Freedom Newspaper’s first ever full-page picture spread from 1961 offers a unique record of the famous Committee of 100 anti-war march of February 18th that year, which began what was to become the modern British anti-war movement. Led by anarchist fellow-traveller Bertrand Russell, who resigned from CND to set it up, the Committee of 100 ran
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In pictures: Land occupation against HS rail in France
A new zone to defend, La Guinguette Vaillante opposes the destruction of natural habitats north of Toulouse ~ from La Grappe ~ A few minutes from the city centre of Saint-Jory, with walking access to the rail lines and their construction site, La Guinguette Vaillante (“The Valiant Tavern”) is built in an enclave of vegetation
Do It Yourselves and take care of each other
Reflections on three decades of environmental activism ~ Helen Baczkowska ~ The first thing to do was to re-arrange the furniture—what was set out for a speaker and audience quickly became a rough circle.
Bristol Aviva Centre defaced for insuring Elbit
Company still provides employer’s liability to UAV Engines in Staffordshire ~ Cristina Sykes ~ Activists from Palestine Action this morning occupied the Aviva Centre in Bristol, with one protester climbing the overhang while another spray-painted the front glass of the building.
Italy: Terrorism charges dropped against ‘Vetriolo’ magazine
Judge declines prosecution of anarchist prisoner Alfredo Cospito and 11 others for incitement and subversion ~ Sonia Muñoz Llort ~ A judge in Italy has declined to indict twelve anarchists associated with the insurrectionary magazine Vetriolo of various incitement and subversion charges.
Anarchist News Review: US inauguration, Gaza ceasefire and UK moral panics
Discussing that Nazi salute by Elon Musk (and the rather more important direction of travel to come), the not particularly encouraging situation following the Gaza ceasefire, and how moral panics are built around incidents like Stockport to empower State repression.