I’ve barely done any paid work since January. Previously, I’d worked as a shop assistant for two years but the shop in question went out of business. Before that I was long-term unemployed and struggling with severe anxiety and depression. Being able to live rent-free with my parents means that […]

Stay Safe – via Fitwatch Here are some simple tips to help you stay safe and protect your anonymity. Follow the links if you want more information. It’s December; so big jackets, hoods, scarves and gloves are a good idea. These will not only protect you from the weather but […]

A Response to Will Hutton’s Proposal for a Capitalist Future In “We shouldn’t be fatalistic about our future. There is another way”,  Will Hutton presents an examination of neoliberal capitalism, proposing a new direction for industry in a post-industrial future. This is the latest in a series of articles that […]

Vocalising a dissenting viewpoint in the face of untenable situations is at the core of protesting. Throughout the past few years, there is a sense that such public disgust of local issues has networked into a global pandemic. We have seen mass protests in the streets of Europe, the Middle […]

The Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn and State Apparatuses in Greece “No government in the world fights fascism to the death. When the bourgeoisie sees power slipping from its grasp it has recourse to fascism to maintain itself.” Buenaventura Durruti, Interview to Pierre Van Paasen in Madrid, 24 July 1936. Published in […]

Nestled in a quiet street between the river and Borough Market, surrounded by expensive butchers, wine bars and offices for start-up PR companies and various institutional offshoots of the Globe Theatre sits 21-23 Park Street. The nearly 200 year old building originally housed managers at the nearby Anchor Brewery, but […]

Pavlos Fyssas, a 34 year old antifascist and hip hop artist (Killah P), has been murdered by Golden Dawn neo-Nazis in Keratsini, a working class neighborhood in Piraeus, Greece. From eye-witness reports: “A group of 15-20 fascists, wearing black t-shirts and military trousers and boots, was deployed on P. Tsaldari […]

Earlier this year, in a series of blogs on The Void, Johnny Void highlighted the work of the Landlord Referencing Service, a business run by a landlord called Paul Routledge; a man who enjoys mocking former tenants with mental health conditions. Here is how the company functions (quoting from Johnny’s original […]

I’m employed on a ‘zero hours’ contract, paid at £6.20 per hour. The care company I work for is not obligated to provide me with any hours, and in any case can only give me the hours which are available. The most hours I have worked in a single week […]

In a small region of Northern Ireland, a temporarily reconfigured microstate of security and surveillance has been rapidly erected. Complete with aerial surveillance drones and arrestee processing centres built from shacks, the G8 conference will be hosted at Lough Erne resort in Co. Fermanagh for two days next week. Today […]