Notes from the US: Constitutional breakdown
Project 2025 plans to ‘transition’ almost all federal power into the hands of one far right, effectively fascist leader.
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Notes from the US: Fascism rising
Racism Last weekend a slurry of far right, anti-semitic, supremacist conspiracy theorists who screamed that “Hitler was right” to annihilate Jews in Germany and eastern Europe in the middle of the last century met to push their ‘Great Awakening‘ junk as part of the broader ‘ReAwaken America‘ tour. They somehow managed to claim both that
Call for solidarity: Defend the rights of disabled campaigners
In advance of planned protests by Extinction Rebellion this week, Netpol is calling on the Metropolitan Police to prevent a repeat of the systemic discrimination towards disabled protesters that we documented in our report “Restricting the Rebellion” in 2019.
Interview: Coal Action Network
The things that we can see through the work that we’ve taken on coal, that are equally relevant in other contexts are that communities that resist coal mines or resist extractivist projects are much more successful when the community works together.
Windows smashed at ecocide office building
from This is Not a Drill This morning [17th of March], a group of activists in Cambridge broke the windows and spray painted the office building at 50 – 60 Station Road near the rail station. They sent us this explanation. Why did we choose this anonymous-looking building? Because as soon as it was built,
ACAB’s legal roundup of 2022
A seasonal round up from your friendly ACAB Magi. No gold, frankincense or myrrh but three key messages from the year in the courts: 1. Sentences are getting waaaay harsher. 2. The court system has slowed to a crawl. 3. The days of “no jail for peaceful protestors” are finished. Sentencing “You lot say that
Five times in 2022 when British politics (almost) provided hope, only for it to be quickly replaced by despair
As 2022 comes to an end I reflect on some of the major events. Every so often there was a glimmer of hope in among all the horror. Hope doesn’t hang around for long in UK politics and in any case, as anarchists, we are a long way off a desired set of institutions or
Heat the Rich? Part six: British Gas/Centrica
Freedom is republishing a series of six articles by Corporate Watch about the energy cartels. CW explains: Throughout this winter Corporate Watch has been taking a critical look at the top six UK energy suppliers, in solidarity with the millions of people who are struggling to keep warm now that energy bills have risen once
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. Education ‘Notes from the US’ focuses on education this month – for two reasons. Firstly, educators, families and theorists have long known that a broad, deep and unbiased
Mournful monarchists, media absurdity and mixed messages
As Mrs Windsor’s funeral is over and the national press wraps up its coverage it’s worth taking a look at the chaos (and order) imposed on us over the last few weeks and asking what lessons can be learned. What we have witnessed is an impressive coming together of the state, the media, and sections
