Analysis
Notes from the US: Surprised? Maybe not
April 21st: Trump’s presidency is still not widely seen for the fascist coup that it is ~ Louis Further ~ Be honest and ignore your ‘scepticism’ about the ‘decency’ of politics in the United States: would you have believed it, had you been told ten years ago, that its president would be a twice impeached convicted felon,
Anarchist News Review: Anti-fascist crackdown, Stock market falls, new BDS and predicting murder
April 10th: “There’s a strong tradition of far-right activism in universities, anti-fascists have been trying to combat that and they’ve been demonised for it” ~ Mike Finn joins us to talk about Austria’s targeting of anti-fascists barely a month after being forced into a three-party coalition to shut out the far-right, and how “liberal order” governments across
Anarchist News Review: Masks being banned, JSO retire and Youth Demand raided
April 3rd: It’s been a big week for UK protest politics ~ The government move to ban face masks at protests not just on request but automatically, and with arrest enabled even of people who attend and need to mask for health reasons.
Just Stop Oil: The dead end of symbolic disruption
March 31st: The end of JSO’s actions marks more than a tactical shift, exposing the limits of symbolic resistance in a system built on ecocide ~ Blade Runner ~ Just Stop Oil has announced it is ending its campaign of disruptive action.
Anarchism and the New Military Wave (pt. 2)
March 30th: As Europe’s ruling class responds to the post-Pax Americana world with anguish and armaments, here are the opportunities and threats facing British anarchists ~ Rob Ray ~ Part one of this article, covering strengths and weaknesses, is here.
Anarchist News Review: Balkans protests, Spring Budget and Greenpeace fines
March 27th: We start by discussing the beginnings of a potential ‘Balkans Spring’ against the corruption and autocratic tendencies of governments which Europe and the US increasingly mirror ~ It’s easy to feel overwhelmed and hopeless given the circumstances (and the ruling class do indeed want that to be your response).
Anarchism and the New Military Wave (pt.1)
March 23rd: A few thoughts on where we are as we teeter on the cusp of a decade-defining shift into armed nationalism ~ Rob Ray ~ In the deluge of capital-N News we’ve had over the last month, by far the most consequential for our war-distanced isles has been the announcement, Europe-wide, of massive rearmament.
Notes from the US: Quack remedies
March 14th: There has been little effective, determinative resistance to the fascist coup underway since Trump’s inauguration on 20 January ~ Louis Further ~ Articles of impeachment have been filed.
Toby Shone: “The state machine is terrified of the links we make with each other”
March 12th: The freed anarchist prisoner spoke about solidarity and abolition at the Brighton Cowley Club ~ Elizabeth Vasileva ~ A talk by anarchist ex-prisoner Toby Shone at the Cowley Club in Brighton drew almost 20 people on Friday (7 March).
Climate protests: Harsh sentencing is here to stay
March 10th: Despite reduced prison terms, the Court of Appeal clearly indicated the end of leniency for conscientious disruption ~ Andy Meinke ~ After Just Stop Oil and Insulate Britain protesters received harsh sentences, activists and their legal teams—ten counsel in court and many more working in the background— trooped to the Royal Courts of Justice in
