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Tag: labour
Repression is not defeated by ballots
Nearly all the tools for a police state are now in place, just waiting for the far right to take over ~ Rob Ray ~ Many people have heard of the “…
SEND reforms: Cuts and culture wars
Reducing SEND provision is part of a wider fight against the disabled and the young ~ punkacademic ~ Labour’s long-awaited announcement of ‘ref…
Governed by Death-eaters
One day there will be a reckoning — but it won’t be a white boy with a wand and a scar ~ Kell w Farshéa ~ This is a government of death.
Liberty is a muscle, it must be exercised
In its quest to outflank Reform to the right, Labour has not just continued the 2020s Tory assault on protest and left-wing dissent, but deepened i…
Radical Reprint: The false dawns of electoral leftism
The results of an election 80 years ago prompted arguments which have familiar, rhyming lines for our modern context ~ Rob Ray ~ At long last, afte…
Anarchist News Review: Palestine Action Ban, Welfare Rebellion and Israel-Iran-US
It comes to something when even voicing support for a non-violent direct action group risks being designated as crossing the line, but Labour is no…
Labour’s authoritarian urge
Labour’s desire for authority comes from an instinct to prove they can manage the workers best ~ Jon Bigger ~ Two themes have been ever-present i…
Scrapping the Vagrancy Act
The criminalisation of homelessness and poverty is not truly ending—only being reshaped ~ Tony ~ On 10 June 2025 the Government confirmed it …
Anarchist News Review: Budgets, Palestine organising and Reform Doge’ing repsonsibility
Andy Meinke joins us for the weekly waffle, looking this week at Labour’s thrashing about as it tries to simultaneously backtrack on wildly u…
Labour’s sweet little lies
From destroying the environment to betraying the disabled, the government is running the same play—will people fall for it?
Labour’s rose is as ash and smoke
Perhaps an anti-Labour sentiment is no surprise coming from an anarchist opinion column, but my atheism, this shower of spineless rejects from cent…
Do it like Trump—Labour targets migrants
Labour’s rebranding aligns with a global surge in far-right, anti-migrant rhetoric ~ Blade Runner ~ Labour’s government is celebrating record d…
John Prescott: The Blairite bulldog who forgot the working class
The former Deputy Prime Minister weaponised his northern roots and trade union affiliations to enable neoliberal Labour and its wars ~ Uri Gordon ~…
A transformative election—but in which direction?
We must prepare for an extreme right surge after the polls, no matter how few MPs the Tories and Reform end up with
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Filton sentencing explainer
De-proscribing Palestine Action will not make a difference to the “Terrorism connection” enhancement ~ Andy Meinke ~ The Filton defenda…
