Features in issue 2576-2577

Radical co-ops face crossroads

by Milan Rai, Emily Johns

What happens when the founders of a radical organisation move on, new people come in, and the strict entry standards that were put in place originally are set aside? How does it affect who joins the organisation, and how does it affect the politics of the organisation?

Radical Routes and radical social change

by Milan Rai, Emily Johns

The long story behind current debates about principles in a radical co-op network

How not to follow Solidair into thin air

by Kimberly Golden

PN examines the fate of Dutch co-operative network

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.