They Call It Suicide, We Call It Murder - Black Flag On 5 March 1998 the Italian police arrested 3 anarchists on serious charges of “subversive association for the purpose of constituting an armed…
Losing Kathy: Slow Violence and Social Service Work in New York City An essay written in 2018 and updated in 2020 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York…
23-year-old Sudanese man killed during immigration raid in Wales A 23-year-old Sudanese man was tragically killed during an immigration raid on Saturday, 30 June in…
I Cannot Be Silent! - Leo Tolstoy A response to the hanging of twenty peasants who had assaulted their landowner, this essay denounces capital punishment. Originally published…
New evidence suggests refugee death in custody was not a suicide Fresh evidence in the case of Oury Jalloh, a Sierra Leonean refugee who burnt to death in police…
Jacopo Fo’s speech at his father Dario’s funeral Dario Fo, actor, Nobel prizewinner, communist and political activist died in Milan on October 13th. He was 90 years of age. His son, Jacopo, gave…
Break the silence on Azerbaijan oil workers' deaths In Azerbaijan, oil workers and their families are demanding answers about offshore safety standards, but the authorities have stayed silent for…
The Monongah mining disaster, 1907 - Steven Johns A short account of the worst mining disaster in US history, which killed over 360 mostly Italian migrant workers and which was the inspiration…
Italian death rate up 11% This shocking figure comes from Italian Institute of Statistics (Istat) data reported by Gian Carlo Blangiardo, demographer and director of the…
The Tianjin explosion: a tragedy of profit, corruption, and China's complicated transition A detailed look at the background of the massive series of chemical explosions…
Protests over workers' deaths met by police and fascist repression A fire at the Hellenic Petroleum(EL.PE) refinery cost the lives of four workers back in May. Since…
