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 […]
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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 […]
Gary Yourofsky for the Nobel Peace Prize?
There is a petition on the change.org site calling for Gary Yourofsky to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. His sponsor says his ideology of “all […]
The general election: (1) what anarchists do instead of voting
It couldn’t possibly have failed to escape the attention of anyone living in the UK that a general election is due soon. In fact it’s […]
Are we all “domestic extremists” now?
If you’re reading this then the chances are you could be a “domestic extremist”? Do you even know what that means? Don’t worry since not many […]
Syriza – has the sell out begun?
Sometimes I’m asked why as an anarchist I don’t support parties of the left that believe in social justice, making life better for the working […]
An anti-capitalist critique of animal exploitation
Unlike the UK where the grassroots AR movement has moved towards a reformist, pro-party politics stance in recent years, across the water in the rest […]
Out with the old, in with the new…
The turning of one year into another usually leads to the casting of one’s mind back over the previous 12 months and to looking forward as well. Eight […]
Review of Dysophia open letter #3: from animals to anarchism
Dysophia is a Leeds-based publisher of green anarchist pamphlets and other materials similar to this blog, that is to use anarchism as “a powerful tool for analysing much of the […]