We can work with others, but we must be able to speak for ourselves ~ Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin ~ I have identified myself as an anarchist since …
The continuing necessity of Black anarchism
Tag: Black Lives Matter
Racist ‘justice’ and the death penalty
The execution of Marcellus Williams is a shocking example of power dictating its fatal whims to those society deems lesser ~ Daniel Adediran ~ The …
R.I.P George Floyd: An indictment of police
While it is fairly evident that the size and organisation of a centrally managed police force have no bearing on the level of crime, it is just as …
“Anarchism” is just a name- a review of Anarchism and the Black Revolution and The Nation on No Map: Black Anarchism and Abolition
Anarchism and the Black Revolution by Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin Pluto Press The Nation on No Map: Black Anarchism and Abolition by William C.
Moving statues and perverse verdicts
The Colston Statue puller-downers have been acquitted.
Movements First, Solutions Later
Netpol’s Kevin Blowe argues that Britain’s nascent abolitionist movement needs to focus its energy into long-term grassroots organising…
Understanding psychic numbing: can we grow numb to trauma?
2020 has been so far a year marked by an endless succession of issues; it would be hard to take them all into account, as each deserves a great dea…
BLOOD AH GO RUN
1981, 2017, 2020 In the 39 years since Menelik Shabazz documented the Black People’s Day of Action in the aftermath of the New Cross massacre, in…
International Non-Binary People’s Day and the Struggle for Wider Revolution
International Non-Binary People’s Day fell on Tuesday 14th July this year, and much like all days and weeks and months for the queer community, s…
Keir Starmer isn’t a sellout.
It may be an odd headline for an anarchist to write about a Labour leader, but hear me out.
Urban environment and racial segregation
The current protests led by the Black Lives Matter movement in the USA have brought forward worldwide the problem of racism, with a strength and cl…
Bristol: city council seeks prosecution of slave trader’s statue-topplers
The Bristol City Council have formally reported the toppling of the slave trader Edward Colston’s statue as criminal damage, triggering a pol…
‘Something has changed in the power dynamic’: interviews with anarchists from Minneapolis and NYC
On 25 May George Floyd was murdered by police in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Police Killings and the Settler State
In a new article for Freedom written following anti-racist protests which have reverberated around the globe, Peter Gelderloos considers how histor…
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 las…
Recent Articles
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.
Jim Crow is still alive
One day people will look at today’s global Apartheid the way we look at American Segregation ~ Joseph Chen ~ Whenever I turn back to the hist…
Anarchist News Review: Burn-in or Burnout in Makerfield?
It’s by-election jabbering time with Simon and Andy Plus thoughts on major events of the week including the Iran deal, Palestine Action ruling, D…
