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Let’s analyse: Theresa May’s 12-point plan for Brexit
January 17th: Whatever else you might say about the Prime Minister, she can waffle like a true champion.
Jan 22: Prison demos in Doncaster and London will mark International Day of Solidarity With Trans Prisoners
January 16th: This Sunday will see the International Day of Solidarity With Trans Prisoners, a day to highlight the struggles of trans people behind bars and fight for a world without prisons.
RMT union puts anarchist in charge of London
January 15th: Freedom has received the following, written by an anonymous railway worker with the RMT union At the beginning of this year the RMT elected Andy Littlechild (pictured right), a longstanding anarchist and member of the Solidarity Federation (Solfed), to the RMT union’s National Executive Council as its London transport representative.
Rallies kick off fortnight of action against mass deportations
January 14th: A march through Brixton, South London today following on from Wednesday’s demonstration at the Nigerian High Commimssion has kicked off a two-week campaign by the Movement For Justice By Any Means Necessary against British charter flight deportations, used to forcibly expel migrants en masse.
Louis Further: Notes from the US
January 13th: Elections hold only a morbid fascination for anarchists, we know they achieve little.
Campaign squats hit Leicester and Oxford as Apollo House resists eviction
January 12th: Campaigners against homelessness in Leicester have shifted from the city’s Jubilee Square to the grounds of its oldest medieval house as the weather gets more damp and cold, calling for the government to end its deadly cuts to support services.
Protests as Irish Housing Minister betrays squat deal
January 11th: Protests were held across Ireland against Housing Minister Simon Coveney today after he backed out of pledges to provide accommodation for Dublin’s homeless population in exchange for the ending of a popular occupation of Apollo House.
Harrods tip demo: Up to six arrests as police defend posh store
January 8th: Six people were arrested on January 7th after police piled in to protect posh department store Harrods from its own staff and their supporters — including UVW union general secretary Petros Elia.
Reclaim the Power: Cuadrilla’s assumption of victory is sheer arrogance
January 6th: Among the many attempted fracking projects being pushed forward in Britain this year, Preston New Road has been a site of particularly strong resistance.
Turkey: Meydan anarchists — ‘we are being cornered’
January 5th: Late last month the editor of Meydan anarchist newspaper in Istanbul was sentenced to a year and three months in prison for “supporting terror,” the latest in a string of attempts by the Turkish State to shut down dissenting voices against Erdogan’s government.
