At the start of the 20th Century, Japan was in a state of technological, cultural and political acceleration.
What a Japanese Anarchist taught me about British politics
Tag: History
Diary of a Squat: free audiobook
Diary Of A Squat (1989) Written by Jean Delarue Read by Dorothy Spencer and Carl Cattermole We loved this very rare and beautiful book so much that we made it into a free audiobook.
An illustrated history of the birth of the Metropolitan Police
The brutal murder of George Floyd has once again forced police violence and racism into the public spotlight.
Political reflections on the Poll Tax Riots 30 years on
This month marks the 30th anniversary of the Poll Tax riots.
Southwark Spain Shop: anti-fascist shop in 1930s Walworth Road
This text first appeared at Transpontine blog.
Solidarity for West Papua is overdue
“Those Papuans of yours are some 700,000 and living in the Stone Age” said John F Kennedy in 1963, as he approved an agreement to hand over control of West Papua to Indonesia, ceded from the Dutch.
Syndicalism and the working class experience
In this classic explainer of trade unionism without bureaucrats from 1952, Philip Sansom (pictured) considers the thinking behind anarcho-syndicalism before giving an example from the time — the fascinating and little-known Mutual Aid Society of the Euston railwaymen.
How we invaded Cuba
On Friday 12 July 1963, anarchists invaded the Cuban Embassy in London.
Book review: A beautiful idea … and a messy reality
A Beautiful Idea: History of the Freedom Press Anarchists Rob Ray Freedom Press, 2018 ISBN: 978-1-904491-30-9 Review by George F.
Book review: A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things
A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things Raj Patel and Jason W.
Recent Articles
Nantes: 4,000 on the streets for Bloquons Tout
French police directed the demonstration with flash grenades and tear gas ~ from Contre Attaque ~ Saturday, 13 September, a rainy day in Nantes.
Facing down the flagshaggers
To resist normalisation, we need enduring groundwork with attacked communities—and spaces for open strategising ~ Blade Runner ~ On Saturday 13 September, between 110,000 and 150,000 turned out in response to Tommy Robinson’s call, a mobilisation framed as a defence of “free speech” but saturated with white nationalist, Islamophobic and anti-migrant rhetoric.
London arms fair disruption: A stark contrast to mass arrests for Palestine
Well-coordinated direct action catches the police off guard, showing the power of secure and strategic organising ~ Kevin Blowe ~ On 9 September, at around 7.30 in the morning, an advance bloc of about 150 protesters, their faces covered, suddenly appeared by London City Hall in east London, near to where Britain’s largest arms fair,
Anarchist prisoner released from Belarus
The regime deported 52 political prisoners in exchange for sanctions relief ~ Nikita Ivansky ~ Anarchist Nikolai (Mikola) Dziadok was among 52 political prisoners released and deported from Belarus to Lithuania on 11 September, following negotiations between dictator Alexander Lukashenko and US envoy John Colae.
France blockades: The leaderless escalate
Yesterday’s day of action saw Bloquons Tout stepping out of the shadows nationwide—and facing major police repression ~ punkacademic ~ Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in France on Wednesday (10 September) as the first day of action organised under the banner Bloquons Tout (“Block Everything”) saw widespread protests and blockades in defence
