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There is an ever-growing stream of media commentary on the Grenfell fire, increasing daily as the public enquiry unfolds. There are some elements in the media with the goal of obscuring or excusing the plain facts as part of a pre-emptive defence manoeuvre to protect those most implicated in what caused the fire and the 72 deaths. That they feel the need to use such distortions to defend the Grenfell landlords and those who ordered and oversaw the Grenfell refurbishment that fitted the lethal cladding only increases the suggestion of a general doubt on all sides about their innocence.

The USA, as the world’s leading capitalist nation, is economically, politically and morally bankrupt.

Article about the Bristol University Rent Strike from a participant and member of Leeds SolFed.

Western leftists, communists, and anarchists alike routinely call for “unity” with the authoritarian oppressors in their favourite “socialist” states. They value a cheap, doom to end in failure unity with the statists, the genocide deniers, the red fascists, more than the well-being and liberation of marginalised groups.

We are certain that humanity is capable of recovering from the many evils that afflict it today, but only through a radical change in the world’s economic and social order.

Leaflet distributed by the ICO at a protest rally in South Australia for firefighters and paramedics.

Leaflet distributed by the CWO during the last round of strikes at universities across the UK.

Brexit finally came into force on 1 January 2021, over 4 years after the referendum of 2016. During these four years the leading bodies of the British capitalist class had fought a delaying and rear-guard type of campaign to stop it happening but failed.

Here in the UK we face a difficult situation in the health sector, people are tired, they survive on low wages, they fear changes such as privatisation. We haven’t found our own ways yet to do something about this. Health workers in Argentina don’t have it easier than us. Their conditions are similarly bad, if not worse. But they have found ways to make themselves heard.

Is queerphobia in Vietnam a mere product of colonialism, and does it matter?

We translated this new Wildcat article, written by a comrade who has been living in China for a while. Click here for the original article.

An anarchist reflection on the community pantry movement in the Philippines.

Critique of the fetish for "success" by online Stalinists.

A Vietnamese anarchist critique of the so-called "socialism" of Vietnam.

Leaflet distributed by the CWO at protests around the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) happening around the UK last year.

Article from 1919 (mcmxix.org), the new journal of the North American affiliates of the ICT.

The combination of poor working conditions and sexism in our workplaces makes it harder for victims and survivors of abuse to access the resources and support they need. If we want to create workplace solidarity we need to be aware of the fact that our colleagues may be experiencing violence at home.

A guide on how to start your own community pantry/bodegang bayan for your own neighborhood in Tagalog and English!

Written by Simoun Magsalin with input from the Bandilang Itim Collective and translated into Greek by alerta.gr.