All give no take: #hottakes from a Charity Chugging prole in the North... »
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Cycling Up the Hill to Wigan Pier
Continuing our string of worker’s inquiries this has been submitted by a Deliveroo worker and comrade in France 3.1. Quality of self-employment jobs — an overview...
Jun 21, 2017
Jun 15, 2017
The New Kids on the Nationalist Block »
Some anti-fascist comrades in Plan C. On Sunday, UK Against Hate (UKAH), a new anti-muslim nationalist...
Jun 12, 2017
March for Life counter-demonstration in Birmingham »
With the looming unholy alliance of May and the DUP, the issue of women’s reproductive rights...
G20 Hamburg: Blast the chain. Bring the harbor to a halt.
This is the English translation of the G20 call out-from our comrades …ums Ganze!, who are part of Beyond Europe, an antiauthoritarian platform against capitalism....
Jun 11, 2017
Radical Municipalism: Demanding the Future »
Radical Municipalism and Directional Demands Cluster The last decade has been a miserable decade....
Jun 06, 2017
Serco vs Staff: Why Barts Health Cleaners Are Voting to Strike »
Originally published by Novara Media. Cam Stocks, Plan C London. The biggest hospital in Europe....
Jun 05, 2017
False Freedom and Left Populism: Reviewing the Nation »
Callum Cant, Plan C Brighton …ums Ganze! are part of Beyond Europe, a European anti-authoritarian...
Not a Migrant Crisis. A borders crisis.
Barriers to migrants surviving in the U.K don’t stop in Dover or at the passport gate but define their daily lives and impede their freedoms in a multitude of ways....
Precarious Mayday Takes Over Brighton Streets »
On the 1st May, a coalition of groups came together in Brighton to hold a ‘Precarious Mayday’ night demonstration to support and develop worker self-organisation...
Rebel Roo #7 »
The May issue of Rebel Roo, a bulletin for and by Deliveroo workers, is here. It contains updates from the Precarious Mayday demonstration in Brighton,...
Between a job and a hard place: A non-workers inquiry. »
The rascal, swindler, beggar, the unemployed, the starving, wretched and criminal workingman—these are figures who do not exist for political economy...
Rebel Roo #6 »
The April issue of the Rebel Roo, a bulletin for and by Deliveroo workers, is here. This month we’ve got reports from victorious campaigns in Leeds...
In Rojava I can feel victory and freedom: Statement on arriving »
A member of Plan C Manchester As a communist and an antifascist I’ve come to Rojava to join the revolution happening here. The social transformations...
Saboteurs on the Tills »
The retail sector employs 2.8 million people, over 10% of the total UK workforce. If we want to understand how those workers can develop their power and leverage...
Final Statement on TSS Assembly, London 2017 »
The Transnational Social Strike Platform (TSSP) is an international conglomeration of grass roots unions, migrant collectives and militants, collectively...
Free University Brighton: Education for love, not money »
Matt Lee, Brighton Plan C “We know that the more a place is set apart for free play, the more it influences people’s behavior and the greater is its force...
Creatures of the Night: Changes in the Labour Process at Sainsbury’s »
The retail sector employs 2.8 million people, over 10% of the total UK workforce. If we want to understand how those workers can develop their power and leverage...
Women Fight Back: Reports from March 8th »
International Womens’ day 2017 saw the first ever International Womens’ strike, and a huge range of activity in the UK and beyond. We collected...
Becoming Critical: Update on IWW vs. Deliveroo in Leeds »
Friday 10th March saw a critical moment in the growing struggle in Deliveroo in Leeds. A mass bike ride was called by Bradford IWW, in City Square for 6pm....
March 8th International Women’s Strike Reader »
Tomorrow will see the first ever Transnational Women’s strike. In over 30 countries around the world women will refuse waged and reproductive work, walkout,...
The Impossibility of the International Women’s Strike is Exactly Why It’s So Necessary »
Camille Barbagallo The article was originally published on Novara Media. The international women’s strike is impossible. Really, it is. But let’s be very...
Video: What went down at the Transnational Social Strike Assembly »
On February 10-12th Plan C hosted the third Transnational Social Strike Assembly in London. It brought together 160 people from 40 organisations...
Rebel Roo #5 »
The March issue of the Rebel Roo, a bulletin for and by Deliveroo workers, is here. This issue contains two big reports from Leeds and Brighton. Workers...
Reflecting on ‘One Day Without Us’ »
The following is a compilation of collective impressions and feedback from Plan C members, all of whom were involved in the ‘One Day Without Us’ day of action....
“We’re Many and Growing At a Global Level” – an Interview with the Strike4Repeal Campaign »
As International Women’s day approaches calls for a global women’s strike echo through headlines and social media. Rights that we fought hard to win and considered...
Towards Acid Communism »
Keir Millburn, Plan C Leeds. To commemorate the writer, thinker, music commentator, father, revolutionary and Plan C member Mark Fisher we have been re-posting...
Assembling the Strike: Recordings from the TSS Assembly »
On February 10-12th Plan C hosted the third Transnational Social Strike Assembly in London. It brought together 160 people from 40 organisations and 9 countries...
TSS London — FULL PROGRAMME »
Plan C is hosting the Transnational Social Strike Meeting (www.transnational-strike.info) on Feb 10-11-12. With over 150 participants from 40 organisations...
Rebel Roo #4 »
The fourth issue of the Rebel Roo, a self-organised Deliveroo workers’ bulletin supported by Plan C, is now being distributed around the UK (and...
Spice Up Your Life: Notes on the Presence of the Spice Girls at the London Women’s March »
Rosa Campbell shares with us her reflections on the Women’s Marches around the globe. Right now history is being made quickly. Just over a week has passed...
Remembering Mark Fisher: Suffering With a Smile »
Although Capitalist Realism introduced me to Mark Fisher’s writing, it was Suffering With a Smile, a short piece on the Occupied Times website, which...
“A real revolution is a mass of contradictions” – Interview with our member in Rojava »
In October 2016 Peter Loo travelled to Rojava* to volunteer as an English teacher and participate in work within civil society – the outcome of over...
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Donald Trump? »
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Donald Trump? This article has been co-written by a member of Plan C Manchester and their American partner. It is intended...
At the Forefront of the Struggle Against Capitalism and Patriarchy »
I began this year by crossing into the Democratic Federal System of Northern Syria, commonly referred to in the West as Rojava. Rojava is seeing the creation...
No Romance Without Finance »
A few days ago, the writer, thinker, music commentator, father, revolutionary and Plan C member Mark Fisher took his own life. Mark had battled with mental...
The Kurdish revolution – a report from Rojava »
Peter Loo, Rojava Solidarity Cluster This report was originally published in December by the Red Pepper. In 2012 the PYD, a Kurdish political party...
Transnational social strike – London assembly 10th-11th february 2017 – callout »
With as many as 2 million EU migrants facing the uncertainty of Brexit, with many non-EU migrants asking for asylum or simply working in the UK facing...
HIV, sexparties and plate-sized pupils: shamelessly for communism »
Tadzio Müller works for the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation as head of its Climate Justice- and Energy Democracy Desk. He has been involved for many years in the climate...
Rebel Roo #3 »
The January issue of the Rebel Roo, a bulletin for and by Deliveroo workers, is here. This issue covers a successful strike by Bristol trainers, Deliveroo...
Teaching English to Migrants in Birmingham »
Bea Hughes, Birmingham Plan C From November to July last year members of IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) s and Plan C partnered with Kurds to form...
2017: The Year of the Social Strike »
Keir Milburn lays out his view of a plan c for 2017 At the moment 2016 looks like going down as a year of despair. If 2008 was the year the neoliberal...
Alienation As Poverty (Or, The Impoverishment of Poverty and How the Soft Left Makes Our Task More Difficult) »
Martin Bradbury, Plan C Birmingham The key issue at stake in our movements is the issue of how we respond to the increase in poverty under neoliberalism....
Rebel Roo #2 »
Rebel Roo #2 is here. This December issue of the Deliveroo Workers’ bulletin contains updates from London, Brighton, Berlin and Italy as well as information...
‘What do you mean you support Rojava?’ »
This article was written by two friends of Plan C who recently returned from Rojava. The Rojava Solidarity Cluster is interested the issue of support in Rojava...
Memo from the Margins: 6 Tips for Winning »
Tabitha Bast, Leeds Plan C 1. Make Anxiety your Friend. Yeah, I mean it. You know that churning in the belly, the tight feeling in your throat, that Feel...
A New Initiative: Rebel Roo #1 »
The struggle for decent wages and conditions within the ‘gig economy’ has entered a new phase recently with the Uber court victory and the announcement...
The story of this election »
The story of this election is not a surge of support for the far right. It is the suppression, disillusionment and depression of the support for the left....
Building our own infrastructure: Introducing Partisan »
On 9th May, Manchester welcomed a new ‘members’ club’ to the city, designed ‘to provide free space to radical political and cultural groups and organisations’....
Polish womens strike – Interview with a participant »
The first Black Protest (Czarny Protest) on Monday 3 October was the largest strike by women in Polish history. In opposition to a proposed new law banning...
Direct support for the revolution in Rojava »
This October I have travelled to Rojava to offer what skills I have as a volunteer. Despite three years of military attack, political hostility, and economic...
Solidarity Networks and Rent Strikes »
This is the text of a pamphlet handed out at the recent Rent Strike Weekender. You can find a pdf of the pamphlet itself here. Renting is shit –...
Interview with YPG Commander Cihan Kendal »
Interview with Cihan Kendal, YPG Commander in Rojava discussing the role of international volunteers, women in the YPG/YPJ, and the current nature of the revolution...
For Alan Kurdi and Hande Kader: For the spirit of Rojava and Against the Turkish State »
A year ago yesterday, Alan Kurdi, a Kurdish toddler, washed up on the beaches of Europe and his much photographed dead body sparked outrage amongst populations,...
#RENTSTRIKE ~ WEEKENDER!! ~ // ! 16 ¡ 17 ! 18 ¡ SEPT // LONDON »
// ACTIONS / SKILLSHARES / PARTY / START YOUR OWN #RENTSTRIKE! // LONDON Facebook Event To the friends we have yet to meet: We invite you to a weekend...
Spreading the Rent Strike »
The recent UCL rent strike was a landmark event in UK student politics. 1000 students in halls refused to pay up, and won £850,000 in concessions from...
Medical Supplies and a School Bus: A Report From Rojava »
Rojava Solidarity Cluster As part of the fundraising undertaken by the Plan C Rojava Solidarity cluster a comrade was provided with a sum of cash to buy essential...
“A Syndicalism of Everyday Life”: A Conversation on the Social Strike »
Plan C has an ongoing commitment to the social strike as a strategic and theoretical orientation. This interview attempts to explore some of the ‘big...
Brexit, Self-Harm, and a Method for Taking Control »
By Bertie Russell of Plan C Manchester Writing in the Telegraph at the beginning of April, the now-former Prime Minister framed Brexit as a ‘needless...
For a ‘Spoons of the Left »
Dave Brand, Plan C Brighton Post Brexit, my lexit friends keep telling me that the result represents ‘huge opportunities for the left’. The ruling...
Why trans-inclusion: a response to trans-exclusionary articles in the Morning Star »
The Morning Star recently published two articles in which the authors argued that trans people should not be included in feminist movements and analysis....
Everyone First, The Nation Is No Alternative »
In or out of the EU, we will still be in Britain come tomorrow By Plan C Birmingham We recently posted the base text of Nationalismus ist keine Alternative,...
Introducing: „Nationalismus ist keine Alternative“( Nationalism Is No Alternative ) »
A German nationwide campaign against Fortress Europe and its fans. Below is the campaign statement of the Nationalismus ist keine Alternative (NIKA) campaign,...
No Borders! a call from Beyond Europe »
Plan C, as part of the Beyond Europe platform are supporting the No Borders camp this July in northern Greece. Our members will mainly be travelling there...
Feed the Revolution: An Interview with Rojava Plan »
An interview with Rojava Plan about their Feed the Revolution fundraiser and the co-operative economy by our Rojava Solidarity Cluster.
Rojava Solidarity Cluster: 2nd Campaign Statement »
The second campaign statement from our Rojava Solidarity Cluster outlining their aims for the upcoming months.
“Every Strike Acts as an Accelerant”: A Conversation about the Social Strike »
Plan C has an ongoing commitment to the Social Strike as a strategic and theoretical orientation. This interview hopes to contribute to that process by focusing...
Damned if You Leave, Damned if You Remain: The Europe Referendum Or What to Do in the Absence of a ‘Left Option’? »
By Bertie Russell of Plan C Manchester The 23rd June 2016 is likely to be a miserable day for anyone with an even remotely left-leaning conscience. The weeks...
Struggling for a nurse-to-patient ratio in German hospitals »
‘More of us is better for everyone!’ The past year has seen a struggle in British healthcare unparalleled since the founding of the NHS,...
“We don’t fight for death… we fight for life.” An Interview with YPJ Commander Nisrîn Abdullah »
This short interview between YPJ Commander Nisrîn Abdullah and two anarchists from England who are currently living and working in Rojava took place in May 2016
No Love for a Nation, No Coal for the Power Station »
No Love for a Nation, No Coal for the Power Station A short report from members of Plan C who took part in the Ende Gelände (#endegelaende) mass action...
Book Marx: a Social Strike reading of Capital I »
As part of Plan C’s Social Strike cluster, we are excited to launch a 12-month reading group of Capital Volume 1 by Karl Marx. Readings take the form...
Socialise the Healthcare workers strike »
On Tuesday April 26th thousands of junior doctors will be taking strike action in defence of their working conditions and to highlight the state’s...
Support junior doctors: Picket private healthcare. Callout for action 6th and 26th April. »
We’re calling for a mass picket of the outsourcers and private healthcare providers that make the future we want harder to win. Virgin, Serco, Care UK, Spire,...
Kurdish demonstration brings thousands to the streets »
Sunday 6th of March saw the first national demonstration in solidarity with the Kurdish struggle in the Middle East. The demo called for the Turkish state...
Rojava Solidarity Cluster: Assessment of our Work so Far. »
We formed our Rojava Solidarity Cluster at the end of October and our opening statement set out 4 main aims to achieve within the first 6 months of forming....
Remember, You Are Sleeping for the Boss! »
By Kai from Plan C Manchester In recent weeks it has been heartening to see the levels of solidarity extended to junior doctors during a time of what...
States, Nations, Borders. Bullshit! Oppose Fascists in Dover! »
On January 30th, hundreds of nationalists, racists and out-and-out Neo-Nazis will descend on the port of Dover to protest against refugees. Since the collapse...
7 Ways in 7 Days We Can Show Solidarity with the People of Syria »
Feeling powerless after the UK parliament voted for the bombing of Syria and not sure what to do next? Somewhere between overwhelming hopelessness and heading...
Organising in the economic engine: intervention, strategy and critique »
This article is, for the most part, the first result of a weekend session about the political possibilities and desired forms of action and campaigning...
Beyond #dontbombsyria »
None of these situations map perfectly onto one another; war, and this war in particular, is not simple. But we shouldn’t shy away from nailing some...
Solidarity with Rojava: 3K in 31 Days »
Our plan is to start with something we think should be achievable and we hope to do larger fundraising campaigns next year. Hopefully we will involve more...
Anti-Authoritarianism in Practice »
The following is a document that was submitted and discussed at the recent Plan C congress. The congress decided to adopt the resolution that we should...
Consciousness-Raising is Social Strike »
Justin Murphy writes on the intersection of the ideas of consciousness raising and social strike politics.
Making a Living – introduction from Viewpoint Magazine »
We republish this intro from Viewpoint magazine's latest edition on the subject of social reproduction which speaks a lot to our own discussions in Plan...
Rojava Solidarity Cluster: Opening Statement »
The opening statement from our Rojava Solidarity Cluster
Channelling compassion – Calais, solidarity and where we go from here »
News just in: thousands of people in the UK are self-organising to help migrants at European borders, mainly in Calais. Since the spring of this year,...
Meanwhile in Germany… »
In the last couple of weeks Germany has been swept with a wave of racist attacks on asylum shelters, mosques and migrants. Last weekend in the eastern...
Solidarity to the arrests at the Beyond Europe camp protest, Greece. »
Love and solidarity to the 70 + arrested from the Beyond EuropeCamp today. A social and ecological action against mining resulted in a lot of gas and a lot of arrests,...
White Man March Smashed in Liverpool (15.8.15): Plan C Report »
Saturday 15th August saw a resounding victory for anti-fascists against the White Man March (WMM), an openly neo-Nazi demonstration, in Liverpool.
Dancing in the Dark: social strikes and directional demands, some comments on a debate. »
Originally published by The Word From Struggle Street Blog on the continuing debate around Plan C's Social Strike and Directional Demands article.
Call for a transnational social strike meeting in Poznan 2-4th Oct. 2015 »
Austerity is now the new normality in Europe. In these years monetary policies have been used to enforce neo-liberal labour reforms, privatization of the commons,...
The Meaning of OXI »
For the last five years, Greece has been subject to a series of harsh austerity measures imposed by the Troika (the IMF, ECB, and European Commission)...
Greece needs a Plan C: for the commons and communality »
Article written by Jerome Roos for ROAR magazine Whatever the outcome of the referendum, tough times are ahead. To survive, Greek society will need to reinvigorate...
Plan C Little Rebel Song Sheet – June 20, 2015 »
Download the Plan C Little Rebel Song Sheet
“When we go to protest, this is how we do it” – Plan C at J20 »
Matt Dunne from Leeds reports on Plan C’s Bloc on the National anti-austerity demonstration on June 20th in London. We organised our biggest intervention...
From A-Z to Counter-Power »
This article by Callum Cant is a response to Shelly Asquith’s article on A-B marches. The National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts (NCAFC) is a democratic...
Everything for Everyone – Plan C Bloc on J20 »
Come and join us on the streets – hot banners and slogans guaranteed! Plan C have called a bloc for the national anti-austerity march in London on Saturday...
A creche and kids play space during the J20 demo »
“Without Care – Victory is Not Possible” creche and play space for the June 20th National Demonstration (London) Creche Venue: Common...
Spain: From Networks to Parties… and back »
By Rodrigo Nunes The success of ‘citizen initiatives’ like Barcelona En Comú in the recent Spanish municipal elections seems to confirm Spain and Greece...
C is for consciousness raising! »
This project comes from a desire to change the way we’re thinking about the world and about activism – to start from our experience and emotional...
AngryWorkersWorld Comments on : “On Social Strikes and Directional Demands” »
We want to contribute to the discussion on 'social strikes', based on a text written by comrades from Plan C. We hope that our thoughts are also relevant...
5 Things we can Learn from Saturday’s Anti-Austerity Rally in Manchester »
On Saturday 23rd May a rally against austerity called by two individuals in Manchester, and backed by the People’s Assembly, took place. About 1000...
The university is a factory, burn it down! »
“The university is a factory”, we hear this cry everywhere, sometimes as a declaration and accusation of contempt, shouting out to the world. “This...
The Elections are Over. We Still Want Everything for Everyone »
We’ll be honest, the election results have come as a bit of a shock to us. Today, we were expecting to be entering a period of grubby politicking in the scrabble...
On Social Strikes and Directional Demands »
This article by Keir Milburn began life as a contribution to an ongoing discussion aimed at developing a shared strategic orientation for Plan C. We have...
The nation can’t save us, demand the future! »
This is a call out from Plan C Manchester to oppose the March for England in Blackpool on April 25th. On April 25th, the first Saturday after St George’s...
Paul Mason’s new documentary – "Greece: Dreams Take Revenge" »
On the 25th January 2015, the far-left party Syriza was elected to power in the Hellenic parliamentary elections. By the party’s own admissions,...
Demanding the Future: Plan C MCR Campaign Statement, Feb 2015 »
Demanding the Future: Plan C MCR Campaign Statement February 13th 2015 On May 7th people in the UK will go the polling station to elect the next...
Plan C National Congress -6/7 December »
Attendance: Congress is open to all plan c members. We also welcome participation on Saturday of non-members who we work with it or those who are interested...
Plan C MCR Scarves »
It’s getting to that time of year we all start panicking about what our loved ones would like for Christmas… Well don’t worry, because...
Midwives On Strike Because They Care »
Midwives’ working conditions are mothers’ birthing conditions Download the Midwives Leaflet Following on from their first ever strike last month,...
London 6.30pm Tuesday 11 November // DEMO at Turkish ambassador's business "networking event". »
On Thursday 6th November, Turkish troops murdered Kader Ortakaya, a young woman, at the Turkey-Syria border near Kobanê. She was taking part in a “human...
Housing organising in London: co-ordination beyond opposition? »
On 15th-17th October, the international property conference MIPIM came to London for the first time. Mayor Boris Johnson welcomed developers, investors,...
Viva Kobanê Resistance / 2pm Saturday 1st November »
We as leftists, anarchists and feminists in London support the Kobanê resistance, and will be joining our Kurdish comrades in the global rally on November...
#strikeup: what it was, what it did, and what it told us. »
Another strike was called. Another TUC demo in London. And around us we heard the same collective sighs as when an alarm rings for work. The call out came...
Report back from National Strikes and TUC National Demo (Oct. 2014) »
Last week saw national co-ordinate strike activity across the UK as civil servants and NHS staff went on strike for higher wages. The TUC held a national...
Response to anonymousrefused/’For your safety and Security’ »
This is the second text we’ve posted that emanates from conversations around safety held at Fast Forward. As should be obvious from the title, it’s...
after party saturday night »
after-party: sat oct 18 – after a long day on the street or buying books, join plan c and friends for music, booze and a launch celebration of b a m n magazine...
A Pay Rise is Not Enough »
Meeting at Charing Cross Station 11am to then join the TUC demonstration Provoked by Parliament’s steadfast commitment to a Plan A of Austerity,...
Is Kobanê Alone? »
by Sandro Mezzadra, translated by Leeds Plan C — Italian | French As part of their Autumn women’s collection, H&M has recently launched...
#strikeup »
This weekend, during Monday and Wednesday strike days, and up to and including the TUC demo on Saturday 18th we are asking people to STRIKE UP conversation...
Midwives On Strike: Oct 13 »
Where would they be without us? Midwives on Strike to Stay in the Picture. Download the Midwife Strike Leaflet here Midwives’ working conditions...
Moonlight Reflections »
On September 21st the Focus E15 Mothers rounded off a year of campaigning against the housing crisis by occupying four flats on the Carpenter’s Estate...
For your safety and security… »
This text is one of a series emanating from conversations held at Fast Forward. The texts do not represent ‘positions’, but are instead shared...
We Need to Talk About Work »
A co-ordinated series of public meeting by Plan C in the week beginning 29th September. We Need To Talk About Work: a series of public discussions about...
Movement & Organisation / An Inquiry into the Present. »
According to many on the left, a crisis is an opportunity for those with radical politics. Six years after the start of the financial crisis and its management...
Territory, Place & Power / An Inquiry into the Present. »
The places we live, the relationships we engage in, the customs and complex interactions we are induced to perform and reproduce, the physical as well...
Migration & Borders / An Inquiry into the Present. »
The crisis of 2008 didn’t trigger the xenophobia and racism we see across Europe but has certainly exacerbated it. As the borders of Fortress Europe...
Income & Work / An Inquiry into the Present. »
Even as George Osborne assures us that the recession is over and new jobs are being created our incomes continue to fall and our day-to-day lives get harder....
Social Reproduction / An Inquiry into the Present. »
Reproductive labour is sometimes waged, sometimes not. What and how it is valued and waged (which are not the same thing) is a fundamental political question....
Reaction & Populism / An Inquiry into the Present. »
“Another Europe is possible! Less immigration and finance; more work and hope.” — Matteo Salvini (Leader of Italy’s rightwing,...
A Future That Doesn't Work? Podcast »
On June 3rd, Plan C MCR hosted the second in our Conversations On The Future, entitled ‘Do You Remember The Future?’ Zero-hour contracts, collapsing...
Feedback from National Congress (August 2014) »
This August saw the second Plan C national congress of 2014. All four of our groups (Leeds, London, Manchester and Thames Valley) met in Leeds for a weekend...
We are an image of the future? Fast Forward 2014 12th – 14th Sept. »
Please Note: FF14 is now sold out and no more tickets are available Fast Forward 2014 (FF14), commonly known as the Plan C festival, is part mini-break,...
SHHHHtrike! »
On Wednesday afternoon the industrious silence of the British Library Reading Rooms was interrupted by the familiar scale and pregnant pause of a customer...
Do You Remember The Future? Podcast »
On 22nd March Plan C MCR hosted an introduction to Conversations On The Future, entitled ‘Do You Remember The Future?’ Any attempt to change...
Plan C MCR: A Future That Doesn't Work? »
Zero-hour contracts, collapsing real wages, multiple jobs, and unpaid internships – most of us are experiencing a crisis in the relationship between...
…ums Ganze! Anti-national politics and the history and perspectives on anti-fascism in Germany »
Ums ganze is a communist network from Germany and Austria largely built up of antifa groups that came together initially to mobilize against the g8 summit...
We Are All Very Anxious »
Six Theses on Anxiety and Why It is Effectively Preventing Militancy, and One Possible Strategy for Overcoming It 1 Reposted with the kind permission of the Institute...
March Round-up »
Here’s a quick round-up of some of the things our Plan C groups have been up to recently and some dates for your diary. London Plan C London met in late...
Accelerate this: Leeds Plan C discusses the Accelerationist Manifesto »
Leeds Plan C met recently to discuss the Accelerationist Manifesto, an article which has generated widespread and passionate discussion. This meeting...
Plan C MCR: Do You Remember The Future? »
Any attempt to change the world has always been connected to the future – history is driven by a belief in worlds which once seemed impossible. Yet the present...
France: 'We want sex, not gender' (note on the alarming rise of the 'gender theory' resistance front and their neo-fascist chums) »
By posting this little write-up of its research, Plan C Manchester is signalling that it is keen to hear from comrades in France and elsewhere facing...
Women and Capital 1939-2013 »
. Plan C’s last national meeting brought to light some creative and culture-critical offerings intended to be internal. This post, by popular demand,...
Feedback from National Congress (February 2014) »
At the start of February we had our first national congress of 2014 up in Manchester. Some of our members have written down their thoughts and reflections...
#copsoffcampus – #copsoffcampusmcr »
This is a shorter write-up by members of Plan C Manchester about Wednesday 11th December’s #copsoffcampus activities. A longer account, written also...
Strike! Migrant workers in Italy warn TNT about company plans and raise their voice against immigration law »
The night between the 28th and 29th of November the logistics workers of the main TNT warehouses in Italy, organized by SiCobas and AdlCobas, went on strike...
Downloadable Flyer – Why You Should Not Cross the Picket Line »
We’ve helped to produce a small flyer for the upcoming strike on Thursday which will be reusable in the future. It’s aimed at explaining the strike...
Edu Comm Report: Behind the Facade, the Farce »
The Education Commission has released a new report, Behind the Facade, the Farce in which we look back at some of the central effects and changes that...
Plan C Manchester: 2nd 6 Month Plan (Winter 2013 – Spring 2014) »
Plan C MCR: 2nd 6 month strategy review On Saturday the 28th of September Plan C MCR spent the day reviewing their previous 6 month strategy and setting...
A Review of Alice Nutter’s 'My Generation' »
I was lucky enough to be present at the first performance of Alice Nutter’s My Generation at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds last night. The play,...
WTF Is To Be Done?! »
Back in July Leeds Plan C hosted ‘WTF Is To Be Done?’, a three part series of reading groups on the subject of organisation. We’ve collated...
Marseille Anti-fascist Demonstration – Saturday 14th September. »
Just as fascists from Oswald Moseley to Tommy Robinson have never been welcome in East London, there french counterparts have never had it easy in Marseille....
Report on the Murder of Pavlos Fyssas by Newspaper Collective Drasi »
This is a short statement and call out from our comrades in the radical newspaper collective Drasi about the murder of Pavlos Fyssas an antifacist living...
Report from the Anti-EDL Demonstration in Tower Hamlets (7.9.13) »
As the dust settles from Saturday the 7th of September’s demonstration against the EDL we should start reflecting on what happened that day and what...
Report from Plan C national congress – August 2013 »
Plan C Summer Congress 17th – 18th August. London. This is a short write-up of the discussions from Plan C’s summer congress held in London....
For A Universal Basic Income »
Since the 2008 financial crisis it has become increasingly impossible to survive on wage labour. In real terms, wages in the UK have declined by 5.5 percent...
Thames Valley Plan C: Statement of Purpose »
We believe that humanity has the capacity to organise societies and economies that are more equitable and just than that which we currently encounter....
Agenda for Day One of Plan C National Congress »
Please find attached below the agenda for day one of Plan C’s national congress. Day one is open to both members of Plan C and also both fellow travelers...
calling all parents, kids and other daytime folks »
Plan C London has initiated a new project – Coffee in Common – every Monday (except bank holidays)
Plan C National Congress »
London Plan C invites you to the Plan C National Congress to be held in London on the weekend of 17th and 18th August 2013. We would like to encourage...
Report from the …ums Ganze Congress – July 2013 »
Here is a brief report from a member of Plan C MCR’s International Networking Working Group discussing a recent event in Germany. Plan C are interested...
The crisis of work: notes towards a workless wage »
This was first published in the Anti-Capitalist Initiative ’s Which Way?, a free publication given out at the People’s Assembly in London...
Workers Against Work Working Group Introductory Statement – Expanded Version »
This is an expanded version of Manchester Plan C’s Workers Against Work Working Group brief introductory statement. In 1930, considering the possibilities...
Manchester Plan C Launches New Working Group: Workers Against Work »
In 1930, when thinking about the future, liberal economist J.M.Keynes believed that; “man [sic] will be faced with his real, his permanent problem – how to use his freedom...
RIP Clement Meric: Solidarity Demo in Manchester »
Yesterday about a 100 people marched in Manchester to remember Clément Meric, an 18-year-old antifascist murdered by fascists in Paris whilst out shopping...
Opposing the EDL in Leeds »
Saturday June 1st saw the far-right use the murder of Lee Rigby to mobilise across the country and push their racist ideology. In Leeds we saw one of the largest...
Education Commission Report #2: Education at the Border »
“Over the past twelve months we have watched as universities have been dramatically transformed through tuition fee increases, job cuts and restructuring,...
A spectre haunts British politics – Thatcherism »
It has been noted that Margaret Thatcher’s electoral triumph hastened the emergence of what is now referred to as the ‘post-political consensus’...
Up we rise: Reflections on global rebellion »
Reblogged from The Free Association Published by Zuccotti Park Press as part of their Occupied Media Pamphlet Series + + + “Fantasy wears boots, desire...
Reflections on #Mar25 at Sussex University »
The occupation at the University of Sussex began on 7 February over the university management’s intention to outsource 235 jobs to private companies....
Sussex ‘Pop-Up Union’ to fight outsourcing »
Workers at the University of Sussex have formed a new union in a bid to halt the outsourcing of 235 campus jobs. The initiative comes from rank-and-file...
Occupy Sussex Press Release »
Press Release – 25/03/13 – 4.30pm Today marks an important and momentous day in the history of resistance at Sussex University and in the United Kingdom....
A new regional Plan C group has been formed »
A new regional Plan C group has been formed, active in the Thames Valley area (Berks/Surrey). The group meet regularly (every two weeks) and aim to rotate...
Anti-cuts politics, the Big Society and Plan C »
Manchester Plan C’s report of their recent strategy discussions: We started the day off with a short discussion around a recurring theme within Plan...
Plan C – National Congress 2013 – January 26th/27th – Leeds »
Plan C invites you to its National Congress to be held in Leeds on the weekend of 26th and 27th January 2013 (details of venue, time and agenda will be posted...
Reflections on the Up the Anti Conference »
Plan C were one of many groups present at the Up The Anti conference on 1st December, an event hosted by the Anticapitalist Initiative (ACI) with the aim of creating...
The 14th November General Strike: The view from Barcelona »
On the 14th of November there was a coordinated strike against austerity across many European countries including Spain, Portugal, Greece, France, Italy...
Education Commission Publishes Report Condemning Privatisation and Immigration Controls in UK Universities »
21 November, 2012 London, UK – On the day of the first major NUS demonstration in nearly two years, the Education Commission published a report into...
Silvia Federici talk at Goldsmiths University – 12 November 2012 »
An audio recording of a talk by scholar, teacher and activist Silvia Federici at Goldsmiths University (London, UK) on 12 November 2012. Track one features...
For the right and the commitment to fight »
As a teacher, a thinking man, as much as a politically active citizen for more than 30 years I would like to address you those few words. On Friday 16/11/2012,...
A short report on October 20th "A future that works" demonstration »
October 20th saw the TUC’s second national demonstration against austerity: “A Future That Works”. An estimated 150,000 turned out to march through...
C is for Plan C »
Part three of the publication that Plan C distributed in London on the October 20th TUC March. This is a multiple pile up: an economic crisis, an ecological...
B is for Plan B »
Part two of the publication that Plan C distributed in London on the October 20th TUC March. Towards the end of 2010, we were told by a government spokesperson...
A is for Austerity »
Part one of the publication that Plan C distributed in London on the October 20th TUC March. Change in the air There was a brief period, back in 2008,...
Care Work and the Commons »
Introduction by Camille Barbagallo and Silvia Federici In this issue of the Commoner we begin a discussion of care work and more broadly reproductive work,...
Portugal: The beginning of something new »
Following the large protests that recently forced the Portuguese government to repeal the worst of its austerity measures many have wondered how the Portuguese...
Class war in the housing system »
By Stuart Hodkinson To all those shocked by revelations that quotas are being used to limit certain types of tenants from accessing new social housing...
October 20th: If no one organises childcare, we won't be at the revolution »
A creche and kids play space during the TUC demo on Oct 20 :: a parent and volunteer run creative and fun space for kids of all ages – with painting,...
Revolution at Point Zero with Silvia Federici »
Two Public Events in London Mon Nov 12 – 6.30pm New Academic Building, Goldsmiths College, New Cross Public Lecture From Commoning to Debt: micro-credit,...
Leeds Turned Upside Down »
In October 2011, thirty people joined us on the “Leeds Turned Upside Down” guided walk. They were taken on a secret path above the city from...
Re:generation »
One of the impulses driving Plan C is the conviction that because the economic crisis has fundamentally changed what’s politically possible then the Left,...
Reviews Lifeboat Communism – A Review of Franco “Bifo” Berardi’s After the Future »
“Young people will have to get used to the idea of not having a fixed job for life… what monotony! It is much nicer to change and accept new challenges.”...
International Antinationalism! »
Introduction The following article was written in the context of the mobilisation for the international project “M31”, a European day of action against...
From the Defence of the Present to the Control of the Future »
Re-published with the permission of Shift magazine. The recent student unrest has massively expanded political possibilities in the UK and Europe. The game...
Werner Bonefeld: ‘What is the alternative?’ »
Republished with permission of Shift Magazine. I I want to start with a quotation from a Socialist Workers Party poster that I saw on the way to the Anarchist...
Occupy! Manchester is based on this desire to rediscover ‘direct action’ as a popular political form »
Some of the members of Plan C MCR were involved with organising the very first Occupy! Manchester event which took place over a year ago during the Tory...
From Plan A for Austerity to an Anti-Capitalist Plan C: An Interview with David Harvie »
Re-published with permission from Shift Magazine. Originally published early 2012. Shift Magazine: There has been much talk of finding an economic ‘plan...
Points of departure | Jan 2012 »
There are some ideas that many of us in Plan C London share (and more than a few that are contested). This short text is meant to spark a conversation...
Bang to Rights »
By Camille Barbagallo and Nicholas Beuret On 7 May 2007 several thousand ‘migrants’ (some with papers, some without) mobilised and took part in an ongoing...
Starting from the social wage »
By Camille Barbagallo and Nicholas Beuret. We wrote the following article almost two years ago, when the global economic crisis had in many ways just begun,...
Solidarity Letter to our comrades in Quebec »
Your defiance and rebellion is beautiful. We watch in awe as you take to the streets night after night, day after day – filling it, making it yours....
