By Alice Swift For the last five years, the left-wing political community of Birmingham has been involved in a community accountability process that takes collective responsibility against sexual violence. Alice […]
In the June 21st episode of the ‘This American Life’ podcast, producer Bim Adewunmi asked, partly rhetorically, partly seriously, “why now?”
Why Now? On the current phase of the Black Lives Matter movement. Read More »
Please note: there are sections of this book that describe and discuss violence, including sexual violence. “It is written to shift the discourse within the social movements that matter to
Tracksuits, Trauma and Class Traitors by D Hunter – Book Review Read More »
There are only a few days left to donate to the Water for Rojava campaign. Help us raise £100,000 to support women’s co-operatives and vital water projects in North-East Syria.
Water for Rojava campaign: Last days, donate now! Read More »
On 25th May, another great tragedy befell the black community of Minneapolis at the hands of police officer Derek Chauvin. Chauvin has a long record of abuse of power (although
Justice for George Floyd Read More »
Collective action, carried out with the precautions required by the COVID-19 pandemic, is necessary to generate the ‘social protection equipment’ we need to face the coronacrisis, argues this report on
Pandemic struggles in Italy: A report from the 30 April and 1 May strikes Read More »
By Olly, Plan C Bristol There’s been a lot of talk and chatter recently about how soon it might take us, meaning England, Britain, the world in general, to ‘get
Demand a new normal! ‘Normal’ capitalism got us in this mess Read More »
By a volunteer of an autonomous scrub-producing unit. Key workers are risking their lives with no adequate protections as a result of decades of austerity. As the system is failing
Scrubs: The story from the bottom up Read More »
By John de Plume The coronacrisis threatens to drive capital accumulation, leading to more authoritarian forms of capitalism around the world, which will further the crisis of our social and
Corona-Capitalism and Environmental Crisis Read More »
Don’t be fooled. Government responses to the pandemic reflect economic and political priorities. By Cyril Winstanley This is the second part of a two-part series of articles called From Marshall
From Marshall Plan to Martial Law Pt. 2 Read More »
By Sergio Ruiz Cayuela, a Plan C member. Originally published in Pirate Care. Covid-19, a “not-so-natural” disaster The global Covid-19 pandemic is being faced by governments and covered by the
Organising a solidarity kitchen: Reflections from Cooperation Birmingham Read More »
This perspective was written by a Plan C member currently at the Internationalist Commune of Rojava. The word internationalism might seem self explanatory but it carries a long history. The
It’s a small world after all: Internationalism in the 21st century Read More »
Social reproduction is what keeps us alive; capitalist production is what’s killing us By Plan C members Susy and Katie The coronavirus pandemic has led to an intensification of reproductive
Building a feminist response to the pandemic Read More »
By Tom Anderson, originally published by The Canary. This article is about my experience of being involved in one of the thousands of new mutual aid groups which have sprung
An inside look at one of Bristol’s new coronavirus mutual aid groups Read More »
By JB & Plan C Health Group. Epidemiologists, healthcare experts and environmental scientists all knew a pandemic would come. Everything that is happening has been anticipated. Despite these facts, the
How to Save Lives: Healthcare Worker Demands Read More »
Over the coming weeks Plan C will release modules based on different topics we think are important for political education, as well as resources for people to self-organise their own
Self-Isolate, Self-Educate! Political Education in the Pandemic Read More »
By Cyril Winstanley The UK government has launched its new hashtag, ‘StaySafeSaveLives’. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tweeted, in the know-it-all tone of contemporary social media: “Stay two metres apart. It’s not
Responsibilising Corona Read More »
By Iida K Times of crisis give rise to emergency powers. The main function of these powers is to extend the capacity of the state to control the population. The
No security in times of crisis Read More »
After an escalation of measures to contain the spread of the Coronavirus, Italy has been in full lockdown for a week while a campaign for a “quarantine income” has taken
Covidnomics: Facing the Contradictions, Imagining New Worlds Read More »
By Leopoldina Fortunati On 8 March, Women’s Strike demonstrations were held in Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Leeds, Liverpool, London and Plymouth, while massive International Women’s Day mobilisations were taking place across
The Movement of the Concrete: The Arcane of Reproduction in Today’s Politics Read More »
