Mandelson and his friends are the actual political cabal: Elites trading secrets for power as the world burns ~ Tabitha Troughton ~ A surprising fe…
The corpse machine cohort
Tag: UK politics
Anarchist News Review: “World order” in tatters and Rojava under attack
Mike and Andy talk through some of the implications of the “world order’s collapse,” as Canada’s PM puts it, the new assaul…
Red card for reality
The government and media are pretending to support the Jewish community—by obeying the far right ~ Tabitha Troughton ~ Maccabi Tel Aviv fans …
Farts, flags, and the melting black blob of UK politics
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 …
A very special relationship
The usual media suspects regard Starmer’s charm offensive on Trump as brilliant 3D chess—they’ve been saying that for 80 years ~ pun…
Why the Israeli government is nothing like the Nazis
What I imagine goes on in Keir Starmer’s head as he rehearses defending the indefensible ~ Tabitha Troughton ~ Let me be clear: the Israeli gover…
Vilifying the Vylans or: How I learned to stop censoring and call for death to the BBC
The clumsy attempt to silence artists opposing genocide only makes their message louder ~ Stanton Cree ~ Over the last week I found myself in the i…
Labour’s authoritarian urge
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 i…
The summer of discontent, in search of a spark
The planet burns, the bills get higher; the workers strike and here we are waiting to be told by fewer than 200,000 Tories who our next prime minis…
The spectacular demise of Boris Johnson and what comes next
Boris Johnson’s demise as prime minister was destined to be spectacular.
Charles: the interfering royal with bags of cash and laws made just for him
Last month I wrote about the showy jubilee celebrations and how it wouldn’t be long before the show is over, leaving us with the reality of monar…
Boris Johnson: the King Midas who turns everything to shite
No sooner than Boris Johnson tried to look statesmanlike, it all fell apart.
The world has changed. British politics in a new context
The world has changed.
We need to stop Boris Johnson before it is too late
Boris Johnson is the most dangerous prime minister I’ve suffered.
The multiple and overlapping crises in the UK point to a sustained need for mutual aid
In the recent printed edition of Freedom, there was an article reflecting on Covid and the mutual aid groups that sprung up in the early days of th…
Recent Articles
Starmer’s downfall – long time coming yet inevitable
The outgoing PM is a textbook example of a public figure who jettisoned principles in the search for power ~ Paul Gravett ~ The revolving door of U…
EU votes to speed up deportations
Removal of undocumented people becomes easier as far-right international continues to rise ~ Blade Runner ~ An alliance of centre-right and far-rig…
Notes from the US: Sadistic idiocy
MAGA apologists square multiple circles just in order to ‘live with themselves’ ~ Louis Further ~ A new study by members of the School …
Dissident Russian artist murdered in Poland
Assassination of Semyon Skrepetsky is a threatening message to the entire Russian opposition in Europe ~ Nikita Ivansky ~ Bashkir artist Semyon Skr…
Lament for a lost revolution
A century since the General Strike of 1926 ~ punkacademic ~ In the opening week of May 1926, Britain had its first, last, and only General Strike.
