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Tag: UK
Trans+ Pride 2025: Our bodies, our freedom
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�…
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…
Protesters defy Palestine Action ban
96 arrested around England ahead of legal challenge to group’s proscription, no arrests in Edinburgh and Derry ~ Tim Simon ~ Nearly 100 more …
Will the ban on Palestine Action terrify enough people into silence?
The proscription is part of a wider push to stifle dissent in an increasingly authoritarian Britain ~ Kevin Blowe ~ The repression of political dis…
Palestine Action proscription: Criminalising effectiveness
The proposed ban, rooted in colonial counter-insurgency law, could end up demystifying direct action and increasing public resolve ~ Blade Runner ~…
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…
Anarchist News Review: Israel-Iran war, Kneecap and attacks on Amazon
The slippage from containing WMDs to calls for regime change rings all too familiar — but wars’ main function is still to preserve regi…
Starmer’s Big Idea: A militarised, impoverished Britain
The UK Strategic Defence Review will only deliver security for arms companies—not anyone using a food bank ~ Tabitha Troughton ~ Sometimes yo…
Remembering the Beanfield, 40 years on
The state targeted people living on the road because it was anarchy in action and it was working ~ Neil Goodwin ~ Today marks the 40th anniversary …
In pictures: Thousands march for trans rights
Protesters across the UK were a diverse crowd, with slogans ranging from plaintive to militant ~ Kell w Farshéa ~ Mass demonstrations took place a…
Harrods workers balloting for Xmas strike
Luxury department store woes mount as workers oppose relentless overwork, stagnant wages and stripped-back benefits ~ Francis Kingston ~ With the l…
Book review: Zerox Machine
An absolute triumph of punk scholarship and alternative historiography ~ Jim Donaghey ~ Reading through this richly detailed overview of punk zines…
A black woman Tory leader? Sure, as long as she’s batshit right-wing
Kemi Badenoch exemplifies the decades-long tradition in the UK of ‘pulling up the ladder’, practiced by class-ascendant immigrants on the right…
Britain’s antifascist moment
Coordinated antifascist defense has been inspiring, but it must grow to become omnipresent — Tuesday July 30 saw the start of an uprising of …
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