From Freedom News by bob ness ~ This warts-and-all bio of Nestor Makhno is folksy and refreshing I’m an old-fashioned guy, a romantic, even. In my heart of hearts what I really, really want to do is to ride down capitalism with cavalry...
From Freedom News by Sean Patterson In this interview, the founder of Edmonton’s anarchist publishing house looks back on its legacy For the past five decades, Black Cat Press (BCP) in Edmonton, Canada, has served as a local hub for the...
From Anarchist Studies Early September in Belfast can be surprisingly sunny and balmy. It was so sunny even, that the closing plenary after three days of conferencing at Ulster University happened outside, in the sunshine – providing a...
From Fifth Estate , # 415, Summer 2024 by Norman Nawrocki Imagine if more people believed in the power and the magic of collective creativity, what a crazy wonderful new anarchist world we could build. Under capitalism, any form of...
from The New Statesman by Ken Worpole, photo by The Estate of Colin Ward The New Statesman columnist and anarchist was a proponent of radical social change that put the most vulnerable first. We could say of Colin Ward, anarchist and...
Sudan has been witnessing a brutal war that has entered its second year, with millions of Sudanese displaced both internally and externally. Millions are without homes or work to meet their most basic needs, and millions of children are...
From The Daily Item October 28, 2024 SUNBURY — Federal Bureau of Investigation officials say two Massachusetts residents involved in the Oct. 19 release of hundreds of mink in Northumberland County are tied to anarchist groups in New...
From Fifth Estate #415, Summer 2024 a review of Poetic Reason in the Age of Digital Control by Jesús Sepúlveda. Bad Idea Publishing, 2023 Jesús Sepúlveda’s Poetic Reason in the Age of Digital Control addresses some of today’s most...
From Act for freedom now received by mail/ Thursday 3 October 2024 As part of the transnational days of action against militarism and nationalism proposed at the end of the anarchist book fair in the Balkans 2024 , we chose to attack a...
From It's Going Down Statement from Mexican anarchist prisoner, Jorge “Yorch” Esquivel, arrested on December 8, 2022, and sentenced to seven years and six months in prison on fabricated charges. Hey Compas, How’s everyone? I’m a bit...
That’s right folks, Freedom News will be having a launch party this Friday! To celebrate the official catapulting of Freedom into the sparkly stratosphere of online news sites, Freedom Bookshop in Aldgate will play host to a night...
After a weekend that saw demonstrations and actions across the country, West Mids Antifa Collective presents a first hand account of the pro-Gaza and anti-Britain First action in Coventry on Friday, and give an insight into the way WMAC...
The coming days show a busy calendar for activists and those looking to make a visible stand against injustice. Here’s a brief round-up of what’s going on and where. FRIDAY18th JULY: Anti-Britain First Demo – Coventry...
In the context of the recent mass one day protest strike on July 10th and the upcoming protest against strike breaking Ritzy workers this Sunday, Rob Ray examines the power of the strike, and the anarchist method of organising one. The...
Today’s cabinet reshuffle has seen the downfall of despised Education Secretary, Michael Gove. Here current education worker Daniel Dawson discusses Gove’s replacement, and the radical class conscious education they want to...
At 9pm tonight (Monday 14th July 2014) 60 detainees at Harmondsworth mens immigration detention centre began an overnight demonstration, occupying the courtyard. They are demanding that all those on the now unlawful Detained Fast Track...
In this piece by Parris Komyune, of the blog Lenin was a Cheeseboard, the morality of expropriation (i.e. nicking stuff, you probably earned it anyway) is explored, and the excuses against it are confronted with the realities created by...
Louis Further rounds up the news from the USA you may have missed. Environment A review published in mid-June by the Associated Press found that the Obama administration does not inspect four out of every ten new high-risk oil...
In May Barcelona was shook by four days of rioting and protest against the eviction of an established social centre, Can Vies. Juana Belén Gutiérrez de Mendoza looks at the history of the building, and interviews the organisers currently...
Here’s a roundup of the recent goings on at the bookshop, and what to look out for in the future: Books: If you’re looking for something to read with real relevance to activists and current affairs, then look no further than the...