London's anarchist HQ: 127 Ossulston St, 1894-1927
Submitted by Rob Ray on Nov 1 2016 14:05
Originally written for the Freedom building fundraising blog as part off a history series kicking off the campaign, this article looks at the anarchist links of Ossulston Street, London, which runs down the western flank of the British Library.
Freedom Press: A general pre-bookfair update
Submitted by Rob Ray on Oct 14 2016 15:40
Freedom's been up to a fair bit this year, so ahead of the London Anarchist Bookfair on October 29th I thought I'd do an update on how the Press is doing, what we're publishing, and how on Earth we're going to raise £40,000-odd for repairs.
Bloodshed in Bayonne
Submitted by Tom McDonough on Oct 4 2016 17:35
October 8, 2016 is the 100th anniversary of the strike at Standard Oil’s Bayonne, N.J., refineries. In the course of the ten-day strike, 4 people were killed and 86 wounded. The free press demonstrated collusion between the corporation and the city authorities in what John Reed described as a police riot. Yet, not a word of this is mentioned in the Rockefeller biographies.
What we can learn from the US women's soccer team
Submitted by Chilli Sauce on Jun 7 2016 03:35
The US women's soccer team has recently been in the news, both for a wage discrimination suit and a judge denying them the right to strike during the Rio Olympics. This is something we should be paying attention to. Here's why.
The 'new wave' in Britain - Nicolas Walter
A libertarian critique of the "new wave" of British literature, typified by the work of Kingsley Amis and John Braine.
Sex-and-violence and the origin of the novel - Alex Comfort
Anarchist Alex Comfort on sex and violence in contemporary literature.
Venezuela's 28 missing miners? Only government news gets the newsprint
Submitted by Crossly on Mar 11 2016 21:34
As the mystery of the fate of the missing 28 miners of Tumerero, Venezuela continues, the government decides to imprison the regional newspaper's publisher. Coincidence or cover-up?
Black Flag 236 (2014)
This issue of Black Flag, which came out after a hiatus in 2013 in which no magazine was produced at all, began a period of annual publishing. Among the key articles was a cover story reflecting on the sometimes difficult organising of that year's AFem 2014 conference, a prescient analysis of Osborne's failed austerity programme, and a still-relevant analysis of the ways in which protest policing have dovetailed with the slow course of justice to both deny campaigners their rights and leave people in legal limbo for years at a time.
"Is your washroom breeding bolsheviks?" poster
Submitted by Toms on Dec 5 2015 20:14
An attempt at recreating the popular "Is your washroom breeding bolsheviks?" advertisement poster. A full sized version is attached.
Black Flag 235 (2012)
With workfare in the news at the time, this issue focused on the CWU union's enthusiastic support for its use in Royal Mail, alongside articles on the economy, Scottish Independence and the potential consequences of the collapse of the BNP.
For the centre spread, Tom L offered a a slightly different tack on the union question, looking at it from the ruling class point of view, while in history Jack Ray and Iain McKay looked at the 1934 Asturian miners' strike and the Pentonville Five campaign respectively.
