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Food, poverty, mutual aid: Reflections from Birmingham solidarity kitchen
According to a recent report by The Food Foundation, 1.5 million people have reported going an entire day without food due to poverty during the co…
Government quietly introduces new lockdown restrictions
At 11am yesterday (Wednesday 22.04.20), the government quietly tightened lockdown restrictions across England.
Mutual Aid Groups: Five reflections for ‘Activists’ going local for the first time
Inspired by Anna Kleist‘s hot takes on an initial few weeks of local mutual aid organising in the UK, I was inspired to throw in a few (slightly …
Listen up sanes: the intersection of policing and healthcare is nothing new
On March 25th the Coronavirus Act 2020 received Royal Assent and became law.
The ‘scientific rigour’ which has left our hospitals unprepared
The following statement, released recently by Italian healthcare union USI on the running down of their national health system, could be a word for…
Evictions held over, hotels for the homeless — Covid is upending housing
The legal situation has been changing so rapidly that even full-timers are struggling to keep up, but with the introduction of Practice Direction 5…
“I’ve never felt more trapped and powerless in my life” – Letter lays bare the cruel realities of prison during the pandemic
The following letter from ‘D’ – passed to us by Carl Cattermole and Lisa & Elliot of @bluebaglife – lays bare the horrific cond…
British prisons are Petri dishes for this pandemic; without immediate action it’s the death penalty by any other name
Carl Cattermole This past Tory decade has left public services looking like a bicycle locked up too long in East London: valuable parts stolen, eve…
Coronavirus: Rough sleepers must be protected, not made into pariahs
If the homeless are not provided a means to self-isolate or stay clean they are at the highest of risks — this must be the end of the road for go…
London: Eviction Of The Pie ‘N’ Mash Squat Cafe – We Must Push For No Evictions In This Crisis!
London squatted cafe and social centre Pie ‘N’ Mash was evicted this morning.
SOAS management tricked cleaners into exposing themselves to COVID-19
With an already extensive repertoire of exploitation, the cleaners at SOAS have exposed yet another instance of management’s discriminatory and n…
To the MAN: Zero evictions call-out!
The mutual aid networks are in a unique position to defend the homes – and the lives – of those facing eviction during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Local councils are already trying to sabotage the mutual aid networks
With the UK’s Covid-19 situation worsening at an exponential rate, you’d have hoped local government officials spent their weekends pro…
COVID-19 UK Mutual Aid groups: a list
As the global COVID-19 pandemic is upon us, a number of mutual aid groups have started forming across the country. The groups aim at providing …
Recent Articles
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.
