RIP Barry Pateman

Streaming now: The Freedom Anarchist News Review! Andy and Simon are talking about Daniel Thomas’s ill-fated fight with a boat, Tom Watson joining Palantir, unsuppressed climate reports, and of course, Anarchist Christmas (aka the London Anarchist Bookfair). www.youtube.com/watch?v=Igc6...

Anarchist News Review: Danny Tommo vs dinghy, plus the London Bookfair!

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Andy and Simon will be back in just under an hour to talk about fascist vs dinghy, Tom Watson joining Palantir, suppressed climate reports, and of course, Anarchist Christmas (aka the London Anarchist Bookfair). Watch us 7.30pm on www.youtube.com/@freedomnews...

Summer of Ludd Analysis, Sep 24th Any initiative, vital or virtual, which helps build relationships should be considered, but only if we have autonomous control of the medium ~ Wren @lbion ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/09/24/s...

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Any initiative, vital or virtual, which helps build relationships should be considered, but only if we have autonomous control of the medium

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Thamesmead residents wrap up Dashwood Social Club occupation News, Sep 23rd Building in south-east London was held for a year, taking action against privatisation and loss of community spaces ~ Gertrude Springer ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/09/23/t...

Thamesmead residents wrap up Dashwood Social Club occupation - Freedom News

Building in south-east London was held for a year, taking action against privatisation and loss of community spaces ~ Gertrude Springer ~ Housing R…

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Kropotkin’s lifeboats: Mutual aid VS welfare chauvinism Analysis, Sep 21st The RNLI’s cosmopolitan philosophy undermines a cornerstone of the far right’s worldview ~ Roderick McMillan ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/09/21/k...

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The RNLI’s cosmopolitan philosophy undermines a cornerstone of the far right’s worldview ~ Roderick McMillan ~ Royal.

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Papuan traditions and Empire’s mess Models of indigenous governance challenge Western and Indonesian subjugation ~ Julian McKinlay King ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/09/20/p...

Papuan traditions and Empire’s mess - Freedom News

Models of indigenous governance challenge Western and Indonesian subjugation ~ Julian McKinlay King ~ On the periphery of globalisation, media inte…

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Greek prisoners release: Selective US condemnation is telling Two long-term prisoners were released in Greece this week: a leader of a prominent neo-nazi organisation and an anarchist — only one of the two was singled out by the US ambassador ~ Neil Middleton ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/09/19/g...

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Two long-term prisoners were released in Greece this week: a leader of a prominent neo-nazi organisation and an anarchist.

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Streaming now: The Anarchist News Review! Graffiti guy gets acquitted, Balaclavas get a ban in Nottingham, Reform's Patriotic Platform links, AI DOOM HYPE and lackluster climate Burnhamism ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tync...

Anarchist News Review: Churchill vandalism case win, and thoughts on masked fash

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Coming up at 7.30pm: The Anarchist News Review! It's good news for pigeons as a jury throws out Churchill statue vandalism case, we're all *tremendously* shocked that Reform councillors are in Patriotic Platform group socials, and more! Sub at www.youtube.com/@freedomnews... and see you in a bit!

Book Review: Animal Nightlife Features, Sep 16th A troupe of shape‑shifting “Multiples” – birds, lions, and rats hidden in plain sight – navigate London’s immigrant underworld while the planet spirals toward climate and geopolitical collapse ~ China Bialos ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/09/16/b...

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A troupe of shape‑shifting “Multiples” – birds, lions, and rats hidden in plain sight – navigate London’s immigrant underworld while th…

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Creating the conditions for anarchy Comment, Sep 15th The road to liberation is long and arduous, but it can be taken step by step through education, non‑violent direct action, and a collective commitment to human flourishing ~ E ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/09/15/c...

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The road to liberation is long and arduous, but it can be taken step by step through education, non‑violent direct action, and a collective commi…

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Notes from the US: Overtly racist methods Analysis, Sep 14th The Trump administration’s destruction of lives, health and the environment is being promoted with sadistic bad faith ~ Louis Further ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/09/14/n...

Notes from the US: Overtly racist methods - Freedom News

The Trump administration’s destruction of lives, health and the environment is being promoted with sadistic bad faith ~ Louis Further ~ Kidna…

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France: ‘We don’t want a fasho here!’ News, Sep 13th Seven defendants go to court in Montpellier: six fascists and an activist who defended their victim ~ Josie Ó Súileabháin ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/09/13/f...

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Seven defendants go to court in Montpellier: six fascists and an activist who defended their victim ~ Josie Ó Súileabháin ~ Sébastian was enjoy…

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There's nothing quite so pathetic as watching transphobes pretending they're victims while not facing any real consequences for the callous, hateful bullshit they promote, which itself does have real consequences for trans people and progressives. Solidarity with Glasgow's Category Is Books >

Digital connection, Disability and techno-fascism Comment, Sep 12th It was never technology itself that we hated, but simply capitalism – and its inevitable enshittification of the web ~ Jay Baker ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/09/12/d...

Digital connection, Disability and techno-fascism - Freedom News

It was never technology itself that we hated, but simply capitalism – and its inevitable enshittification of the web ~ Jay Baker ~ It is likely f…

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Feminists confront London’s March for Life News, Sep 10th Campaigners disrupt anti-abortion Mass and warn of growing US Christian-right influence in Britain. ~ Blade Runner ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/09/10/f...

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Campaigners disrupt anti-abortion Mass and warn of growing US Christian-right influence in Britain.

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Just a quick one to note no News Review this week as everyone's in various stages of "not about" but see you next!

Gerrard Winstanley: “To make the Earth a Common Treasury” Features, Sep 10th Marking 350 years since the death of the English revolutionary Digger (1609-1676) ~ Robert Graham, Illustrations: Clifford Harper ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/09/10/g...

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Marking 350 years since the death of the English revolutionary Digger (1609-1676) ~ Robert Graham, Illustrations: Clifford Harper ~ During the pe…

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Autistici/Inventati: “We need 1,000 more infrastructures of dissent to be born” News, Sep 9th Interview with the Italian digital collective, de-banked and shut down after US “terrorist” designation ~ Gabriel Fonten ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/09/09/a...

Autistici/Inventati: "We need 1,000 more infrastructures of dissent to be born" - Freedom News

Interview with the Italian digital collective, de-banked and shut down after US “terrorist” designation ~ Gabriel Fonten ~ On the 26 Au…

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Seeing this latest from Patriot Platform, with Thomas promising to pay masked paramilitaries day rates for attendance while cops stand impassively a few feet away, I'm seriously wondering if the left should start using "patriot" in group names when taking direct action. Incredible.

Climate activists confront data centres News, Sep 9th The surge of AI‑powered data centres is straining the electric grid, draining water supplies, and forcing a new wave of climate‑justice activism ~ Joel Sucher ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/09/09/c...

The Right Stuff News, Sep 7th The Dover blockade temporarily succeeded in its aim of grabbing headlines, causing local and national economic damage, and intimidating, indeed terrorising ~ Tabitha Troughton ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/09/07/t...

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The Dover blockade temporarily succeeded in its aim of grabbing headlines, causing local and national economic damage, and intimidating, indeed ter…

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Twenty-five years of the ‘forever war’ Features, Sep 6th Radical Reprint: As American bombs rain down once again in the Middle East, we look back twenty-five years to a prescient warning ~ punkacademic~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/09/06/t...

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Radical Reprint: As American bombs rain down once again in the Middle East, we look back twenty-five years to a prescient warning ~ punkacademic~ T…

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Last time climate activists blocked a major road (JSO, 2022) it turned into a press panic. People got sent down for years. The right, of course, was overjoyed, while we warned it was a deeply repressive escalation of enforcement. I wonder what the line will be if they apply the same rules here? -Rr

Livestreaming now: The Freedom Anarchist News Review! There's Bond Market troubles for Burnham as his promises evaporate, Restore is joining Reform in being inundated by tech bro cash, and Just Stop Oil is blocking roads like it's the early 2020s ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=eodv...

They're baaaack ... as are we, for this week's Anarchist News Review, 7.30pm! There's Bond Market troubles for Burnham as his promises deteriorate, Restore is getting crypto-cash, Just Stop Oil is blocking roads like it's the early 2020s ... subscribe at www.youtube.com/@freedomnews...

Operation Vital Reality Comment, Sep 3rd Confessions of a Communard: I will be ditching social media in favour of engaging directly with real human beings ~ Wren @lbion ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/09/03/o...

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Confessions of a Communard: I will be ditching social media in favour of engaging directly with real human beings

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Autumn's UK bookfairs September 6th: London R September 26th: London October 17th: Peterborough October 17th: Cardiff October 24th: Bristol October 31st: Manchester and Salford November 7th: Swansea November 14th: Dorset November 22nd: Belfast Full details freedomnews.org.uk/2026/09/01/u...

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Autumn’s appointments from the 2026 Freedom bookfairs list ~ Freedom News ~ If you have a hankering to find out more about anarchism, dabble …

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Translation: The Tories will do more aggressive neoliberalism, which manifestly doesn't work, but Britain's already sold everything off, has no other ideas and is completely dominated by what "the Markets" think. Economically Britain is less a democracy than a vassal in a suit.