Freedom is republishing a series of six articles by Corporate Watch about the energy cartels. CW explains: Throughout October Corporate Watch will be taking a critical look at the top six UK energy suppliers, in solidarity with the millions of people who are struggling to keep warm now that energy bills have risen once again.
Last month I wrote about the showy jubilee celebrations and how it wouldn’t be long before the show is over, leaving us with the reality of monarchy. That reality is, of course, an abuse. It’s an abuse of power, wealth and privilege. The family at the centre of the institution do not deserve power, wealth
Hey look, there’s a story that Boris and the Cabinet are corrupt! Another one! There are few things which showcase the state of public discussion in modern Britain more than the recent talk about refurbishments and bollie behind closed doors, circa December 2020. Much as the pain of those who lost loved ones around that
Last year, I wrote in this blog that the UK government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic crisis was one of ‘callous incompetence’.[1] In hindsight, that was no surprise: their incompetence stemmed from the deliberate underfunding and privatisation of public health services; their callousness was baked-in to the structurally violent principles of Tory ‘austerity’. That analysis
Jon Bigger looks at the fault lines which have been opening in the ruling classes’ united front, and has a suggestion to help them with their woes… The ruling class is divided along several major issues at the moment, and the divisions are major. They are being torn in different directions as they try to
In this special callout the Editorial Collective of Venezuelan newspaper El Libertario call on anarchists to reject uncritical support for the Maduro regime, as it offers little more to the poor than the capitalists it rails against. We address all the expressions of the libertarian movement, particularly those of the Americas, not only to draw their attention to
As liberal “centrist” protests against corruption in Russia kick off nationwide today, led by lawyer and political figure Alexi Navalny, Russian anarcho-syndicalist group KRAS-AIT argues that for the country’s poor, his “responsible” free-market vision offers no respite: Opposition politician Navalny (pictured above), posing as an honest guardian of the people’s interests, has called on the population of Russia
Romania has been seeing some of the largest demonstrations in its recent history over a law being proposed by the ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD) which decriminalises some forms of political corruption. In this in-depth analysis, Romanian anarchist-communist group Ravna examines some of the forces vying for political power which underlie much of the fuss. Here
There is increasing evidence that the MAGA cult was always prepared to break the law when it suits them ~ Louis Further ~ Last weekend saw the first major loss of life whose severity was partially caused by the MAGA/Trump/DOGE cuts to public services: over 120 people died at a summer camp in Texas where
The event showed working class solidarity—but also the rising tensions in a Reform-supporting County ~ Tom Brown ~ It was an early start for Durham Miners’ Gala, these islands’ largest gathering of the working class.
The great and good who had mobilised to fight against attacks on the anarchists’ right to free speech recognised its true threat was broader …
Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy taught me to distrust authority, and that we live in just one of many possible worlds ~ Taib Hayat ~ Set in a steampunk-themed alternate universe, the orphan girl Lyra grows up among scholars in a venerable British college.
Fight continues for bakery workers convicted of ‘coercive’ union action ~ punkacademic ~ The Suiza 6 began their jail sentences yesterday (10 July) after being ordered to report to prison by the authorities.
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