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 off to join the Kurdish YPJ (women’s protection units) there are a range of everyday acts of solidarity
7 Ways in 7 Days We Can Show Solidarity with the People of Syria Read More »
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 that Plan C Birmingham might want to be a part of in the city and in the ‘West Midlands Economic Engine’1. As such, it was not meant to be about
Organising in the economic engine: intervention, strategy and critique Read More »
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 colours to a mast when there are some things we know. We know airstrikes on Syria won’t bring about the world we want to see.
Beyond #dontbombsyria Read More »
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 groups from the UK and Europe in our next campaign.
Solidarity with Rojava: 3K in 31 Days Read More »
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 make addressing unequal power relations part of our shared politics, and use the paper as the basis for ongoing discussions in Plan C. We are posting this here in order
Anti-Authoritarianism in Practice Read More »
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 C.
Making a Living – introduction from Viewpoint Magazine Read More »
The opening statement from our Rojava Solidarity Cluster
Rojava Solidarity Cluster: Opening Statement Read More »
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, the British media has been full of people crossing and drowning in the Mediterranean and of the ‘problem’ of Calais; a problem manifested and presented in a number of ways; the suffering and squalor of ‘the Jungle’ camp, the persistent efforts of people living there to get into vehicles headed for ferries or the Tunnel, sometimes in terms of threat, often in terms of the inconvenience to the flows of capital and leisure.
Channelling compassion – Calais, solidarity and where we go from here Read More »
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 town of Heidenau near Dresden, Nazis started racist riots in an attempt to stop refugees moving into a new shelter in the town. On the Saturday evening antiracists
Meanwhile in Germany… Read More »
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, including activists from outside Greece, mostly Germans . Plan C members were there at the action, and have been at the camp, and are
Solidarity to the arrests at the Beyond Europe camp protest, Greece. Read More »
