Necessity breeds revolt
The whole mantra of economic growth, parroted by global elites, is being seen for what it is – fat cats and global financiers saving their own skins as a death spiral hits the poorest.
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Two years on, Bristol still fights
On Tuesday 21st March, hundreds of Bristolians marched to Bridewell Police Station to mark the two year anniversary of the Kill the Bill uprising, and to stand in solidarity with all those facing police and state repression. We marched to show that despite the brutal police violence of that night, despite the continued persecution of
End the white torture: Freedom for Alfredo Cospito!
The anarchist prisoner Alfredo Cospito has now been on hunger strike for 154 days to protest against the solitary confinement conditions under Italian Article 41bis. In the meantime, his health has deteriorated massively and yesterday an acute heart crisis was reported. The Italian state deliberately prefers to let the political prisoner die rather than relax
Action report from a mega-prison blockade
Just under a month ago, an autonomous group of activists blockaded Kier’s latest mega-prison construction site at HMP Full Sutton, costing the company £250,000 – today they say what happened in their own words, and why. This was both an act of solidarity with incarcerated friends, as well as a protest against the government’s prison
Prison Column: From an environmental prisoner
My final bit of bird took me to HMP Highdown, a C Cat resettlement prison – one of the capital’s satellite jails. I’d been on a nick-in (charge) having refused to go previously when Wandsworth’s finest demanded I pack up and skidaddle. It was my cellmate who said you can refuse, otherwise I might have
Rewoke Malatesta’s dream
Staying in a 17th century building in the heart of Palermo was beautiful, eating pizzas and pasta alla Norma was delicious and climbing Mount Etna was breathtaking. But the highlight of my Sicilian holiday was strolling through the heart of Ragusa, entering the “Società dei libertari” and having a long conversation with Pippo and Letizia,
From the land comes desire
The following text comes from the newest issue of Lumpen: A Journal of Poor and Working Class Writers. Lumpen takes unsolicited submissions from people who self-identify as poor or working class. If you would like to contribute to the next issue, the details how to do so are here. If you want to support the project,
Notes from the US
Freedom’s long-running US correspondent Louis Further does his monthly roundup of some of the lesser-known stories that have emerged over the last few weeks. Oppression It was predictable that the range of Trump addicts and cultists – from the congressional parties to the fascist militia – would quickly decry, distort and denounce the search of
The exploitation of mental health advocacy during the pandemic: a retrospective
There seems to be a fairly obvious hole in mental health advocacy and awareness. Whilst there has been a welcome (if only recent) change in public attitude towards conditions like anxiety and depression, other conditions —from eating disorders, to psychotic illnesses, to personality disorders— have been largely ignored. Not only that, but the discourse around
Notes from the US: Disinformed and dying
This month’s missive again concentrates on the worsening situation in the country as a result of resistance and refusal to follow public health guidelines mostly inspired by disinformation and partisan lies in response to the worsening Covid-19 pandemic. Most metrics are now consistently at their highest since the pandemic’s inception in January last year. Environment
