Features in issue 2576-2577

Uncovering Kobane

by Leila Al-Shami

International attention has focused recently on Kobani/Kobane, a Syrian Kurdish town on the border with Turkey, besieged by the al-Qa’eda splinter group ISIS (known to opponents by its Arabic acronym ‘Daesh’). Here a well-informed non-pacifist anarchist explains some of the background to the conflict.

Mission possible?

by Milan Rai, Emily Johns

Can we stop the replacement of the Trident nuclear weapon system?

Bertha von Suttner

by Annette Bygott

Celebrating the memory of a forgotten German pacifist

The culture shifts we need to build stronger movements

by Catalyst Project

The US anti-racist collective, Catalyst Project, recently circulated this text with the subject heading ‘What do you mean by anti-racism?’