The Guardian, “‘Stick it to corporate America’: why we are so willing to steal from work”
It is surely no big deal to steal a ballpoint pen from the office stationery cupboard, or some paper. But what about a mug, some furniture, a laptop? Many Americans apparently think it is fine to steal almost anything you can from work, a new report has found. The study, by the Association of Certified […]
David Graeber: America’s Kurdish allies risk being wiped out – by Nato
Remember those plucky Kurdish forces who so heroically defended the Syrian city of Kobane from Isis? They risk being wiped out by Nato. The autonomous Kurdish region of Rojava in Northeast Syria, which includes Kobane, faces invasion. A Nato army is amassing on the border, marshaling all the overwhelming firepower and high-tech equipment that only […]
The Guardian, “How Alice Nutter went from Chumbawamba to prestige TV”
She spent two decades in the anarchist band who drenched John Prescott at the Brits. Now she’s writing big-budget shows starring Hilary Swank. The scruffy camper van in the drive looks promising. Apart from that though, there’s little to suggest that this handsome former vicarage on a sleepy cul-de-sac in a working-class area of Leeds […]
The Guardian, “How the world has fought back against the violent far-right and started winning”
Over the course of the current decade, every passing year seemed to indicate a far right movement which was growing in numbers, cultural reach, political influence, and in its preparedness for violence. But 2018 was the year in which a broad, people-powered movement – or more accurately a movement of movements – showed how effectively […]
The Guardian, “Anti-fascists were stabbed at a neo-Nazi rally. Then police tried to charge them”
California law enforcement pursued criminal charges against eight anti-fascist activists who were stabbed or beaten at a neo-Nazi rally while failing to prosecute anyone for the knife attacks against them, according to police records reviewed by the Guardian. In addition to the decision not to charge white supremacists or others for stabbings at a far-right […]
The Guardian, “Liberté, Egalité, Gritté: how an NHL mascot became an antifa hero”
Last week, a headline on neo-Nazi site the Daily Stormer read like something from an alternate universe: “Alt-Right Icon Gritty Seeks to Follow Adolf Hitler’s Footsteps and Become Time’s 2018 Man Of The Year”. It was at least the third piece the site has posted in the last month proclaiming Gritty – the googly-eyed, giant, […]
The Guardian, “Anarchy at the south pole: Santiago Sierra plants the black flag to destroy all borders”
‘I travel a lot,” says Santiago Sierra. “But entering a country is like going to jail. Borders disgust me – as an idea and as a personal experience. This work denies all of that.” It’s a typically forthright remark from the Spanish artist, who once caused uproar by pumping carbon monoxide into a former synagogue […]
The Guardian, “Two skinheads convicted over 2013 death of anti-fascist activist”
A court in Paris has convicted two former skinheads for the murder of an 18-year-old anti-fascist activist in a June 2013 street brawl which led to protests and the banning of three extreme-right groups. Esteban Morillo was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Friday after he admitted dealing the fatal blows that left student […]
The Guardian, “Riot in Portland as far-right marchers clash with anti-fascists”
A riot was declared in downtown Portland, Oregon on Saturday evening as the city exploded into its worst protest violence of the Trump era. More than 150 supporters of the far-right Patriot Prayer group fought pitched street battles with scores of anti-fascist protesters. In total, nine people were arrested. The far-right march had started near […]
The Guardian, “Does Elon Musk really understand Iain M Banks’s ‘utopian anarchist’ Culture?”
The tech entrepreneur has endorsed a vision of monolithic totalitarianism overseen by machiavellian machines – and one that is neither entirely utopian or anarchist. So, Elon Musk has claimed he is a “utopian anarchist” in a way he claims is best described by the late science fiction author Iain M Banks. Which leads to one […]