Long Read
“To plant our feet firmly”: identity politics and the secular Jew in France
November 22nd: I Often when we were kids my mum reminded me and my brother that we were Jews.
Deschooling Society: why Ivan Illich matters now
June 23rd: Ivan Illich, an Austrian Catholic priest and original social thinker, may not have identified as an anarchist, but his willingness to challenge received ideas and think outside the box about different aspects of society, certainly means that he shares the kind of radical questioning spirit characteristic of much Anarchist thought.
Means Testing in the Time of Corona
April 26th: An open letter to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and the Senior Coroner for Inner North London, from Joe Reynolds.
Brexit and the Borders of Humanity
February 27th: Joe Reynolds writes on the phenomenon of the Calais migrant situation as he saw it in 2016, at the height of the media panic, amid Brexit manoeuvrings and a violent French crackdown.
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Brains Kan: Norfolk’s anarchist rave revolution
January 2nd: “It was the first time we had ever dealt with a riot squad ...
Wildcat and the Egghead: The life of Donald Rooum
October 14th: It shouldn’t really be me writing this obituary of Donald Rooum the anarchist and his time with Freedom Press, as I knew him for a mere 17 years, a relative drop in the ocean of his experiences.
Lucien van der Walt: Should Anti-Capitalists Contest Elections?
September 10th: With yet another general election looming in Britain, this extensive treatment of the concept by veteran anarchist activist Lucien van der Walt looks at South Africa’s post-Apartheid experiences under the long governance of the ANC.
Evict your Landlord: Wir Bleiben Alle! We All Stay.
March 2nd: Today thousands of people marched through Berlin for the Interkiezonale Star Demo against a wave of radical centre evictions – and for the occasion we are pleased to publish this meticulous probe into the situation by anarchist investigative journalist Joe Reynolds.
From eXile to Dirtbag: Edgelord geopolitics and the rise of “National Bolshevism”
January 23rd: Alexander Reid Ross takes an in-depth look at the genesis of the new Red fascism as it metastasized in Russia and spread to the alt right in the US.
Long review: The works of Marie Louise Berneri
January 16th: In this long-read review Raymond S Solomon reflects on the life of a key figure at Freedom Press in the 1930s-40s, Marie Louise Berneri, analysing her peers, philosophical and historic setting and impact through two of her works.
