It’s not fun to weigh in today amid the sadness of watching a triumphant, smug parade of Tory scumbags mouthing off about how they intend to …
The battle’s done – and we need more weapons
Tag: Rob Ray
No pedlars at our fundraiser: A sketch on charity and exclusion
One of the big problems with how institutional charity has replaced human solidarity towards the homeless is that it frequently excludes people act…
Wildcat and the Egghead: The life of Donald Rooum
It shouldn’t really be me writing this obituary of Donald Rooum the anarchist and his time with Freedom Press, as I knew him for a mere 17 years,…
As the shine rubs off Labour, what next?
The Autumn of 2015 and the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour Party leader was as much of an earthquake for the anarchists as it was for what is n…
Tommy Robinson’s rally showed one thing: He doesn’t care about free speech
When two thousand people turned out yesterday to support the far-right media personality’s big show against a State/BBC conspiracy to destroy…
Book review: A beautiful idea … and a messy reality
A Beautiful Idea: History of the Freedom Press Anarchists Rob Ray Freedom Press, 2018 ISBN: 978-1-904491-30-9 Review by George F.
Book Extract: World War, and Freedom’s nadir
When the Great War broke out in 1914 most anarchists took their customary anti-militarist position, but the conflict also led to two of its heavie…
It was bosses who killed journalism, not the internet
A journalist reflects on their experiences over the last two decades of working in local news, arguing that bosses’ monopolistic mismanagemen…
A year through anarchist eyes: 1950
Rob Ray takes a unique run through the pages of Freedom in 1950, a time when anarchism was in a pretty dire state, but was starting to gain tractio…
Eclipse Phase – The anarchist RPG
For all that “nerd culture” has become hegemonic on our screens, role play games (RPGs) have remained on the fringes of that success with Dunge…
Why does the left hate free speech? Interesting question…
Since the election of Donald Trump, a right-wing discussion point which had long been burbling in national press outlets such as The Times and the …
Good gravy not another bloody election…
As I write, a million words are being typed on the same subject as quickly as fingers can slam downwards, in a quest to shovel something regarding …
Book Review: Roses and Revolutionists
ISBN: 978-1-910170-17-5 Price: £6.99 Pages: 106 Publisher: Five Leaves Books ~ review by Rob Ray ~ Nominally a work of history, Nigel Todd’…
Books behind bars
Rob Ray talks to Lee Humphries, founder of prisoner support charity Haven Distribution, which specialises in educational literature
Recent Articles
Antifascists mobilise after racist pogroms
The UK far-right surge builds on deep-rooted resentment and social fragmentation ~ Blade Runner ~ Antifascists on Saturday (13 June) mobilised agai…
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…
