Two years of anti-government protests raise questions about organising around collective struggles ~ Antti Rautiainen ~ The current government of F…
Finland: Struggles against the right-wing government
Tag: Austerity
Ecuador: Indigenous leader gunned down in social protests
92 injuries, 11 missing as anti-austerity movement enters third week ~ from cubadebate ~ Indigenous leader Efraín Fuerez, recognized for his commu…
Labour embraces austerity to outflank the Tories
Budget shortfalls can be solved without major spending cuts, but Labour’s economic strategy is driven by electoral concerns
Fourteen years of suffering
As this Tory government comes to an end, it should be remembered for the torment it has caused.
General strike: Argentina in slow motion
On Thursday, unions held a second general strike against far-right President Javier Milei’s “adjustment policies” and austerity.
Why the abuse of benefit claimants is hurting all workers
“I would have quit this job months ago, but I’d be sanctioned by the Jobcentre”.
Get Boris done in
This text first appeared in the newly released Class War magazine.
Time for artists’ Mutual Aid?
The following is the first text contributed to Freedom’s new Art & Anarchy column.
Domestic murder and migration
In October the UK’s domestic murder rate reached a five-year high.
Review: Skint Estate
Women like me: Carraway’s memoir of poverty, motherhood and survival is “the most important book on the impacts of austerity I have eve…
The Tory legacy: a lost decade and over 130,000 deaths through austerity
Since 2001 around 100 people have been killed by terrorists in the UK.
The British general election of 2019 finally begins
As mentioned in a recent column and throughout Brexit, the divisions in the UK on membership of the European Union is a Conservative Party issue th…
Silent givers: How the government manipulates charity
A recent furore in Scotland has focused on the Foreign Office playing piggy bank to a small ‘anti-fake news’ charity, but State po…
Disabled People Against Cuts take action at Tory conference
Last Wednesday about 40 activists from Disabled People Against Cuts gathered to protest at the Tory party Conference and bring attention to the con…
Wealth blinds our rulers to the truth about homelessness
Recently the National Audit Office (NAO) published a study which was of surprise to no-one — notwithstanding the blustering pretend humbug of neo…
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Starmer’s downfall – long time coming yet inevitable
The outgoing PM is a textbook example of a public figure who jettisoned principles in the search for power ~ Paul Gravett ~ The revolving door of U…
EU votes to speed up deportations
Removal of undocumented people becomes easier as far-right international continues to rise ~ Blade Runner ~ An alliance of centre-right and far-rig…
Notes from the US: Sadistic idiocy
MAGA apologists square multiple circles just in order to ‘live with themselves’ ~ Louis Further ~ A new study by members of the School …
Dissident Russian artist murdered in Poland
Assassination of Semyon Skrepetsky is a threatening message to the entire Russian opposition in Europe ~ Nikita Ivansky ~ Bashkir artist Semyon Skr…
Lament for a lost revolution
A century since the General Strike of 1926 ~ punkacademic ~ In the opening week of May 1926, Britain had its first, last, and only General Strike.
