By Rodrigo Nunes The success of ‘citizen initiatives’ like Barcelona En Comú in the recent Spanish municipal elections seems to confirm Spain and Greece as the – tentative, but still hopeful – ‘success stories’ in the global cycle of struggles that followed the Arab Spring. Yet one way in which their novelty has been interpreted […]
Spain: From Networks to Parties… and back Read More »
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 states, to foreground issues like anxiety and subjectivity, to make those things a key part of and starting place for our strategy, and to have that inform our actions. So
C is for consciousness raising! Read More »
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 for the wider debate within the Blockupy / Transnational Strike network. Please read the following rather as a spontaneous reply…
AngryWorkersWorld Comments on : “On Social Strikes and Directional Demands” Read More »
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 people gathered in the city centre to hear talks from campaigners and those effected by cuts. Here are a few reflections from the day which also stand as some thoughts about
5 Things we can Learn from Saturday’s Anti-Austerity Rally in Manchester Read More »
“The university is a factory”, we hear this cry everywhere, sometimes as a declaration and accusation of contempt, shouting out to the world. “This isn’t how it’s meant to be. Once universities were pure places of learning and research, serving all of society, before neoliberalism and capitalism ruined it all”. Often there is the corollary
The university is a factory, burn it down! Read More »
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 to form a coalition government. However, a confused and uninspiring Labour campaign failed to capitalise on 5 years of austerity and the collapse of
The Elections are Over. We Still Want Everything for Everyone Read More »
An introduction by Plan C
What the f**k is social reproduction? Read More »
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 decided to publish a version at this stage in order to do our thinking in public and hopefully draw others into the discussion. At the present moment it
On Social Strikes and Directional Demands Read More »
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 Day, the March for England (MfE) will attempt to march again. For several years MfE has been a gathering point for the far right but now
The nation can’t save us, demand the future! Read More »
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, Syriza’s economic policy amounts to little more than a ‘mild Keynesianism’ – yet the very possibility of a challenge to the new normal of austerity marks a radical break in the last
Paul Mason’s new documentary – "Greece: Dreams Take Revenge" Read More »
