This 109th Dissident Island Radio features some lovely people running London’s Cuts Cafe, a radical space in the belly of the beast designed to allow for movement building in the run-up to the TUC demo on October 20th. We also hear about porn, capitalism and sexual desire. Does one lead to the other? Could you have anarcho-porn? And as always the show features rabble rousing, tunes, an…

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Five freckin years. One hundred and seven whole episodes of Dissident Island Radio. Along with sh*tloads of other stuff too. Yea I know. We impress ourselves sometimes. (Or maybe the feeling is more accurately described as general confusion and bewilderment...anyway...)

On the show tonight - 6 July 2…

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What a fantastic show! This is what features:



* Carnival of Dirt with is happening in London tonight, where more than 30 activist groups from London and around the world come together to highlight the illicit deeds of mining and extraction companies.



* a short introduction to 'non violent communication' by activist,

scholar and yoga teach…

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on tonights show we have lots of cool shizzle….enough for everybody!!!,

On our 105th show we've got lots of hot stuff to keep us in tune with the weather.



- Writer and researcher dizzyshambles with musings and reflections on the politics of the militant student uprising in Quebec



- Donal from the Dysophia zine discussing Anarchism, antisemitism, and ways of recognising / combating the covert and overt manifestations of racism in our solidarity struggles.



- A che…

- Refections from participants in the Finsbury Square Occupy camp, which is due for eviction in the near future



- A discussion about the social impacts of default, specifically looking at the parallels between contemporary Greece and the Argentina of 10 years ago



- An interview on 'take the flour back', an upcoming mass action against genetically modified wheat in the UK happening on 27 M…

An English translation of anarchist analysis of the elctorial process in greece with links to the many texts coming from the various Anarchist collectives, groups and assemblies down the bottom.

If the elections could overturn this barbarism… they'd be illegal!

May Day statement of "Collective Action". In it we outline our analysis of the problems facing the anarchist movement in the UK and offer a call out to all independent anarchist communists to participate in our project to re-visit our political tradition, re-group and re-kindle our political action.

On the 9th of February 2012 a janitor found the body of Nikita Kalin, a Russian anarchist and anti-fascist. Nikita was murdered by a group of Nazis, brutally stabbed 61 times, besides this his ribs were fractured multiple times and his head was also wounded. Currently only one suspect has been arrested, and was confirmed off the record by Nikita’s mother that this person was a National Social…

Whither anarchism? – the current state of UK anarchism

Putting things in perspective

Anarchists in the UK today stand at a historical crossroads. Whether we identify as students, workers, unemployed, as members of a network/organization or not, we are called upon to answer this fundamental question: what is our political relevance to the larger world in the context of the struggle against a…

Freedom’s December issue editorial



As the turbulence of 2011 subsides just enough for us to catch our breath and look back over the last 12 months of a truly eventful year, it seems amongst the chaos and cacophony there were moments we can take as inspiration, some we can take comfort from and others that act as warnings of things to come.



As we have said countless times in the paper these a…

Dissident Island Radio - 16 December 2011 - episode 95:





- A former Foxconn employee speaks about the dirty secrets behind our techno-goodies

- Traveler Solidarity Network on moving beyond Dale Farm

- Some words about the upcoming ALARM conference (Jan 7)

- Prisoner info for comrades behind bars over the holidays throughout



You're guaranteed to hear some banter, bollocks, 'choons, announcements and the …

The "Occupy" movement is one of several in American history to be based on anarchist principles.

Almost every time I'm interviewed by a mainstream journalist about Occupy Wall Street I get some variation of the same lecture:

"How are you going to get anywhere if you refuse to create a leadership structure or make a practical list of demands? And what's with all this anarchist nonsense - the co…

Anarchist resource for N30 public sector strike

This website is specifically aimed at keeping people informed and updated about he activities of anarchist and radical groups in the run up to Nov 30th and on the day of the strike itself. Plus promoting the active involvement by anarchists and radical groups in organised and effective action in support of striking public sector workers.

The ma…

All out on November 30th!

Solidarity to the strikers

The All London Anarchist Revolutionary Movement (ALARM) would like to express solidarity with the 3 million workers taking strike action on November 30th. We are workers, students, the unemployed, trade unionists, parents, carers, activists. Many of us will be striking on that day and many more of us will join you on your picket line and m…

A short article on the execution of 11 japanese anarchists, 100 years ago today (11/11/11) calling them the japanese Sacco and Vanzettis. The article describes how an alleged plot was used to sweep up dissidents, as authoritarian governments have been doing quite regularly since then.

Students ·  Sparks · Anarchists

Out on the streets for Nov 9th 

Anarchists will be mobilising on November 9 in solidarity with the students and the striking electricians.

Get active, get angry, get visible!

The first issue of the HAGGLER, the Hackney Anarchist Group freesheet, is out!

Housmans Bookshop

5 Caledonian Road

King's Cross

N19DX

location tbc

ALARM (All London Anarchist Revolutionary Movement) meets every second and fourth sunday of the month, 6pm, in Central London.

http://www.soundthealarm.org.uk/

The meeting will be held at Marcon Court and Apsland Estates Community Hall. Tuesday 25th October, 7-9pm.

Rebel Dog, 3a Evering road, N16 7QA

Rebel Dog, 3a Evering road, N16 7QA

The Cock Tavern, 23 Phoenix Road, Euston NW1 1HB. Closest Tube is Euston.

Our stall will be where Ridley Rd meets Kingsland Rd, either on Dalston market side, or on Dalston Kingsland train station side.

ULU, Malet Street, London

Dear Sir/Madam, 

I am writing in response to recent communication from your 'counter-terrorism desk', which asked people to share information about anarchists. According to your info - which I note you cut and pasted from the first line of the 'Anarchism' Wikipedia entry - "Anarchism is a political philosophy which considers the state undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful, and instead promotes a s…