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Greece: Update
Update on the tensions and continued social crisis in Greece
“Greece is going to hell, it is going to hell and I am glad it is so that we can comeback and start things from the beginning” These were the last words of an anarchist comrade in Greece as we spoke about events that have [...]
Strangeways prison riot, April 1st 1990
Twenty years ago the very day after the Poll Tax riot erupted in Trafalgar Square prisoners in Manchester’s oldest jail took control of the chapel for the start of what was to become the biggest riot and longest rooftop protest in British penal history and triggered a wave of revolt in over twenty other prisons [...]
One death too many
New report exposes poor conditions at the Olympics site that led to the first fatality
The death of a worker on the massive Olympics 2012 construction site in East London forms the backbone of a new and damming report by Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) union members, some of whom work on the site, exposing [...]
Getting Active: Keepin’ it local
♦ Five years after the initial national Community Action Gathering a second is being organised later this month in Nottingham. Invitations have been sent out to all radical, community-orientated local groups and individuals throughout the country to a gathering at the Sumac Social Centre on Saturday 27th March.
Detention hunger strike continues
Women being held at Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre, Bedfordshire are entering their fourth week on hunger strike as concerns grow over their deteriorating health. Around 34 women at the centre have stopped taking in food as a protest over the inhumane and brutalising conditions suffered by those awaiting deportation.
John Rety: “The point is this”
Obituary by Milan Rai
John Rety, chessplayer, Freedom editor, novelist, poet, publisher, painter, pacifist and lifelong anarchist and activist, has died at the age of 79. John confessed in a radio interview in 2008 that he became aware of anarchism “quite late, really – I must have been 13 or 14.” This was during the last [...]
Freedom editorial
It’s been a bleak beginning to the year 2010. Not only has January been the coldest month in over twenty years, right in the middle of a global recession and continuing financial crisis, but we have lost, in quick succession, some of the greatest political minds, radical thinkers and inspired anarchist comrades of our lifetime.
Both [...]
Anarchists in action
Freedom takes an occasional look at the goings on within the anarchist movement and here reports back on the recent Anarchist Federation delegates meeting, their future plans and ongoing activities.
The National Delegate Meeting of the Anarchist Federation took place on January 30th/31st in Glasgow, attended by 35 members. This was a sign of the increasing [...]
Greek capitalism – a tragedy in several parts
Greece is the latest in a line of countries squeezed by the ongoing financial crises continuing to ripple around the world. It is an important case to watch, more so than say Iceland or Ireland, as the situation in Greece is closer to the economic positions of the UK – both have governments who form [...]
Poor paying for energy profits
Crippling energy costs hit the poor and elderly as companies cash in on cold weather
Households across the UK are facing record energy bills this month as a result of the recent freezing weather conditions. After one of the coldest Januarys in over 25 years gas and electricity bills are set to rise from an average [...]
