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Notes from the US: Reaction and Resistance

Notes from the US: Reaction and Resistance

As action erupts against ICE raids, the MAGA cult moves on with its legislative onslaught ~ Louis Further ~ What you see in reporting on protests against arbitrary and sadistic raids on non-White families—first in Los Angeles and increasingly in other cities across the US—is by and large what you get on the ground. Just

Anarchist News Review: Masks being banned, JSO retire and Youth Demand raided

Anarchist News Review: Masks being banned, JSO retire and Youth Demand raided

It’s been a big week for UK protest politics ~ The government move to ban face masks at protests not just on request but automatically, and with arrest enabled even of people who attend and need to mask for health reasons. Campaign group Youth Demand meanwhile have been hit with raids and arrests for calling

Rethinking urban vegetation

Rethinking urban vegetation

Instead of “green space” we must build ecosystems in our cities ~ Mathieu Perchat, from Le Mouton Noir ~ Vegetation in the city, often reduced to the term “green space”, evokes a more complex reality than that of a simple place of rest or walk. The term itself, “green space”, expresses the limitation of this

Campaigners join London cycling instructors in call to scrap devastating 100% cuts to cycle training

Campaigners join London cycling instructors in call to scrap devastating 100% cuts to cycle training

Women’s cycling campaigners, local business owners, councillors, cyclists, and cycling instructors across London have signed an open letter calling for Sadiq Khan to immediately cancel proposed 100% cuts to in-person cycling training. Amidst the cost of living crisis, the proposed cuts would mean an end to cycling instructors’ main source of income. Cycling instructors also