AMID A CHORUS OF GREAT JOY AT THE ELECTION OF A SELF-DESCRIBED SOCIALIST IN NEW YORK, IT FALLS TO THE ANARCHISTS, AS EVER, TO SOUND A DISCORDANT NOTE OF CAUTION ~ Andy and Simon discuss Zohran Mamdani’s victory, which has energised much of the left even in Britain—but at regional level the purse is much tighter and vulnerable to the interference of greater power. This side of the pond, we’re seeing Reform UK implosions in Kent, Cornwall and Lancashire well before Nigel Farage gets a sniff of national power. Over in the activist scene meanwhile we’ve had a pair of sentences handed down for Just Stop Oil members, with two being found not guilty of criminal damage to Stonehenge after a cornflour and orange dye incident, and six being convicted for climbing a gantry on the M25—notably, having been denied the right to offer their reasoning to the jury. And we round off with a bit of chat about Freedom stories of the week, including the targeting of Elbit Systems insurer Allianz in Europe, the conviction of ten students in Leicester for protesting the university’s complicity in arms trading, and the infamous, lethal police raid on a favela in Rio. The post Anarchist News Review: Mamdani’s win, Reform’s travails and JSO jailings appeared first on Freedom News.

IT’S BEEN A BIG WEEK FOR UK PROTEST POLITICS ~ The government move to ban face masks at protests not just on request but automatically, and with arrest enabled even of people who attend and need to mask for health reasons. Campaign group Youth Demand meanwhile have been hit with raids and arrests for calling an entirely public meeting. Over in the environmental protest scene meanwhile Just Stop Oil are retiring. On top of all that we talk about Trump’s Tariffs, Yvette Cooper’s latest attack on the Human Rights Act, and quiet moves to defang the Environment Agency for the sake of the great god Growth. The post Anarchist News Review: Masks being banned, JSO retire and Youth Demand raided appeared first on Freedom News.

SOUTHERN EUROPE OFFERS US FOOD FOR THOUGHT WHILE NEW NEW LABOUR FAILS TO SURPRISE— AND REFORM IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION As ever, Spain is showing us how to do things when it comes to eviction resistance, while context is key to understand the ongoing anger over mass uproar related to the sidelining of action on rail safety in Greece. In Britain the JSO 16 case is an important litmus test of how confident the “centrist” State feels in locking up direct actionists in the face of the valid political positions, while Rosebank and Heathrow showcase the absolute lack of ideas behind Rachael Reeves’ “growth agenda”. And we round off with thoughts on the Reform polls surge. After this, our shows will be going out on Wednesdays rather than Tuesdays! The post Anarchist News Review: Spain evictions, Greek protests, and UK climate politics appeared first on Freedom News.