To resist normalisation, we need enduring groundwork with attacked communities—and spaces for open strategising ~ Blade Runner ~ On Saturday 13 September, between 110,000 and 150,000 turned out in response to Tommy Robinson’s call, a mobilisation framed as a defence of “free speech” but saturated with white nationalist, Islamophobic and anti-migrant rhetoric.
While Starmer flashes his moral void and Farage gets a BBC fluff job, the people carry on fighting ~ Tabitha Troughton ~ For UK comedy, these days one has to depend on the promotional videos still scuttling out from the Prime Minister’s office, like perky little cockroaches.
The usual media suspects regard Starmer’s charm offensive on Trump as brilliant 3D chess—they’ve been saying that for 80 years ~ punkacademic ~ Feudalism is back in fashion again: although professional historians have their doubts about how real that concept was in the past, it feels pretty real right now, as Keir Starmer’s liege lord arrived in
This year’s event in London saw more than 100,000 take to the streets ~ Blade Runner ~ Building on last year’s momentum of the world’s largest ever Trans+ protest, the march on Saturday (26 July) is once again being largely ignored by a media more focused on laundering Israel’s ongoing genocide and platforming far-right hate, racism, and
What I imagine goes on in Keir Starmer’s head as he rehearses defending the indefensible ~ Tabitha Troughton ~ Let me be clear: the Israeli government is nothing like the Nazis.
96 arrested around England ahead of legal challenge to group’s proscription, no arrests in Edinburgh and Derry ~ Tim Simon ~ Nearly 100 more people across England have been arrested today (19 July) under the Terrorism Act 2000 for holding signs saying “I oppose genocide—I support Palestine Action”.
The proscription is part of a wider push to stifle dissent in an increasingly authoritarian Britain ~ Kevin Blowe ~ The repression of political dissent in Britain has been escalating for years: first against Black Lives Matter and environmental campaigners and now the Palestine solidarity movement.
The proposed ban, rooted in colonial counter-insurgency law, could end up demystifying direct action and increasing public resolve ~ Blade Runner ~ This week, the UK Parliament is expected to approve the proscription of Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act 2000.
Labour’s desire for authority comes from an instinct to prove they can manage the workers best ~ Jon Bigger ~ Two themes have been ever-present in Labour Party history.
The slippage from containing WMDs to calls for regime change rings all too familiar — but wars’ main function is still to preserve regimes ~ Simon, Andy and Uri discuss this weeks headlines, including the scorching weather, the mountain-to-molehill cheapening of terrorism charges, direct action in Germany, and ruling-class realignment in Britain and the USA
French police directed the demonstration with flash grenades and tear gas ~ from Contre Attaque ~ Saturday, 13 September, a rainy day in Nantes.
To resist normalisation, we need enduring groundwork with attacked communities—and spaces for open strategising ~ Blade Runner ~ On Saturday 13 September, between 110,000 and 150,000 turned out in response to Tommy Robinson’s call, a mobilisation framed as a defence of “free speech” but saturated with white nationalist, Islamophobic and anti-migrant rhetoric.
Well-coordinated direct action catches the police off guard, showing the power of secure and strategic organising ~ Kevin Blowe ~ On 9 September, at around 7.30 in the morning, an advance bloc of about 150 protesters, their faces covered, suddenly appeared by London City Hall in east London, near to where Britain’s largest arms fair,
The regime deported 52 political prisoners in exchange for sanctions relief ~ Nikita Ivansky ~ Anarchist Nikolai (Mikola) Dziadok was among 52 political prisoners released and deported from Belarus to Lithuania on 11 September, following negotiations between dictator Alexander Lukashenko and US envoy John Colae.
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