The living legend of Flamenco always sang against abuses of power ~ José Maria Polo Sáez, Redes Libertarias ~ Flamenco mourns the death of one …
El Cabrero (1944-2026)
Tag: Obituary
Béla Tarr (1955-2026)
The filmmaker’s social realism was always suspicious of established power ~ Bleart Thaçi ~ Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr died on 6 January …
Tino Brugos (1958–2025)
The internationalist militant and educator was also a pioneer of LGBT+ organising ~ Cristina Sykes ~ Tino Brugos, a committed trade unionist, educa…
Ozzy Osbourne: Sincere, flawed, and unforgettable
While more of a doom preacher than a political ideologue, the themes of war, mental health, and social decay remained a constant in his work ~ Stan…
Colin Jerwood R.I.P.
The Conflict frontman was one of the few who walked the punk walk as much as they talked it ~ Phil ~ Colin Jerwood, frontman and organiser of legen…
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 ~…
Viktar ‘Mao’ Žarkievič (1973-2024) — Belarusian punk legend
The frontman of Hate To State and Chaliera died less than two years after a stint of political imprisonment ~ from Naša Niva ~ Viktar became inter…
James C. Scott (1936-2024)
The prolific scholar had a monumental influence on Southeast Asian, agrarian, and anarchist studies
Antonio Negri 1933-2023
He loved rabble and the explosion of rage against the structures of domination.
Punk Kaf the early years
Kaf came from the isle of Wight, and like most of us born in the early sixties she fell in love with punk rock as soon as she became aware of it, w…
Farewell to Comrade Truss
Freedom can now exclusively reveal that Liz Truss is in fact an undercover anarchist who has been working for years to not only successfully assass…
UK’s oldest living fossil finally karks it
Despite the encouragement of butter punks and the heartfelt wishes of all anarchists, God in his wisdom has failed to save the Queen.
Obituary: Dave Cunliffe
The poet, publisher and activist Dave Cunliffe passed away aged 80 on Friday 16th April.
David Graeber (1961-2020): An anarchist and anthropological farewell to a ‘sudden thinker’
When a friend messaged me a few days ago to ask me if I had heard about David’s death, before the news had been published, my initial reactio…
Obituary: Lucio Urtubia Jiménez
Lucio Urtubia Jiménez Basque anarchist & bricklayer.
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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.
Jim Crow is still alive
One day people will look at today’s global Apartheid the way we look at American Segregation ~ Joseph Chen ~ Whenever I turn back to the hist…
