Monthly Archives: March, 2011
Two sides of the same coin
Two reports that reflect the diversity of opinion about just who and what the black bloc was on March 26th, its purpose and what it represents. First is an open letter to UK Uncut from Solidarity Federation, the second a communique entitled ‘Why we took out Ann Summers’ from some of those involved in the [...]
‘Black Bloc with Brains’ Outwits Cops…… and me!
Veteran anarchist troublemaker Ian Bone gives us his thoughts on March 26th Who were those masked strangers? After arriving too late for their departure from Malet Street I finally managed to ‘head them off at the pass Tonto’ at Piccadilly. They were the Black Bloc… I’d heard they’d broken away from the main march and [...]
Mob Rule in West London
March 26th report back from Whitechapel Anarchist Group For many of us, March 26th was set to be the big one. The anger and spontaneity of the student movement, but joined by other people from all walks of life who’s very survival is being threatened by the cuts. We wanted to join the dots and [...]
Violence at TUC demo
Violent thug who seriously injured a girl at yesterday’s protest Freedom exposes one of the known hardcore troublemakers intent on violence at the March 26th demo. Police went on the rampage yesterday as they attacked random people in the streets during the massive anti-cuts demonstration. Official figures put the number of people injured by police [...]
We salute their indefatigability
Photo: Pennie Quinton
What is anarchism?
Well that depends on who you ask. But most anarchists would agree it is an ‘anti-capitalist’ and revolutionary political philosophy that rejects the state and all forms of institutional authority. Anarchists therefore have developed anti-statist responses/interpretations of communism, unions, property, collectivism, gender and issues surrounding all forms of power. Anarchism has its origins in the [...]
A Sideways Look
The demonstration called by the TUC against cuts on March 26th promises to be one of the biggest for a long time. It is also likely to be quite militant. For many people, there will be specific reasons. For others it will be a general sense of unease at what the government are planning. However, [...]
Prison News
As in many countries, prison labour is a key feature of the American prison system. In state and federal penitentiaries across the country a massive captive workforce is put to work everyday making a huge range of items on behalf of Unicor, the Federal Prison Industries arm, or individual State prison labour organisations. These products [...]
Industrial Workers of the World
A different type of Union The Industrial Workers of the World are unlike any other Union in the UK. We are a direct action, syndicalist (or “organising”) Union that is structured along the lines of a minimal hierarchy that is subject to the principles of direct democracy from local General Members Branches and Industrial Unions. [...]
Democracy as the alternative
Time for the self-organising revolution Today many thousands of people are ‘marching for an alternative’, but to my mind very few, if any, are expressing a truly convincing or appealing alternative to short term cuts and the long term privatisation, degradation of public services and dominance of profit seeking business that has been happening without [...]
