The forbidden truth we all know Comment, Jul 6th Imperial nostalgia is shoring up the remnants of a decaying order ~ Kell w Farshéa ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/07/06/t...

Radical Reprint: Spanish Revolution remembered Features, Jul 5th Ninety years after anarchism’s greatest experiment, we revisit Nicholas Walter’s reflections on its fiftieth anniversary ~ punkacademic ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/07/05/r...

They broke his hands to silence his guitar Features, Jul 4th A furious sixteen-minute documentary responding to the coup in Chile remains a defining work of anti-fascist cinema ~ Bleart Thaçi ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/07/04/t...

Titan Airways “making millions” from deportations News, Jul 3rd Corporate Watch exposes charter airline’s role in UK deportation programme ~ Scott Harris ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/07/03/t...

Interesting graph from Yougov this. Given the cohort which uses social media the least is *by far* more likely to have fallen into the Reform pipeline, it suggests that a (successful) social media ban for the young, far from discouraging radicalisation, would simply radicalise rightwards.

Livestreaming now: The Anarchist News Review! Burnham wants to move power out of Westminster, but is that possible, and what would it mean? www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ2j...

Incoming PM Andy Burnham is talking decentralisation, but what does that actually mean? Catch our wise words of wanalysis on that, small nuclear reactors, white boys' poor school grades, US zine jailing and debanking of Canary media on tonight's News Review, 7.30pm! www.youtube.com/@freedomnews...

Capital punishment: The state’s strength and weakness Comment, Jul 2nd Killing prisoners does not rehabilitate them, nor does it benefit their victims ~ Wrona ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/07/02/c...

To just burn down the castle Features, Jul 1st One hundred and fifty years after his death, Bakunin’s emphasis on freedom and action still holds force of purpose ~ Matthew Harshman, Deirdre Ruscitti Harshman ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/07/01/t...

The legacy of Mikhail Bakunin Features, Jul 1st His social conflict analysis, naturalist materialism, and organisational dualism continue to inspire ~ Felipe Corrêa ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/07/01/t...

Mikhail Bakunin: A vital, overflowing life Features, Jul 1st Marking 150 years since the death of the great revolutionary, whose vision of anarchism remains more relevant than ever ~ Nikolay Gerasimov ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/07/01/m...

Platform centenary: Two readings Comment, Jun 30th A hundred yeas since the publication of The Organisational Platform of the General Union of the Libertarian Communists, we offer two opposing views of its value ~ Ilan Shalif, Jay Arachnid ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/06/30/p...

The new Palmer Raids Comment, Jun 29th How Trump’s war on dissent borrows from America’s darkest playbook ~ Joel Sucher ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/06/29/t...

The transatlantic war on freedom News, Jun 29th Moving a box of zines can now get you 30 years in Trump’s America, echoing the UK’s crackdown on protest ~ punkacademic ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/06/29/t...

Alexander Berkman on prisons and abolition Features, Jun 28th His arguments are no less salient in the face of contemporary threats ~ Søren Hough ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/06/28/a...

Remembering Alexander Berkman Features, Jun 28th 90 years since the death of the great Russian-American anarchist ~ Frank Jacob ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/06/28/r...

Victory for Prosfygika! News, Jun 27th Historical Athens squatting community saved from redevelopment after hunger strikes and popular campaign ~ Gabriel Fonten ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/06/27/v...

Does Max Stirner lie headless in his grave? Features, Jun 26th The incredible story of a skull — and a Berlin landmark that survived Nazism and the Cold War ~ Maurice Schuhman ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/06/26/d...

Mad Max, Saint Max, Max Stirner 2.0 Features, Jun 26th The champion of ‘Der Einzige’, who died 170 years ago, has frenemies across the political spectrum ~ Elke Van dermijnsbrugge ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/06/26/m...

Livestreaming at 7.30pm tonight: The Freedom Anarchist News Review! A long-awaited Bill is out aiming to ban conversion therapy, the right-wing press is having a meltdown over Ed Miliband, while the rest of us just melt ... sub and watch at www.youtube.com/@freedomnews...

Don’t expect Burnham to take the boot off our necks Comment, Jun 25th Without serious pressure, our putative PM is unlikely to overturn any of his predecessor’s ridiculous terror accusations, expansions of surveillance, or internet restrictions ~ Rob Ray ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/06/25/d...

Book review: Squat The City! Features, Jun 24th Why does praxis feel so dreary – and what can be done about it? ~ SoraLX ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/06/24/b...

Mr. Scorsese, the business is not in flux Features, Jun 24th How an iconic director became AI’s newest pitchman — and why it matters ~ Joel Sucher ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/06/24/m...

Social media ban: Less freedom, more isolation Comment, Jun 23rd The government wants to lower the voting age, so why treat us like children? ~ APS ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/06/23/s...

Starmer’s downfall – long time coming yet inevitable News, Jun 23rd The outgoing PM is a textbook example of a public figure who jettisoned principles in the search for power ~ Paul Gravett ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/06/23/s...

EU votes to speed up deportations News, Jun 22nd Removal of undocumented people becomes easier as far-right international continues to rise ~ Blade Runner ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/06/22/e...

Notes from the US: Sadistic idiocy News, Jun 22nd MAGA apologists square multiple circles just in order to ‘live with themselves’ ~ Louis Further ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/06/22/n...

Dissident Russian artist murdered in Poland News, Jun 21st Assassination of Semyon Skrepetsky is a threatening message to the entire Russian opposition in Europe ~ Nikita Ivansky ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/06/21/d...

It's easy to get bogged down in Restore being a racist project, but it's important to remember it's also a sexist one in which single mums are always spiteful liars and dads who don't see their kids are always blameless victims.

Lament for a lost revolution Features, Jun 21st A century since the General Strike of 1926 ~ punkacademic ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/06/21/l...

Jim Crow is still alive Comment, Jun 20th One day people will look at today’s global Apartheid the way we look at American Segregation ~ Joseph Chen ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/06/20/j...

Check out the Freedom Anarchist news Review livestreaming now! It’s by-election jabbering time! Plus thoughts on the week's events including the Iran deal, Palestine Action, Defence budget, repression in Geneva and a neoliberal panic about techno-feudal underwater colonialism ...

The Case of the Spinning Judge Comment, Jun 18th Imagine what it feels like to sentence war resisters as terrorists ~ Tabitha Troughton ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/06/18/t...

Heavy repression in Geneva as G7 summit opens News, Jun 17th Over 60,000 people faced tear-gas and an overnight kettle in protests against meeting of the world’s richest states ~ Gabriel Fonten ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/06/17/h...

Antifascists mobilise after racist pogroms News, Jun 16th The UK far-right surge builds on deep-rooted resentment and social fragmentation ~ Blade Runner ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/06/16/a...

Novara deservedly getting rinsed in their own comments tonight for backing Starmer's social media ban for kids on the same day as the government reminded us, in the starkest of terms, that handing over more powers of surveillance, control and repression is an invitation for political abuse. ~Rr

Looks like a 5-0 win for the Home Secretary on Palestine Action proscription in the Court of Appeals. PA are therefore still banned and arrests are commencing of placard holding supporters outside the Royal Courts of Justice. There will be an appeal to the Supreme Court but don't hold your breath.

Anyone who was wondering why Ofcom was being even more useless than usual when it came to the blatant lying, bigotry and general broadcast rulebreaking of GB News/the Reform UK PR department now has their answer, I guess. Baron Grade had his hand on the tiller. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...

Filton sentencing explainer Comment, Jun 15th De-proscribing Palestine Action will not make a difference to the “Terrorism connection” enhancement ~ Andy Meinke ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/06/15/f...

No consent to confinement Comment, Jun 14th UK Supreme Court muddies the waters on deprivation of liberty, just as safeguarding and legal aid are de-funded ~ punkacademic ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/06/14/n...

The deeply repressive nature of this sentence only looks worse coming in the same week as extreme, targeted and methodical political violence was meted out to minorities across the country by far-right thugs who won't be jailed as terrorists and labelled for life. Two-tier justice indeed.

Even for Facebook, the comments under a recent @manchestereveningnews.co.uk article about an attempt to burn the house of a local imam with his wife and children inside are shocking. This is what constant centrist appeasement of the far-right leads to. Not mollified reactionaries, emboldened ones.

TONIGHT the Freedom Anarchist News Review is at the later time of 8.30pm UK at the usual place. @punkacademic.bsky.social (he's on a new account) and Freedom alum @jacksaundrs.bsky.social (pictured) will be discussing racist pogroms in Belfast, the war on Iran, more Labour stuff, & the World Cup.

Full statement here: organiseanarchistsireland.com/organise-iwa...

Abolish AI – before it abolishes us Comment, Jun 11th Evidence of the existential threat posed to humanity by artificial intelligence accrues day by day ~ Bill Weinberg ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/06/11/a...

Overuse of terrorism charges leads to acquittals www.declassifieduk.org/no-convictio...

Know your terror designations: Painting a plane: Terror Burning a bus: Not terror Breaking windows at an arms factory: Terror Breaking windows while race rioting through a local community: Not terror Publicly supporting certain anti-genocide activists: Terror Calling to burn mosques: Not terror.

Israeli academia “under command” World, Jun 10th Report exposes Israeli higher education’s collaboration with military and arms manufacturers ~ Nissi Peli ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/06/10/i...

Revolt in Albania: Besa and Flamingos News, Jun 9th An ancient obligation to protect is animating the mass protests against the Jared Kushner’s destructive resort ~ Joel Sucher ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/06/09/r...

Southampton riot: Yes, it IS about race News, Jun 8th The far right’s racial grievance redirects anger away from power and towards its victims ~ Blade Runner ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/06/08/s...