London Anarchist Bookfair News
News, Nov 10th Following a confrontation at this year’s London Anarchist Bookfair sparked by two people handing out anti-trans leaflets, and a subsequent online firestorm, the Bookfair organisers have...
View ArticleTraditional Values: Housing & Direct Action
In the recent election, the issue of homelessness and the availability of affordable housing, were prominent issues. The new government has its own ideas about how to deal with this. They are motivated...
View ArticleSolidarity with the FAG and the anarchists in Brazil !
Here is an article that appeared recently regarding persecution of the Brazilian anarchist movement: https://www.anarkismo.net/article/30648 For a look at the overall economic situation in Brazil and...
View ArticleWellington Picket Against Solitary Confinement
Lunchtime Picket outside Corrections in Wellington – if you do not work or have Friday off or the sort of job you have a lunch break, join the picket against Solitary Confinement: 12.30 outside...
View ArticleSupport Clydeside IWW member in court for Glasgow Pride protest!
Following the arrests of five protesters at this year’s Glasgow Pride, one of the arrested, a member of the Clydeside Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) branch, is facing trial on the 7th of...
View ArticleFilthy Rich – Europe Billionaires Wealthier Than Ever
Europe’s fifty richest people have become 153 billion dollars wealthier over the past year, with a total net worth rising to 754 billion dollars. That rise – about three billion dollars each on average...
View ArticleWellington Rail Strike
Rail workers in Wellington went on a 24 hr strike on 16th November, in defence of employment conditions, after negotiations with employers broke down. Members of the Rail Maritime Transport Union...
View ArticleIndonesian Worker Crushed
Not long ago we wrote about the campaign in support of Indonesian port workers. Here is a report on a recent incident during which one worker died:...
View ArticleOctober Revolution Resources
As a follow up to the recent article on the 1917 October Revolution in Russia and Ukraine, we offer below a few links for anyone interested in looking more at the role of anarchists in the event of the...
View ArticleGideon Levy Lecture
We invite you to a public lecture by world-renowned Israeli journalist and author, Gideon Levy. Gideon has been hailed as an “heroic journalist” for outspoken criticism of Israeli government policies...
View ArticleBook Review: The Method of Freedom
The Method of Freedom: An Errico Malatesta Reader £18.00 ISBN: 978-184935-1-44-7 by Errico Malatesta, edited by Davide Turcato Pub. AK Press 330 pp Review by By Iain McKay in Black Flag #236 2014/15...
View ArticleCapitalism Is Killing Our World
by ablokeimet This article was first published in The Anvil, Vol 6 No 2, Sep-Oct 2017. The single biggest environmental challenge now facing humanity is climate change, but the capitalist system is...
View ArticleIn November We Remember
By Jon Bekken – Industrial Worker, November 2005 Every November we remember the rebel workers murdered by the employing class; a long list which grows longer every year. Fred Thompson used to speak of...
View ArticleAnarchists You Should Know #2: Giuseppe ‘Pino’ Pinelli
Giuseppe ‘Pino’ Pinelli (1928-1969): the 17th victim of the Piazza Fontana bombing By Paolo Finzi [The 12th of December is the anniversary of the 1969 Piazza Fontana bombing carried out by neo-fascists...
View ArticleWhat You Don’t Know About Chin Chin
For almost a year I worked at Chin Chin, one of Melbourne’s hottest restaurants. I worked through breaks, battled stress, exhaustion and was underpaid at least $9,500. My experience is just one of...
View ArticleZimbabwe: The Old Man And the Coup
This article looks at the recent events around the removal of Robert Mugabe from power in Zimbabwe. It argues that this will not bring liberation for the people of Zimbabwe, as it does not address the...
View ArticleBook Launch: Wobblies of the World
Two book launches of “Wobblies of the World – A Global History of the IWW” 5pm, Wednesday, November 29, Room 203, Level 2, Arts 1 Building, 14a Symonds St, Auckland. 6pm, Thursday, November 30,...
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Pakistan: The struggles of workers making footballs for the FIFA World Cup
The Russian Ambassador to Pakistan, Alexey Dedo,v confirmed that his country will be using footballs manufactured in the Pakistani city of Sialkot for the World Cup. More than 70% of the world’s...
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China: Taxi Driver’s Strike
Many of Guangzhou’s 40,000 taxi drivers have been on strike over squeezed pay and excessive competition. The impacts of their strike remain unclear. On the opening day of the biannual China Import...
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BUILDING BRIDGES?
Simon Bridges is the young, new-ish National Party Leader. Historically National has had more turns at running things than the other parties. For this reason he is probably somebody to take notice...
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