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Assisted Dying Bill: The neoliberal politics of death
June 25th: The Assisted Dying Bill cleared the House of Commons in the same week the government confirmed its commitment to slashing financial support for disabled and chronically-ill people ~ punkacademic ~ The Labour government’s commitment to finish the job started by its Tory and Liberal Democrat predecessors has taken vivid form in the proposed cuts to the health
Labour’s authoritarian urge
June 24th: 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 in Labour Party history.
The dangerous precedent of Palestine Action’s attempted proscription
June 23rd: This decision is part of a campaign by the British state to quell direct action movements ~ James Horton ~ Palestine Action, it was announced on Friday, is set to become a proscribed group.
Palestine Action ban: Trolls on parade
June 23rd: The government’s attempt to brand non-violent direct activists as “terrorists” has already backfired ~ Tabitha Troughton ~ This was the week when language in the UK temporarily gave up.
Identity Cards? Again? Really?
June 22nd: It’s back, it has another excuse, and it’s still an extraordinarily bad idea ~ Rob Ray ~ In a very specific, eye-rolling-and-muttering-obscenities sort of way, there’s something almost comforting about the reliability of the civil service (usually backed up by Tony Blair because the guy just.
The fascists eat themselves
June 20th: Even more predictable than the rise of fascism around the globe has been its sharp descent into infighting and bickering ~ Sourdough ~ The coalitions that had propelled the far right resurgence have begun to break down.
Anarchist News Review: Israel-Iran war, Kneecap and attacks on Amazon
June 19th: The slippage from containing WMDs to calls for regime change rings all too familiar — but wars’ main function is still to preserve regimes ~ Simon, Andy and Uri discuss this weeks headlines, including the scorching weather, the mountain-to-molehill cheapening of terrorism charges, direct action in Germany, and ruling-class realignment in Britain and the USA
Israel’s greatest threat isn’t Iran or Hamas, but its own hubris
June 16th: A people whose entire existence depends solely on military might is destined to end up in the darkest corners of destruction, and ultimately, in defeat ~ Orly Noy ~ It has been more than 46 years since I left Iran with my family at the age of nine.
Scrapping the Vagrancy Act
June 13th: The criminalisation of homelessness and poverty is not truly ending—only being reshaped ~ Tony ~ On 10 June 2025 the Government confirmed it will repeal the Vagrancy Act 1824 by Spring 2026 (you just can’t rush these things), and whilst the news was widely and justifiably welcomed by homelessness charities, we should sound a note
Notes from the US: Reaction and Resistance
June 13th: As action erupts against ICE raids, the MAGA cult moves on with its legislative onslaught ~ Louis Further ~ What you see in reporting on protests against arbitrary and sadistic raids on non-White families—first in Los Angeles and increasingly in other cities across the US—is by and large what you get on the ground.
