History
Élisée Reclus—Communard, geographer, vegetarian
July 4th: On July 4, 1905, the French anarchist Élisée Reclus died in Torhout, near Bruges in Belgium ~ Maurice Schuhmann ~ Reclus, after whom a street lea…
Radical Reprint: Stalin’s ‘left’ turn
June 8th: With the Second World War coming to its conclusion it naturally left an undignified political scramble in its wake
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…
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…
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?
Radical Reprint: Arrests and jail terms for Freedom Press editors
February 9th: Following raids on Freedom Press by Special Branch, at the behest of the Home Office, which had been reported in January 1945 (recounted in last mo…
Proudhon in the 21st century
January 19th: From decentralised organisation to critiques of war, Proudhon’s thought remains a provocative force ~ Alex Prichard ~ On the 160th anniversary of…
Who needs Proudhon?
January 18th: 160 years after his death, the first self-proclaimed anarchist deserves criticism—but not oblivion ~ Maurice Schuhmann ~ Pierre-Joseph Proudh…
Radical Reprint: Freedom struggles against government raids
January 12th: The beginning of 1945 was a turbulent time for Freedom Press, along with anarchism in Britain and western Europe ~ Rob Ray ~ While the Germans were…
Remembering Louise Michel: “Now I have only the revolution left”
January 9th: 120 years after her death, the hero of the Paris Commune continues to inspire ~ Maurice Schuhmann ~ In the Hôtel Oasis in Marseille, the French an…
Feminism and anarchism in Brazil
December 23rd: Anarchist and libertarian feminism in Brazil was created as a revolutionary project for material independence from the “sink, kitchen, and bed”…
The story of A-infos
December 22nd: This year is the 30th anniversary of A-infos—the multilingual news clearing-house that pioneered anarchist publishing on the web ~ Alisa-Ece …
Radical Reprint: The frustration of Leonard Motler
December 15th: A fierce working class propagandist, Motler couldn’t stand the stilted, esoteric tones of many anarchist and socialist writers – and wa…
