on Monday.![Don’t Despair, Organise! An introduction to the (yet-unnamed) confederation of Solidarity Funds Don’t Despair, Organise! An introduction to the (yet-unnamed) confederation of Solidarity Funds](https://freedomnews.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Screenshot-2020-06-25-at-12.00.20.png)
Don’t Despair, Organise! An introduction to the (yet-unnamed) confederation of Solidarity Funds
June 25th: The following text was contributed to Freedom by a person involved in Goose Green Solidarity Fund: a newly formed organisation for people who live in SE22 and are struggling financially as a result of COVID-19.
![Mutual aid, solidarity, and direct action: GAF calls for Mayday actions Mutual aid, solidarity, and direct action: GAF calls for Mayday actions](https://freedomnews.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-10.35.51.png)
Mutual aid, solidarity, and direct action: GAF calls for Mayday actions
April 30th: Despite the lockdown, the Green Anticapitalist Front (GAF) has called for Mayday actions: just in a different from traditional format.
![‘This place is a death trap’: inside HMPs during COVID-19 ‘This place is a death trap’: inside HMPs during COVID-19](https://freedomnews.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Screenshot-2020-04-29-at-11_Fotor.png)
‘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.
![To the MAN: Zero evictions call-out! To the MAN: Zero evictions call-out!](https://freedomnews.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Screenshot-2020-03-17-at-17.24.10.png)
To the MAN: Zero evictions call-out!
March 17th: The mutual aid networks are in a unique position to defend the homes - and the lives - of those facing eviction during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Don’t despair, organise!: Guillotine Media
January 27th: In the next chapter of our mini-series dedicated to new groups and projects forming across the UK and beyond, we introduce Guillotine Media: London-based podcast focusing on grassroots left wing activism.
![Don’t despair, organise!: DIY Kodak Collective Squatted Night Shelter Don’t despair, organise!: DIY Kodak Collective Squatted Night Shelter](https://freedomnews.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Screenshot-2020-01-14-at-10.23.39.png)
Don’t despair, organise!: DIY Kodak Collective Squatted Night Shelter
January 14th: London Road in Brighton is a clear example of the austerity crisis in Britain.
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Don’t despair, organise!: How to start a community kitchen
January 9th: This text first appeared at the awesome South Norwood Community Kitchen’s website.
![Don’t despair, organise!: an introduction to Cooperation Kentish Town Don’t despair, organise!: an introduction to Cooperation Kentish Town](https://freedomnews.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Screenshot-2020-01-03-at-09.40.56.png)
Don’t despair, organise!: an introduction to Cooperation Kentish Town
January 3rd: By 21 December, a week after a disastrous election for the left and a few days into the subsequent soul searching, everyone was suddenly talking about how what’s needed now is community building.
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Projects and events for radicals this January
January 1st: As we enter the New Year and days start to get longer again it’s time to get ourselves off the sofa and start Getting Involved.