System Malfunction
3 May 2017Posted by W
Why the British elite is losing it’s sense of control, and what that might mean for the rest of us.
The Tories have found their election slogan. The words ‘strong and stable leadership’ will be stuck on repeat for the next month, but so far there has been something off in the Tories’ delivery of their core message. Theresa May seemingly can’t end a sentence without some form of the words ‘strong and stable leadership’. The compulsion to keep repeating the mantra betrays an obsession with the words that go beyond the usual parroting of meaningless sound-bites. The Tories addiction to the slogan feels like an unconscious over-compensating. They have to say the words constantly because they know that actually these times are not stable, and they simply can not offer anything, let alone strong leadership. [continues]
Repression in Belarus – opposing the ‘social parasite’ tax
31 March 2017Posted by W
Belarus state response to protests against a ‘social parasite’ tax on the employed has resulted in 100s of detentions, including anarchists. This article explains the background of the decree introduced in 2015 and the current events in 2017, and includes an appeal for support from Belarus ABC.
Anarsist Kadinlar – Anarchist Women of Turkey
7 March 2017Posted by W
Anarchists in countries where International Women’s Day is celebrated (March 8th) actively point out its hypocrisy under Capitalism. The March issue of the Turkish anarchist newspaper Meydan is being published by anarchist women. They asked women anarchists internationally for contributions in support of this. AF’s gender-oppressed caucus wrote this statement.
What London AF have been up to recently
17 February 2017Posted by AFed
What London AF have been up to recently Several street distributions of Resistance and Rebel City. Yesterday 5 of us distributed Rebel City in Bethnal…
London AF Meeting On Police and State Violence
9 February 2017Posted by AFed
London AF Discussion Meeting The Police and State Violence We look at the role of the police and revolutionary alternatives to them in the context…
Surrey and Hampshire AF Meeting
9 January 2017Posted by AFed
Surrey and Hampshire AF had a well-attended meeting in Dorking on Saturday January 7th where there was a discussion on the state of the anarchist…
Glasgow AF Meeting on Disaster Communism and Mutual Aid
9 January 2017Posted by AFed
“Besides the law of Mutual Struggle there is in Nature the law of Mutual Aid, which, for the success of the struggle for life, and…
Unity, Theresa?
26 December 2016Posted by AFed
A Reply to Theresa May’s Statement There is no ONE humanity There is the humanity made up of classes: slaves and masters Organisational Platform of…
AF and the London Anarchist Bookfair
28 October 2016Posted by AFed
Latest Resistance is out! Anarchist Federation’s free newsheet. https://www.afed.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/resistance161.pdf Get your copies at London Anarchist Bookfair where you’ll be able to buy new Organise! our…
Grass roots struggles show the way – Resistance Bulletin #161
20 October 2016Posted by W
The Autumn 2016 12 page issue of our free paper Resistance is out in print at the London Anarchist bookfair this month but you can download it right now. Let us know what you think of it.
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