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Ukraine: On the ground with Solidarity Collectives
From Freedom News (09/05/2025) Their work in supporting anti-authoritarian armed resistance against Russian occupation has spilled over to directing aid to civilians living on the front Josie Ó Súileabháin “If people are tired of this war, tell them to come … Continue reading
For Sebastião Salgado (1944-2025)
What I most want my pictures to do is to lead to reflection and then action. The revolution only comes through evolution. Sebastião Salgado (British Journal of Photography, 24/05/2025) “I photographed the world”, Sebastião Salgado once said. And we could … Continue reading
How the UK is shaping a future of Precrime and dissent management
From Freedom News (11/04/2025) Algorithms, facial recognition, and tightening protest laws signal a deepening surveillance state by Blade Runner The UK is expanding its use of predictive policing and surveillance, framing it as a response to crime, protest, and public … Continue reading
New Order?
From Side Car/New Left Review (10/04/2025) New Order? Steve Maher & Scott Aquanno On 2 April, Donald Trump announced the imposition of sweeping tariffs on countries across the world, hitting allies and enemies alike with massive trade barriers, in what amounted to … Continue reading
Disposable
From Side Car/New Left Review (11/04/2025) Disposable JoAnn Wypijewski I’ve seen disposable razors on mountaintops outside San Diego. I’ve seen plaid flannel shirts caught on the branches of low trees, trembling in the breeze near Bisbee. I’ve watched a pink … Continue reading
Plenums in the post-Yugoslav space
We publish an article by Yavor Tarinski, published in the Transnational Institute of Social Ecology (23/03/2025) and generously passed onto to us by the author, about recent protests in various Balkan countries and the centrality of peoples “assemblies” or “plenums” … Continue reading
The story of Lastivska, Ukrainian anarcho-feminist activist on the front line: A report by Solidarity Collective
From lundimatin#467, 21 March 2025. Lastivka is a Ukrainian activist, squatter, anarchist, feminist and samba musician-dancer. She joined the front in 2022 and is now the commander of a drone unit. In this Solidarity Collective report, you will learn: How … Continue reading
Viewpoint: Will Trump’s Tariffs Be Good for Auto Workers?
From Labour Notes (02/04/2025) During the 2019 General Motors strike, while my fellow workers and I were pounding the pavement, something inspirational was happening south of the border: Mexican auto worker Israel Cervantes, along with many others at a GM … Continue reading
Government by executive order: A lesson in contemporary authoritarianism
If Trump’s electoral success is due in part to the far right’s ability to create a lifeworld shaped around his persona, the left must pursue a countervailing project. Its aim should be to transform the world people organically experience through … Continue reading
Ron Sakolsky: Out of the fog
From Fifth Estate #416, Spring 2025 On Jan. 1, 2024, the city of San Francisco sent New Year’s greetings to its beleaguered citizens with the cheery news that a suicide net had been installed under the Golden Gate Bridge thanks … Continue reading →