History
Practices of Self-Organisation in 1980s South Africa
December 17th: In this transcribed talk, Russian academic Daria Zelenova explores the experiences of radical militants in 1980s South Africa and the implications …
Augustus John — an appreciation
December 2nd: WHEN AUGUSTUS JOHN DIED at the age of 83 on October 31st 1961, the newspapers were full of such adjectives as “boisterous, blustering, brilli…
A year through anarchist eyes: 1950
November 16th: Rob Ray takes a unique run through the pages of Freedom in 1950, a time when anarchism was in a pretty dire state, but was starting to gain tractio…
Industrial decentralisation and workers’ control
November 8th: This piece by Colin Ward is the text of a paper read to the anti-war Committee of 100 seminar at Kensington Central Library on November 20th, 1961.
1936: Eye-Witnesses to Revolutionary loyalist Spain
October 22nd: As Catalonia continues to simmer, Raymond S.
Book Extract: The Battle of Ham Run and Bloody Sunday, 1887
October 2nd: 130 years ago, the unions were starting their long ascent into what would become the militant highs of the Great Unrest.
Towards a timeline of anarchism in Britain
May 25th: In his 1978 book Slow Burning Fuse, which Freedom republished in 2014 and will be reprinting at this year’s London Anarchist Bookfair with fu…
History biography: Helen Blackburn
April 25th: Pauline Murphy writes on the pioneering Suffragette author who helped found the Women’s Employment Defence League.
Anarchist Haringey: Brief radical history of a London borough
April 22nd: I guess Tottenham is most known for its riots in 1985 and 2011.
Anarchism and the bookshop trade
April 2nd: Other than the London Anarchist Bookfair and a few smaller regional book fairs — Bristol, Manchester, Sheffield for example — there are few pla…
Democracy and the NHS
March 20th: The mythology regarding the 1945-51 Labour governments dies hard on the left, particularly in the era of Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour which often sees …
Double book analysis: Peter Davison on George Orwell
February 16th: In this review and analysis piece, Raymond S.
Book interview: Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist
January 27th: An annotated edition of Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist has just been published by AK Press.
Crimethinc: A History of Anarchist Counter-Inaugural Protest
January 20th: Thousands of protesters will stream into the streets of Washington, DC on January 20 to oppose the incoming presidency of Donald Trump.
Sowing seeds of hope
December 4th: In this article written for the new issue of Peace News, peace activist Andrea Needham reflects on her experiences on the road this year talking to…
