SchNEWS calls it a day after 20 years on the frontline
One of the leading voices of grassroots activism, SchNEWS, is calling it a day. As the farewell message on its website says: “The SchNEWS back […]
“There’s class warfare all right, but it’s my class – the rich class – that’s making war, and we’re winning.”
Those words were uttered in a rare moment of candour – or should that be arrogance – by US billionaire Warren Buffet. He was telling […]
“War is the health of the state”
Not content with all the misery they have caused by interfering in the region for decades, if not centuries, today our rulers decided to embark […]
Bradford & Leeds Anarchist Bookfair 27 September
For many years there was just the one Anarchist Bookfair in London. It started way back in the eighties and was on its own, keeping […]
Cull Tories, not badgers
The second badger cull is now 14 days old. Not content with the fiasco that occurred in Somerset and Gloucestershire last year and the widespread […]
Freedom Press – still going strong
Freedom Press is the oldest anarchist publisher in the UK and perhaps the world. Based in Angel Alley, Whitechapel, London E1, it was founded in […]
Working class heroes!
Tragically a fire at a home for abandoned dogs in Manchester this evening has claimed over 40 lives. The blaze was apparently deliberately started and was soon […]
SOCPA 7 meetings this week
In 2012-2013 seven people were raided, arrested and charged for conspiracy to commit SOCPA 145 & 146, two laws introduced in 2005 against anti-vivisection campaigners […]
Hunt saboteur seriously injured in Somerset
The hunting season is only a few days old and already a hunt saboteur is in hospital with serious injuries. On 28 August, 2014 the Blackmore […]
The end of SHAC and what we can learn from it
A couple of weeks ago the demise of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) was announced on its website. The news slipped out unobtrusively, without any […]
Under the Pavement – a radio show for vegan anarchists!
A radio show run by a team of four vegan anarchists – you must be kidding! Under the Pavement is broadcast every Thursday from 11am-1pm […]
Species and Class
Species and Class is a really good blog which describes itself as “Exploring the animal-human relationship from socialist and anarchist perspectives”. If you like this […]
Earth First! Summer Gathering 28-31 August
The Earth First! Summer Gathering started in – oh I dunno, something like the mid nineties – and is still going strong. An unrivalled range […]
Maggie and Big Mac – a match made in McHeaven
We all know there’s an obesity epidemic: you can hardly read a newspaper or turn on the tv without being told some mid numbing statistic such […]
Animal Rights Gathering in Nottinghamshire this weekend
The annual summer Animal Rights Gathering is again taking place in Nottinghamshire from 8 to 10 August, just a few miles from junction 31 of […]
Don’t do as we do, do as we say!
Is the green movement ready to embrace animal rights and veganism? Recently some campaigners have been saying yes, chief among them Ronnie Lee who used […]
Has the Vegan Society lost the plot?
There’s been controversy in vegan circles recently over changes to the Vegan Society(VS). In late 2013 the organization underwent rebranding in order, we were told, […]
Wed 30th July: International day of action for the SOCPA 7
Seven people who have protested against vivisection have been charged with conspiracy to commit section 145 SOCPA 2005. SOCPA stands for Serious Organised Crime and Police Act and […]
The teenage toff killed by a bear: the “politics of envy”?
The Socialist Wankers Party has been in the news again. What for now, you may ask. The SWP were once the biggest party to the […]
Message from political prisoner Debbie Vincent
Debbie Vincent from SHAC was sentenced to six years in April after being found guilty of conspiracy to blackmail. She is the latest in a long line […]