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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. Ukraine It was predictable that many Republicans would approve of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. Leading the charge was Trump himself, who – as Putin ordered his terrorists into eastern

Autonomous Winter Shelter opened in former St. Mungo’s hostel

We are occupying the former St. Mungo’s Hostel on Gray’s Inn Road in protest against the austerity measures that have enabled the continuous neglect of those sleeping rough. As houseless people, no longer will we sit and wait to freeze to death on the streets. We are sick of sombre spaces and half-assed hostels. Instead, we are taking direct action – organising to assist each other in times of crisis.

Solidarity vigils as deaths in the Channel turn the focus on the UK’s border policy

The deaths of twenty seven people in the Channel this week have provoked grief and rage amongst migrants and migrant solidarity activists across the UK and Europe. There were vigils in Folkestone, Hastings and Brighton. Hundreds turned out at the Home Office in London, with more planned in the coming days. Migrants in Calais staged

The Menshevik’s Pants: Es lebe die Freiheit!

| CW: Contains a non-graphic instance of sexual assault | Dear Prisoner, “I fell in love – completely and with passionate sincerity – with the idea of revolution.” Evgeniia Iaroslavskaia Markon She sells the arts of the working class to the rich but I know she doesn’t believe in it. A newspaper held in shaking