Printed four times a year, Brand [‘fire’] has been published in Sweden since 1898.
How Sweden’s oldest anarchist paper survived so long
Tag: media
The grifterverse and Russell Brand
Why did so many hard-right celebs rush to support a supposedly left-leaning conspiracy-monger while the left itself has not?
It still isn’t wage rises fuelling inflation
The media is doing its usual job of trying to convince us to “show restraint” on pay claims – it’s a scam.
This is queer breadtube: 6 youtubers to stuff your void with
George F presents a selection of essential queer anarchist creators from Youtube.
‘In absence there is greater presence’
Farrah Akbik reflects on the aftermath of the shooting of journalist Shereen Abu Aqleh by Israeli soldiers and the incredible disrespect which has been shown.
Notes from the US: OAN out
We can start with some good news this month.
A response to fake news
We can picture the relationship between freedom of speech and democracy as a beautiful love story.
Tories are living in fear of direct action’s rise
It took nearly two years but just one action for Extinction Rebellion to make it onto the Tories’ prestigious “so dangerous they should be illegal” list – not co-incidentally it was the first time they’d truly challenged the elites.
Mutu: rethinking our radical media
The seriousness of our times hardly needs restating.
A-Infos: The original anarchist newswire
At around the same time as Schnews was setting up its soon to be famous freesheet in 1994, before the advent of modern social media, a group of anarchist organisations across the world (including Freedom Press), took steps towards creating an anarchist newswire — a-infos.
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.
