“The government shredded landing cards and other documents that would have outright proven these people’s right to stay. These folks, mostly the children of the Windrush generation, are and always have been British citizens, heck, the passport my father came over with even says British Passport on the cover!”

Winnie Mandela passed away April 2nd, 2018. Here is a note, and tribute, by the Pan-Africanist school in Brazil that was named after her.

A poem about (sub)urban youth, political carelessness, contradictions and the criminal justice system. (From Rex Butters)

Sophia Burns looks at gender roles on paper vs. in practice, and the division of labor underlying both.

In an age where all our movements and words are tracked, and in which internet call-out culture and aggressive trolls make it difficult for any would-be dissident to express viewpoints that fall outside of party lines, it seems timely to be reminded of the poetry of Al-Andalus and in particular that of arguably its most saucey knave

John Halstead proposes an alternative holistic theory of rights, one in which we can ground the rights of nature.

“The homeless are seen as an entity, some dirty mass of otherness"

Sophia Burns argues that activist nonprofits are front groups controlled by the Democratic Party

The conflict between social democracy and "identity politics" is a red herring.

Sophia Burns urges revolutionaries to build community power by delivering tangible results.

Democracy is our saviour, the West's gift to the world.

That is until the vote doesn't go the right way…

From Sophia Burns: "catharsis politics isn't just unhelpful. It's actively destructive."

On Trump, Fascism, and the problem with anarchist misanthropy.

"The only appropriate answer to a test of faith is to fail."

Sophia Burns questions the ethics and efficacy of revolutionary front groups.

From GG Irkalla: We must recognize that we are not dealing with a politician. We are dealing with a warlord, and we are at war.

"Solidarity is a type of love, not based on personal history or affinity but on the simple act of standing together as comrades even though you might have almost nothing else in common."

From journalist Shane Burley, an account of an interview with Augustus Sol Invictus with uncomfortable implications for Paganism & Polytheism

We need the courage and creative resources to imagine things can be different, and Paganism can help us imagine new possibilities … and then create them.