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
Southern Europe offers us food for thought while New New Labour fails to surprise— and Reform is taking advantage of the situation As ever, Spain is showing us how to do things when it comes to eviction resistance, while context is key to understand the ongoing anger over mass uproar related to the sidelining of
Just Stop Oil are being branded “fanatics” for disruptive actions whose like hardly raised an eyebrow a decade ago
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 Thames at Dartford in October 2022.
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 groups, rallied in Lambeth, Victoria, Liverpool Street and other locations. The march marks 13 weeks since Just Stop Oil began its latest campaign pushing for Westminster to halt new licensing or
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 skins as a death spiral hits the poorest.
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 Just Stop Oil. Seems to me I’m banged up for stating the bleeding obvious. The Financial Times article entitled “UK needs ‘war effort’ to cut energy bills and carbon emissions, say
Freedom introduces a new regular prison column starting with Jan Goodey who is currently serving a six-month sentence for blocking the M25 with Just Stop Oil. News from the Financial Times had an impact on me. It reported that 9 million homes in the UK have poor or very poor leaky walls, in other words
I spent the day in Westminster Magistrates Court to attend my cousin’s hearing. After sitting through the trials of a Romanian pickpocket, a reckless HGV driver and a deaf bagpiper who’d hit a doorman when he wasn’t allowed his bagpipes in a casino, my cousin, Jan Goodey arrived from Belmarsh where he’d been on remand
Just Stop Oil supporters have sprayed orange paint on four buildings in Central London. They are demanding that the government halts all new oil and gas licences and consents.[efn_note]Just Stop Oil is a coalition of groups working together to demand Just Stop Oil is a member of the A22 Network of civil resistance projects. Climate
The move reflects a broader strategic vision embracing gender liberation, pluralism, and local democracy ~ Blade Runner ~ The formal announcement of the PKK’s dissolution has sparked mixed reactions among Turkey’s Kurds and international supporters.
We round up some of the titles to keep an eye out for, from retrospectives on punk social centres in London to the lives of brilliant organisers and mutual aid that thrives in the wake of wildfires.
Dozens of injuries and 50 arrests reported as riot police blocks Palestine solidarity march ~ Josie Ó Súileabháin ~ Thousands of Palestine solidarity activists gathered in Neukölln, Berlin yesterday (May 15th) to mark Nakba Day and protest Israel’s continuing genocide in the Gaza Strip.
An interview with anarchist author and translator Jean-Manuel Traimond on sexual play and the dismantling of hierarchies ~ Maurice Schuhmann ~ In December 2005, the anarchist author, city guide, and translator Jean-Manuel Traimond published a book in French under the provocative title Dissection of Organized Sadomasochism: Anarchist Approaches with the publishing house Atélier de création Libertaire.
Shielding the space with security rolling shutters will help keep it a safe and functional hub for resistance, solidarity, and self-organisation ~ Giannis Voliatis ~ The Ovradera social centre in the city of Thessaloniki, Greece was created around 4 years ago.
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