Heavily armed officers from the General Investigations and Special Operations Division of Italy (Digos) broke down the front door and invaded the Asilo Occupato (occupied asylum) building in Turin on Wednesday, arresting six activists. Occupants of the anarchist-run space, located on Via Allesandria, in the neighbourhood of Aurora, resisted for several hours on the roof of the property before
As people poured onto the streets of cities including Paris, Nantes and Rennes last night to demand justice for Theo, a 22-year-old social worker who was allegedly beaten and raped with a police baton, the French Senate has been examining/considering a new “public security” bill. The new set of guidelines are likely to extend the use
At nine o’clock in the morning on December 11th, police shot a man dead on Bracknell Close in Wood Green. As part of an “intelligence-led” operation, armed officers in balaclavas shot him as he waited in a car. There currently has been no accusation that the man was armed. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC)
For years, Indigenous families have faced pressure from real estate developers seeking to evict them in order to develop the area on lands known as Santuário dos Pajés, a sacred place for Indigenous spirituality ~ Aldo Santiago, Avispa Midia ~ On Tuesday morning, 15 April, members of the Military Police of the Federal District (PMDF),
A report on the group’s contrubutions during the disastrous factional war, calling for continued support ~ Sudanese comrades ~ Every day, we witness global conflicts over resources, power, and ideology, with peoples divided into camps—either supporting the existing authority in their countries or seeking to seize control of the state.
The history of hitchhiking shows the social value of sharing the road with strangers and friends alike ~ Jonathan Purkis ~ Imagine, if you can, that hitchhiking was once again part of everyday culture.
MCC think tank “echoes Orbàn’s authoritarian policies and values”, say anti-fascists of Vigilance Cordon Sanitaire ~ From Stuut.info ~ Last night (14 April), activists covered the facades of Brussels hotels and venues with anti-far-right posters.
How the Belarussian KGB has been targetting the diaspora in Europe ~ Nikita Ivansky ~ In 2023, a scandal broke out when a Belarusian opposition activists signed up for a job to “research” the Belarusian opposition for a special EU commission that was supposedly investigating corruption.
Having gone mostly online in 2014, Freedom continues to publish an irregular paper today. Those and many other issues stretching back to our founding in 1886 are online above, at libcom.org, and via the Sparrow’s Nest.
The book publishing arm of Freedom Press has a history stretching back to the 19th century and continues to publish today. Check out our catalogue to order stock or you can order from Central Books.
Keep up with the news, features and interviews Freedom produces over the year with our irregular newsletters.
Email
editor {at} freedompress.org.uk
Phone
07952 157-742
Address
84b Whitechapel High St, London E1 7QX (12-6pm)
Map
Design & hosting
Squashed Fly
Copyright
Freedom uses the Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license. All other content providers reproduced retain copyright unless stated otherwise.
