Get Shit Done: the future is collaborative
September 19th: Unless it can be used for marketing, ‘bread and circuses’ entertainment, or to create commodities for the rich, the innate creativity of human beings is actively discouraged by the powers that be (a situation which, I believe, lies at the bedrock of a lot of modern day neurosis).
Chilean anarchist on trial for death of fascist in Spain
September 18th: Chilean anarchist Rodrigo Lanza is facing 20 years in prison for the death of a fascist in Zaragoza, Spain.
Fossil Fuels roundup: Firms in crisis as challenges continue
September 13th: While a lot of the focus on activism in recent months has been over the conflict with HS2, particularly given the level of violence which has sometimes been employed, campaigns to keep fossil fuels in the ground have been ongoing and with the industry itself facing a financial crisis, are pushing at something of an
IWGB: Landmark legal victory opens door to worker rights for UK foster carers
August 31st: The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) has won a landmark ruling that will open the doors for employment rights for foster care workers throughout the UK, setting a major precedent for the sector.
Notes from the US
September 15th: Freedom’s long-running US correspondent Louis Further does his monthly roundup of some of the lesser-known stories that have emerged over the last few weeks.
Mexico: Zapatistas launch caravan for indigenous life
September 11th: The Chiapas-based, libertarian socialist-inspired movement is marching against poverty, drug wars which have ravaged the nation, and the failure to act of “left-wing” president Obrador.
David Graeber (1961-2020): An anarchist and anthropological farewell to a ‘sudden thinker’
September 8th: When a friend messaged me a few days ago to ask me if I had heard about David’s death, before the news had been published, my initial reaction was to search for my cell phone to call him and laugh about the fake news.
Don’t despair, organise!: Reading Red Kitchen
September 2nd: Like many homeless people during the lockdown, asylum-seeking migrants are being bundled into cramped hotels.
Review: Great Anarchists
September 1st: Great Anarchists By Ruth Kinna and Clifford Harper Dog Section Press 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9160365-6-7 Review by Jim Jepps With the newly released Great Anarchists, Dog Section Press continue their project of stylishly bringing radical ideas to a wider, non-academic audience.
Europe is stained by the ashes of Moria refugee camp
September 10th: Yesterday morning we awoke to the news that Europe’s largest refugee camp burnt to the ground overnight.
Tories are living in fear of direct action’s rise
September 7th: It took nearly two years but just one action for Extinction Rebellion to make it onto the Tories’ prestigious “so dangerous they should be illegal” list – not co-incidentally it was the first time they’d truly challenged the elites.
Understanding psychic numbing: can we grow numb to trauma?
September 6th: 2020 has been so far a year marked by an endless succession of issues; it would be hard to take them all into account, as each deserves a great deal of attention and should be discussed separately to be fully understood.
