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Radical Reprint: Arrests and jail terms for Freedom Press editors

Radical Reprint: Arrests and jail terms for Freedom Press editors

Following raids on Freedom Press by Special Branch, at the behest of the Home Office, which had been reported in January 1945 (recounted in last month’s column), pressure was kept up with a succession of court cases, reported on at length by the right-wing press ~ Rob Ray ~ That the February 24th edition of

Farage’s failed sell-out

Farage’s failed sell-out

A rare note of thanks goes to Elon Musk for his hilarious New Year farce turning Reform UK’s leader into a complete laughing stock ~ Rob Ray ~ What an excellent few days it’s been for far-right watching. Over in the US we’ve been seeing the hardline racist wing of MAGA screaming about betrayal because

Return the common to the goose

Return the common to the goose

Farmers’ protests over a velvety soft reduction of inheritance tax privileges may seem overblown, but there’s a kernel of something interesting there ~ Rob Ray ~ With tractors besieging Downing Street, the new and shiny (well new, anyway) protest scene of the month has been farmers, tromping about in their wellies telling off Labour for

A prisons crisis, or an opportunity?

A prisons crisis, or an opportunity?

One of the more vexed questions in anarchist theory is “what do we do with all the criminals?” It’s had many different answers on offer over the years, from Kropotkin’s views on the roots of anti-social acts and possibilities for community rehabilitation, to modern ideas for non-”carceral” (locking people up) approaches to harm.  In fact