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 mo…
Radical Reprint: Arrests and jail terms for Freedom Press editors
Tag: Rob Ray
A tsunami is made of many droplets
The mismanagement of Thames Water is not the first scandal of its kind, but when our very water is at risk why are we still letting rich people pre…
Radical Reprint: Freedom struggles against government raids
The beginning of 1945 was a turbulent time for Freedom Press, along with anarchism in Britain and western Europe ~ Rob Ray ~ While the Germans were…
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 …
A little lane, and hedges leafing
With agri-businesses up in arms about the removal of a 2031 cutoff for rights of way registration, why not ditch the idea and embrace the right to …
Radical Reprint: The frustration of Leonard Motler
A fierce working class propagandist, Motler couldn’t stand the stilted, esoteric tones of many anarchist and socialist writers – and wa…
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…
Milkshake Farage is a courtroom crybaby
We’ve really reached a low point when throwing a milkshake at a politician is not only brought to court, but prosecuted as “assault by beating�…
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 …
Between fascists and cut liberals
There aren’t many positive takeaways from the far-right tantrums, but possibly a few lessons
The extreme broadness of ‘extremism’
Just Stop Oil are being branded “fanatics” for disruptive actions whose like hardly raised an eyebrow a decade ago
Interview: Radon and the new wave of anarchist sci-fi
Anarchist transhuman sci-fi collective Radon have published multiple digital journals over the last few years exploring themes including dystopia, …
1,800 days on either side
As we barrel out way towards a general election, Freedom maintains its longstanding position: vote if you like, it’s what we do between elections t…
Stamped on a human facial recognition database, forever
Rob Ray writes on proposals to roll out facial recognition cameras across Britain, alongside the bringing of passport photos into police databases.
The right discards its free speech fig leaf
The political classes’ consensus is that the left has a problem with Palestine – but panic and the urge to repress is not coming from that quar…
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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…
No consent to confinement
UK Supreme Court muddies the waters on deprivation of liberty, as safeguards are stripped away ~ punkacademic ~ The Supreme Court last week ruled o…
Anarchist News Review: Belfast pogroms and World Cup corruption
Jack and Mike discuss some of the worst racist violence in recent Northern Irish history, looking at the factors behind it, both historic loyalist …
Abolish AI – before it abolishes us
Evidence of the existential threat posed to humanity by artificial intelligence accrues day by day ~ Bill Weinberg ~ The United Nations on 4 June i…
Israeli academia “under command”
Report exposes Israeli higher education’s collaboration with military and arms manufacturers ~ Nissi Peli ~ Israel’s deliberate and thoroug…
