Freedom
Regular London-based anarchist newspaper, co-founded in 1886 by Peter Kropotkin and published regularly since 1936.
Anarcho-syndicalism in the UK
Ahead of the International Workers Association congress in Manchester, Rob Ray interviewed Rolf Petter-Larssen, Secretary of the International...
Cancerous computers
Following the clearing in 2004 of IBM in a lawsuit alleging they knew about carcinogens found in their computer chip factories, a new scientific study has been brought out confirming that workers in computer facilities have a high risk of developing cancer.
A new report published by online science journal Environmental Health (ehjournal.net) has found that US workers in the computer manufacturing centre have a significantly greater likelihood of contracting a wide range of cancers than the rest of the population.
London's anarchist bookfair: the aftermath
The London anarchist bookfair is the biggest annual event for libertarians in the UK. This year was the first since one of the major organisers and founding member left, so Rob Ray interviewed one of the collective to see how they thought it went...
October 21st saw the London anarchist Bookfair take over Holloway Road for the first time since the resignation of one of its most experienced organisers.
Freedom interviewed Alex, one of the bookfair collective’s new members, who is cautiously optimistic about how it went, with decent turnouts and enough funds raised to cover costs:
Private health centres fall flat
Rob Ray interviews a leading health watchdog on the rollout of Independent Sector Treatment Centres, which have faced strong criticism as heralding the start of privatisation for the NHS.
A leading NHS watchdog has attacked the government’s excuses for continuing their flagship Independent Sector Treatment Centre (ISTC) programme, even in the face of criticism from their own health committee.
ISTCs are private-sector providers of operations which are currently being licensed by the government as an alternative to the NHS.
Anti-social behaviour: a view from a London estate
Short article with comment on anti-social behaviour, ASBOs, government policy and class in the London Borough of Lewisham.
Turner, Pete, 1935-2004
An obituary for British builder, anarchist and asbestos campaigner Pete Turner.
Pete Turner was a South Londoner, who served an apprenticeship as a carpenter, toiled in the building industry for the whole of his working life and died from asbestosis during his retirement. He was a truly sweet man and it was typical, and fitting, that he should have attended Arthur's cremation even though he was wheelchair-bound and breathing via an oxygen cylinder.
Interview with a Swedish syndicalist about the SAC, 1998
Entitled "SAC: The Swedish connection" this is an interview with an SAC member about the anarcho-syndicalist union, the largest anarcho-syndicalist organisation in the world relative to its host country's population
Interview with a CGT member about the union, 1998
Entitled "Integrity - the voice of Spanish anarchism" this is an
interview with a member of the anarcho-syndicalist CGT union in Spain, with a
general introduction by Freedom. The interview contains some interesting
details, but the interviewee glosses over the huge issue of the Workers'
Committees and the split with the CNT, as well as understating the membership of
the CNT
1900-1990: The co-operative movement in Quebec - Larry Gambone
Larry Gambone's rather over-enthusiastic analysis and history of the huge co-operative movement in Quebec, Canada, which embraced the majority of the population
Princess Diana Spencer obituary
Most socialist and anarchist comment has missed the most relevant point about the life and death of Diana, even in Freedom (20th September 1997). This is that Diana was the most spectacular example of the 'spectacular society' since the concept was launched.
