Opinion
Do it like Trump—Labour targets migrants
February 17th: Labour’s rebranding aligns with a global surge in far-right, anti-migrant rhetoric ~ Blade Runner ~ Labour’s government is celebrating record deportation figures while pushing through draconian new legislation that criminalises migration to an unprecedented degree.
“McLibel demonstrated the huge potential of coordinated grassroots action”
February 16th: As the UK spycops inquiry continues, a prominent target of police overreach reflects on their internationalism—and ours ~ Dave Morris ~ Victories continue to stack up in the campaign to expose and challenge the Met Police’s spycops scandal.
Anarchists have teeth—do anarchist collectives?
February 14th: Building collective power reduces pressure on individuals and makes us less dependent on charismatic personalities ~ Nora Ziegler ~ Anarchists of different ages, genders and backgrounds pride themselves on being tough, brave, competent, compassionate, skilled, patient, sharp, committed, creative, radical—and there really are some outstanding individuals out there!
Mobilise against Trumpism—also in the UK
February 4th: It might be small scale to begin with, but we all need an opportunity to come together in positive resistance ~ Jon Bigger ~ Like many people in the UK, I awoke the morning after the US presidential election feeling numb and despondent.
Artificial Intelligence? Even the name doesn’t compute
January 28th: Starmer was dragged out to promote AI as hasty cover for his administration’s failings, and said exactly what he was expected to ~ Tabitha Troughton ~ A vast, flashy, rapacious, multi-tentacled parasite swarms the planet, embedding itself ever deeper into the collective psyche.
Do It Yourselves and take care of each other
January 23rd: Reflections on three decades of environmental activism ~ Helen Baczkowska ~ The first thing to do was to re-arrange the furniture—what was set out for a speaker and audience quickly became a rough circle.
Who needs Proudhon?
January 18th: 160 years after his death, the first self-proclaimed anarchist deserves criticism—but not oblivion ~ Maurice Schuhmann ~ Pierre-Joseph Proudhon died on January 19, 1865, at the age of 56.
Notes from the US: “This is Trump’s America now”
January 15th: Catastrophic fires and racist attacks, climate denial and religious coercion—and Trump hasn’t even taken power yet ~ Louis Further ~ Next week—in contravention of Section 3 of the 14th amendment to the US constitution—the leader of the most powerful nation in the world will be a convicted felon, and someone who has evaded three other
US vehicle attacks: The toll of militarism
January 8th: People with war trauma in a shitty economy—it’s practically set up to make terrorists ~ James Birmingham ~ On January 1, 2025 two acts of violence (albeit one largely self-inflicted) occurred within hours of each other, one in Las Vegas and the other in New Orleans.
Farage’s failed sell-out
January 6th: A rare note of thanks goes to Elon Musk for his hilarious New Year farce turning Reform UK’s leader into a complete laughing stock ~ Rob Ray ~ What an excellent few days it’s been for far-right watching.
