Noone has summarised the past years' wave of uprisings, from Cairo to Wisconsin, better than Paul Mason in his latest book: 'Why It's Kicking off Everywhere: The New Global Revolutions'. Here are some reviews of the book:

Analysis of where we stand after Nov 9 and how we move forward

Slowly but surely we are getting there. Quietly, but definitively, the political topography in London is undergoing changes that could play a significant role in making the difference between winning and losing the anti-austerity struggle in the long haul. For instance, people spoke about a social explosion, and we got the Aug…

Media Lens is a media analysis organisation set up by David Edwards and David Cromwell in 2001 to highlight the shortcomings of mainstream media reporting in Britain. Sending out regular email alerts to its subscribers, it questions the coverage of key topics by ‘impartial' sources like the BBC, as well as traditionally liberal publications like the Independent. Ultimately, it hopes to encourage m…

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Preparing for anti-cuts  protests on 26th of March - a personal rallying call



I'm an individual. I belong to and represent no organisation. I have no authority and don't want it. This is just commentary, suggestion, a discussion starter. I'm an individual who has been to many protests and have often been left questioning their effectiveness. We need effective protest right now and that's what …

Paul Mason  Saturday, 5 February 2011

We've had revolution in Tunisia, Egypt's Mubarak is teetering; in Yemen, Jordan and Syria suddenly protests have appeared. In Ireland young techno-savvy professionals are agitating for a "Second Republic"; in France the youth from banlieues battled police on the streets to defend the retirement rights of 60-year olds; in Greece striking and rioting have …

The latest Dissident Island Radio show is ready to download - featuring an interview from activists producing radio during the recent anti-nuclear action in Germany, a bit on the Siege of London and the upcoming exhibit above Freedom Bookshop, the recent Fitwatch blog shut-down, pirate radio legend Tetsuo Kogawa hailing from Japan, Hackney Benefits Collective on upcoming gigs, Bristol's Radio Kebe…

Dissident Island Radio - 5 November 2010 - EPISODE 69:

Holy crap. This is a firey hot, jam-packed show. Here's what you can look forward to:

• Our friends from the band 52 Commercial Road on the imminent release of their long-awaited 2nd album on 12 November
• the totally awesome printer's co-operative, Footprint, on their 10th birthday festivities and zine fair
• an interview from this week's 

In the first of two talks Michael Albert (founder of ZCom and author of “Parecon – Life After Capitalism”, amongst many other important achievements) will address all the key issues that anti-capitalists face today.  Combined, the ideas presented in these talks constitute a comprehensive program for economic transformation.  Anyone serious about organising for an alternative economic…

Their crisis and ours - A discussion about financial capitalism

Despite incessant reference to the 'economic crisis', for many it is still unclear what exactly is meant by the term 'crisis' or how and why it happened, let alone what it means for anarchists. This session will begin with an accessible introduction to the financial crisis, followed by a discussion of the political implicat…

Dissident Island Radio - EPISODE 66 - ready to dowload! Featuring:

- 'Getting old' and what it means in a radical political context

• Paul Brandon from the Right to Work campaign
• Info on the upcoming Crude Awakening week of action
• HOT TOPIC: the downfall of the Labour Party
• New tracks from Freddy Frog
• Vacuum Cleaner bringing disco fever to the decks

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LARC - and pumpin' out your stereo!

LARC - and pumpin' out your stereo!

LARC - and pumpin' out your stereo!

LARC - and pumpin' out your stereo!

LARC - and pumpin' out your stereo!

LARC - and pumpin' out your stereo!

LARC - and pumpin' out your stereo!

LARC - and pumpin' out your stereo!

LARC - and pumpin' out your stereo!

LARC - and pumpin' out your stereo!

LARC - and pumpin' out your stereo!

LARC - and pumpin' out your stereo!

The Digital Economy. The government’s vision of the internet’s future. This new legislation has been controversial from the outset. Lobbied for by the Recording Industry in an effort to thwart file-sharing, the Digital Economy Act has far reaching implications.

In particular, clauses 9-18 have been especially controversial, not least because they were rushed through parliament in…

With all of London waiting eagerly to see what those Climate Camp troublemakers are going to do next [interview] [video], some groups are taking time to do a little thinking about where radical movements are at.  This week sees an article from the London IWW about the lessons of the Lewisham school occupation, while it's hoodies vs. herringbone sweaters over at libcom.org as the libcommers take o…

From one of the bellies of financial capitalism reaches us David Graeber's analysis of the current crisis, a look at the recent past of our movement and the lack of organised resistance to capitalism.

We seem to have reached an impasse. Capitalism as we know it appears to be coming apart. But as financial institutions stagger and crumble, there is no obvious alternative. Organized resistance appe…