Poking a Future Monarch with a Stick
8 November 2015Posted by AFed
The fight against austerity driven cuts by the ConDem coalition government failed. As we go into a fresh wave of resistance this piece takes a critical look at the UK anti-cuts movement.
Austerity & Debt: An interview with Kim from Critisticuffs
19 September 2015Posted by AFed
Austerity is something we are constantly hearing about. It is discussed by everyone from Tories and right-wingers through to those on the Left. We were lucky enough to catch up with Kim from Critisticuffs to find out more about their insightful analysis and critique of common thinking about austerity.
They say cutback, we say… what?
12 September 2015Posted by AFed
It’s now six years since David Cameron said that a new Tory government would usher in “a new age of austerity.” This article looks at what this means and how groups and communities are fighting back against austerity in ways both more imaginative and more fruitful than a Saturday afternoon march with a speech by Jeremy Corbyn at the end.
The Myth of 1945
14 July 2015Posted by AFed
While many on the left look back at the 1945-51 Labour Government as a Golden Age, what did the party actually do while in power? And what lessons can we take for today?
Guide for collective survival in times of mass destruction
13 July 2015Posted by AFed
An article from the Assembly for the Circulation of Struggles about the recent referendum (05/07/15) in Greece.
Still Angry not Apathetic
3 July 2015Posted by AFed
Although the election has passed out ‘Angry not Apathetic’ campaign is relevant no matter if the polling stations are open or closed. So what has been happening since the election?
Post-election reflections: how the Tories wrecked the economy and why Labour couldn’t take advantage
1 July 2015Posted by AFed
An Anarchist Federation member gives a breakdown of the current UK economic situation and how no political party can hope to save it.
The Fire Next Time?
25 May 2014Posted by AFed
Here is another article text from Organise!, the twice-yearly magazine of the Anarchist Federation. For print copies to order online or to download the entire…
Blog archive of interesting articles (2009 onwards)
2 April 2013Posted by AFed
Read AF recent views and discussion articles relating to Austerity, Education, Welfare, Anarchafeminism, LGBTQ, Anti-racism, Environment. See our blog for additional articles on war, prisons…
The Budget: We Pay for Their Crisis
12 May 2009Posted by AFed
Like the one before it, April’s budget has had the right-wing media seeing ‘socialism’ coming out of the walls. For the Economist (25/4/09), it’s “bash the rich” populism, with “soak the rich tax increases” punishing not just the 1-2% of the population affected by them, but everyone else who “aspires” to wealth (but will never see it).
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