9-11 June: Liberation Gathering in Bristol
Liberation! An introduction A gathering aimed at rebuilding and progressing the animal liberation movement. It will be coming from an anarchist perspective and will especially […]
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Saturday 10 December: Manchester & Salford Anarchist Bookfair
Back after a two year hiatus, the Manchester & Salford Anarchist Bookfair, sponsored by The Cunningham Amendment, will take place on Saturday 10th December at […]
Whatever happened to the ALF? A look back at 40 years of radical direct action in the UK
This year marks the 40th birthday of the Animal Liberation Front. The ALF is one of the most important direct action organizations of modern times […]
29 October: London Anarchist Bookfair
The Bookfair has moved again and this time it’s in a school in Haringey! It’s also in Tottenham which has a proud history of radicalism […]
Flashback: 29 September 1983 – Stop the City brings chaos to the financial heart of London
On 29 September 1983 the first Stop The City action took place in the City of London, timed to coincide with the quarterly calculation of […]
Labour’s summer of turmoil – should we care?
The momentous EU referendum has cast a long shadow over politics this summer. Those architects of austerity, Cameron and Osborne, have gone from office and […]
Earth First! Gathering: 17-22 August
Doesn’t look like there’s a UK animal rights gathering this year but the EF! Summer Gathering is going ahead in Northants from 17-22 August. Last […]
The EU referendum: should we stay or should we go and does it matter?
What passes for normal bourgeois politics has been put on hold for the past few weeks as the political class gets in a tizzy over […]
On the frontline against vivisection: No New Animal Lab at the University of Washington
World Week for Laboratory Animals is upon us. There are a number of protests and events happening – not least the World Day for Animals […]
Kevin Johnson sentenced to 3 years but due for release in 3 months
The following comes from the supportkevinandtyler.com website: In August of 2013, Kevin Johnson (aka Kevin Olliff) and Tyler Lang were arrested and charged with possession […]
Learning from the Heathrow 13: Reflections on struggle, repression and prison
The following appeared today on the Bristol Anarchist Black Cross website. I usually don’t read something and agree with every word but this superb article […]
Business as usual…
It has been all of five months since I was last here. The blog has returned. That’s not why this post is called Business as […]
Dare to Dream: this was anarchy 1990
Here’s a rare thing: a documentary about anarchism that treats the movement with respect, not as a bunch of terrorists or soppy idealists. In 1990 […]
Animal Farm at 70
George Orwell’s Animal Farm turned 70 years old last week. The story of farm animals overthrowing human oppression and ruling themselves is the classic political fable […]
19-24 August: Earth First! Summer Gathering in Derbyshire
This year’s Earth First! Summer Gathering begins tomorrow and lasts until the 24th. It promises to be the largest and most exciting for many years, […]
London Anarchist Bookfair finds new home
With great pleasure and some relief I can report that the London Anarchist Bookfair will be going ahead this year as usual. After several very […]
The election and its aftermath
This was the 14th election of my lifetime. The earliest I can recall with any clarity was 1979, when I was a sixth form politics […]
23 April: Anti-election meeting at Freedom Bookshop in London
The Anarchist Federation will be holding a meeting on the forthcoming election entitled No Matter Who You Voted For, the Government Got In. This is […]
New blog: orcas and animals
Orcas and animals is a new blog which explores anarchism, animal rights and veganism. Produced by Kevin Watkinson who has written for Species and Class […]
Green Party turns to dead activist to win votes from Labour
Several months ago an analysis I made of Barry Horne’s hunger strikes was severely criticised in certain quarters. You can find it by clicking on […]