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How anarchist architecture could help us build back better after COVID

How anarchist architecture could help us build back better after COVID: Spaces built collaboratively, close to nature. Shutterstock/kasyanovart Architecture and anarchy may not seem like the most obvious pairing. But since anarchism emerged as a distinct kind of politics in the second half of the 19th-century, it has inspired countless alternative communities. Christiania in Copenhagen, …

Mutual aid: can community fridges bring anarchist politics to the mainstream?

Mutual aid: can community fridges bring anarchist politics to the mainstream?: Pixel-Shot / Shutterstock Since the start of the pandemic, communities throughout the UK have rallied to help vulnerable and isolated people. Churches, charities, football clubs, mosques, local councillors and groups of concerned neighbours have distributed food, home-learning technology, emotional support and everything in between. …