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Tag: Britain
‘Stop the boats’ a washout in Ipswich
Barely 20 damp middle-aged racists turned out in the county town of Suffolk for a much-touted anti-migrant rally on Saturday – and were outnu…
Ian Bone and the people’s republic of Hackney
Rob Ray talks to Ian Bone of Class War and Anarchy in the UK fame about his experiences of Hackney during the anti-Poll Tax campaign.
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.
Syndicalism – a working-class conception of socialism
Taking a look into the archives of Freedom in November 1912 as a wave of militant, non-hierarchical trade unionism reached its high water mark.
Tom Mann and the industrial union movement
A legendary trade unionist and communist of his era, Mann (1856-1941) was by turns an inspirational and frustrating figure for the syndicalist and …
British Politics and Anarchism in 2022
I’ve been thinking recently about the various themes that I’ve written about since starting this regular column for Freedom in 2016.
Lessons of the Covid mutual aid projects
In the early days of the pandemic, Freedom put out a call to found mutual aid groups for helping people struggling under lockdown, which went spect…
“One of us”: LabTory coalition unite to bury their dead
The state’s response to the murder of one of their own has been telling.
Death of a royal exposes weaknesses in the British establishment
I don’t think anyone really knows what Britain is anymore, not least the people in charge of steering the country.
The beloved farmer cries out, but no-one hears…
As summer comes around it’s time for Britain’s annual “farmers whinging about labour shortages” article harvest.
Towards a timeline of anarchism in Britain
In his 1978 book Slow Burning Fuse, which Freedom republished in 2014 and will be reprinting at this year’s London Anarchist Bookfair with fu…
As Yemen starves, Britain is arming Saudi bombing runs
Campaigners are challenging British complicity in the Yemen carnage, writes Campaign Against Arms Trade spokesperson Andrew Smith.
Frack the system: The UK’s hydrocarbon threat
With the fracking industry poised to attempt its largest assault on communities across the country to date, and what would be its most significant …
British Hospitality
Joseph walked up to the front door of Number Seven with some foreboding.
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