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, […]
Flashback: 30 July 1995 – police spy dresses up at pagan garden party
On 30 July 1995 an all day party was held in my back garden. Part of it was devoted to the play Death of the […]
The blog is back
After a gap of two months, Red Black Green returns. I had a rest from blogging and recharged my batteries. A lot has happened since […]
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 […]
Why Labour can’t be trusted: 1) the working class
“Inequality at levels not seen under Macmillan, Heath, Thatcher or Major. Real cuts in the incomes for those at the bottom of the pile. No […]
Flashback: 2 May 1997 – Labour’s election landslide: “Things can only get better”?
On this day 18 years ago, Tony Blair’s New Labour won a landslide victory in the general election, with a staggering 419 seats and a […]
Greetings on Mayday
Hello and a happy Mayday to all of you. 1st May has for centuries been a day of pranks and mischief making and for over […]
Labour’s wildlife culls
With one week to go till the election and the two main parties neck and neck, the mood on social media is starting to become […]
Brand meets “Milibrand” and both decide they like each other
Russell Brand’s interview with “Milibrand” for his Youtube channel has gone online today. It was meant to be kept secret until the weekend but apparently […]
Which side are they on?
Shami Chakrabarti is known to most people as the director of Liberty, the civil rights organization. She has never stood as an MP but imagine […]
That was World Week that was
World Week of Action For Animals in Laboratories finished yesterday, 26 April. The wwaail.org website listed a number of events, most of them in the […]
Flashback: 25 April 1992 – the biggest anti-vivisection demo ever
On this day in 1992, thousands of people marched through central London to mark World Day for Laboratory Animals (WDLA). The event was organised by […]
Where has the Hunting Act gone?
Two weeks to go till the election and a sort of collective insanity seems to be gripping certain sections of social media. There’s a big […]
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 […]
Flashback: 31 March 1990 – the Poll Tax Riot
Exactly 25 years ago today, the biggest and most famous of all poll tax riots occurred in London. On a mild, sunny afternoon 200,000 people […]
Hunt sabs acquitted after earning praise from judge
It’s uncommon for hunt saboteurs to receive justice in a court of law. They often find themselves in the dock on trumped up charges, with […]