Manchester has been struggling along without a stable radical social centre since 2007, when The Basement was ruined by flooding, but that all chan…
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Tag: Social Centres
The social centres roundup
For all its small size and general impoverishment the libertarian socialist movement actually runs a surprisingly large amount of real estate aroun…
Social Centres update: Common house in trouble, Partisan nears opening
Radical social centres across Britain have run into financial issues recently, with business rates rises causing trouble for Larc in east London an…
Manchester has a radical social centre again
A new collectively-run space dedicated to bringing Manchester’s disparate networks of activism together was opened yesterday, nearly a decad…
Recent Articles
The Case of the Spinning Judge
Imagine what it feels like to sentence war resisters as terrorists ~ Tabitha Troughton ~ My smallish eyes blink, and my central incisors catch the …
Heavy repression in Geneva as G7 summit opens
Over 60,000 people faced tear-gas and an overnight kettle in protests against meeting of the world’s richest states ~ Gabriel Fonten ~ Tens o…
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…
