Rob Ray
29 January 2023
Ian Bone and the people’s republic of Hackney
Ian Bone of Class War and Anarchy in the UK fame talks about his experiences of Hackney during the anti-Poll Tax campaign.
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Warren Draper
27 January 2023
Gather Communards: an update on A Commune in the North
Back in May, 2022, I described how LeedsCath’s dream for A Commune in the North (ACitN) was slowly being brought to fruition by a band of dedicated…
Ben Ward
26 January 2023
Review: Colin Ward and the Art of Everyday Anarchy
Author: Sophie Scott-BrownColin Ward and the Art of Everyday AnarchyRoutledgeISBN: 9780367569303 In Sophie Scott-Brown’s excellent, well-researched and insightful biography of Colin Ward, one of Britain’s most interesting…
Louis Further
16 January 2023
Notes from the US
Freedom’s long-running US correspondent Louis Further does his monthly roundup of some of the stories that have emerged over the last few weeks. The ‘new’ US House…
M. Morrison
13 January 2023
Rewoke Malatesta’s dream
Staying in a 17th century building in the heart of Palermo was beautiful, eating pizzas and pasta alla Norma was delicious and climbing Mount Etna was breathtaking.…
Jan Goodey
12 January 2023
Prison Column: From an environmental prisoner
Freedom continues its regular prison column with an update from Jan Goodey who is currently serving a six-month sentence for blocking the M25 with Just Stop Oil.
Rob Ray
8 January 2023
Fuel for thought: 1913’s taxi strike
The tech industry loves to present itself as “disrupting” industries with innovations such as online ordering of deliveries, or driver services. In fact however they are often…
Are You Syrious?
7 January 2023
The Black Book of Pushbacks
Freedom re-publishes a special report from in Are You Syrious? The first Black Book was published in 2020 amidst fears for our health, isolation, barriers to travel—a…
Kev Thakrar
5 January 2023
Prison Column: Prisoners are human beings
Freedom continues its new Prison Column with a perspective from Kev Thakrar, who is detained within the inhumane Close Supervision Centre (CSC) system:
Are You Syrious?
2 January 2023
Climate change and migration
Global warming is changing the world. Droughts in the Horn of Africa, increased risks of forest fires in California and depleted fish populations for coastal nations are…
Jan Goodey
29 December 2022
Prison Column: From an environmental prisoner
Freedom introduces a new regular prison column starting with Jan Goodey who is currently serving a six-month sentence for blocking the M25 with Just Stop Oil.
Are You Syrious?
28 December 2022
Happy Christmas and welcome to the streets
As 2022 draws to a close so does the ESTIA programme in Greece. This year, the eviction of thousands of people from their homes was a very…
Aidan Frere-Smith
22 December 2022
After a decade of the badger cull activists continue to take action to protect wildlife
It has been 10 years since the badger cull began. Between 2013 and 2021, a third of the entire UK population of badgers has been killed and…
Warren Draper
19 December 2022
A merry life and a short one: a review of Under the Banner of King Death
Author: David LesterUnder the Banner of King DeathBeacon PressISBN: 978-080702398-3 The graphic novel is an art form which has long provided accessible introductions to complex ideas. The…
Nora Ziegler
18 December 2022
Lessons from the Common House
The Common House, an activist collective that had provided meeting space for radical groups in Bethnal Green, London, since 2013, closed down its physical venue in 2021.…