Amid a chorus of great joy at the election of a self-described socialist in New York, it falls to the anarchists, as ever, to sound a discordant no…
Anarchist News Review: Mamdani’s win, Reform’s travails and JSO jailings
Tag: Just Stop Oil
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 w…
Anarchist News Review: Spain evictions, Greek protests, and UK climate politics
Southern Europe offers us food for thought while New New Labour fails to surprise— and Reform is taking advantage of the situation As ever, S…
The extreme broadness of ‘extremism’
Just Stop Oil are being branded “fanatics” for disruptive actions whose like hardly raised an eyebrow a decade ago
Dartford Bridge appeal rejection bodes ill for new Lord Chief Justice’s reign
The Court of Appeal (CoA) has upheld sentences of 3 years & 2 years, and 7 months on two protestors who scaled and sat on the Bridge over the Thame…
Many arrested as JSO walks micro-demos through London and spray Exeter event
Police have been handing out Public Order Act notices and detaining people since 8.10am this Monday morning as around 180 activists, split into 14 …
Necessity breeds revolt
The whole mantra of economic growth, parroted by global elites, is being seen for what it is – fat cats and global financiers saving their own sk…
Prison Column: From an environmental prisoner
Freedom continues its regular prison column with an update from Jan Goodey who is currently serving a six-month sentence for blocking the M25 with …
Prison Column: From an environmental prisoner
Freedom introduces a new regular prison column starting with Jan Goodey who is currently serving a six-month sentence for blocking the M25 with Jus…
Public nuisance
I spent the day in Westminster Magistrates Court to attend my cousin’s hearing.
Just Stop Oil target the authors of our misery
Just Stop Oil supporters have sprayed orange paint on four buildings in Central London.
Ruth Jarman on defying the court’s authority
Ruth Jarman of Christian Climate Action was arrested and remanded along with 50 other activists for breaking a civil injunction by blocking access …
BREAKING: Police raid Northants community fridge
At 11am this morning, police swooped on a community mutual aid project in Northampton in a raid allegedly linked to the Just Stop Oil campaign.
LARC Social Centre raided in Just Stop Oil crackdown
Eleven people have been arrested in a midnight raid at London Action Resource Centre (LARC) in Whitechapel, for conspiracy to commit a public nuisa…
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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.
